The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-02-05
AN OLD TIME PAPER.
Copy of Connecticut Courant Of 1875
In Existence.

Copy Of Connecticut C0urant Of 1875
In Existence.
1.-THE Courant" has received from
Mary H. Sellew of Portland copy of
one of its earlier issues, being the one
for Wednesday, March IL, 1916. 1t
was No. 5S1 and bore the heading.
THE Connecticut Courant and Hart-
ford Weekly Intelligencer, containing
the freshest advices both foreign and
domestic. Printed and published by
| Ebenezer Watson near the Great
Bridge" 1t was nearly year after
/ the battle of Lexington and the paper
was naturally devoted to war news.
| There are twelve columns of printed
matter three of them being adver-
tisements, and not one item in the
news could be classed as local matter
today. Its latest foreign news bears
date of November q, 1875, and the
session at Philadelphia, was two
weeks old when the paper was printed.
The first page is taken up with a
pretty sharp criticism of King George,
indicating the spirit of Connecticut at
that time. The Kings speech, prob
ably to Parliament, is said to be NO
thing better than a wilful, audacious
libel against the truth, the common
good and the existence of mankind;
and is formal and pompous method
of offering up human sacrifices to the
pride of tyrants. The Speech hath
one good quality, which is, that it is
not calculated to deceive neither can
we, even if we would, be deceived by
it. Brutality and tyranny appear on
the face of it, 1t leaves us at, no loss.
And every line covinces, even in the
moment of reading, that he who hunts
the woods for prey, the naked and I'M
tutored Indian, is less savage than
the King of Britain"
Considerable space is given to the
movements of English shipping and it
appears that Yankee sailors were able
to sit up and take notice at that early
day, for letter from Cambridge,
Mass, dated March 6, says: "a few
days since the Yankey Hero sent into
Newbury-port another prize, fine
brig of about 200 tons burden, loaded
with coal, cheese, &C., bound from
White Haven for the use Of the minis
terial butchers under command of
Gen. Howe, governor of Boston. This
is the fifth prize out of eight which
sailed from the above port and we are
in hopes of giving good account of
the three remaining"
Two weeks before, Congress had
asked the patriots to exert them
selves in devising farther ways mad
means for promoting aQd encouraging
the manufacture Of saltpetre and of
introducing that manufacture into pri-
vate families" The several colonies
were also urged to establish powder
mills at their own expense and to APP
point committees to promote the man
ufacture of sulphur. saltpetre and
powder, sort of advertisement that
must have been depressing reading
for His Majesty soldiers.
Nothing in the paper is more inter-
esting than its advertisements. The
following inserted by James Thomson,
Practitioner in Physic, surgery ami
midwifery" is worth reproducing next
to pure reading matter, despite Its
length. He takes this method of ac-
quainting the public that he has for
several years practiced those arts with
common success and appreciation in
Maryland and the West Indies. He
now intends settling here for life; and
shall endeavor with the greatest as
siduity and care to render satisfac-
ton to those who may be SO kind as
employ him, which accompanied with
his physical abilities, originally in
planted in him from the university
and royal infirmary in Edinburgh, and
a life distinctly opposite to inebriate-
ness and dissipation (tOo often walked
up to by distressed minds) makes no
doubt of meeting with encouragement
hoping as well for the people as
himself that prejudice and luminosity
may be buried in oblivion and that
each party may be made happy in the
general convention and acquaintance.
in order therefore to facilitate and
we'll, ground this alliance, his physi-
cal bills shall be as modest as any
judicious practitioners in this town and
considerable abatement oh every
person who is in low circumstances.
He pulls teeth with as much ease and
safety to the jaw as the nature of the
operation will possibly admit of. For
proof Of which he appeals to the many
people he has had under his hands
here. In hopes of encouragement he
subscribes himself the public's most
humble servant, James Thomson.
IN. B. Advice to people who are IN
INDECENT and low circumstances, gratis,
by applying to him little below the
| fourth meeting. house"
He was not the only advertising doc
tor OF his time, for Or. Joshua Hemp
sted informs the public that he has
just moved from GuilfOrd to Hartford,
where he Is DESTROYS Of being more
extensively useful to mankind In all
the branches of surgery, especially
that In further proof 81 Ills skill he Il
possessed Of the fullest recommends
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