The Marshall republican., 1906-08-31

4 let Il be corrected at oneel
"Mysuiarion. son Of Heron. aged
about forty years. having a scar on the
little finger Of the left hand, agrees that
he has sold to Sa,abous, son OF Pekusis.
aged about thirty years, having a scar
on the little finger OF the left hand. a
female mouse-eolored donkey. shedding
is first teeth, just as Il Is irrevoeably.
and that Mystharion has received from
Satabous the price agreed upon between
them. hfty-six draehmn Of silver, d.
rectly from hand to hand out Of his
house. and that he will guarantee the
sale with every guarantee"
Would not any man Of to-day. SINH
larly situated as Pisais was two thou
sand years ago. pen a letter after the
fsshion Of this one. which he evidently
,eut no u~srrrrkrut of urigfbcrfng scwn-
"Pisais to Ileracleus. greeting; When
ever you FROM necessity want TO borrow
anything from nae. | 10 once give Il o.
| you; and nov please give ~ Gloon The
three staters which SV.cucus told you
TO give me, even IL YOU hive TO pawn
your cloak for ! have settled accounts
| with his father. but he has allowed me
10 remain ~ arre. r., and now | want
TO get a rec 'n', Scleueus has evadcd
paying the money by saying that you
have madt m arrlrgement with him 10
pay instead. Nov, therefore. please
consider that you are lending the money
TO me, and don't keep Cleon waiting, but
90 and meet him. On no account fail
TO do this"
Here Is a townsman's invitation 10 a
friend that reads, except for the proper
names aud the word centurion, as IL
were written to-day:
"Isidorus invites YOU 20 dine with him
on the occasion OF his daughters we'd
ding, NJ the house Of Titus the eentur-
ion. at nine o'clock"
The form OF m king a business pro-
posal by letter has changed scarcely at
OIL, except as regards the style Of adj
dress and greeting,
"To Achilles, also called Sarapammon,
through his guardian Sarapion. from
Apollonius, son OF Apollinous. son Of
Soterichus, froA the Goose-farm quarter.
| wish to lease from you for four years.
| from the thirtieth Of the present month
Mesore. Of the oil presses owned by you
at the village of Dionysias, n oil press
in the Evaporation quarter, fitted with
a wheel and containing two machines
and q eauldroe, with all the appertain-
ing upper rooms. and | will pay each
year in all one metretes six choes OF
strained olive oil. and likewise one me-
tretes six ehoes Of raphanous oil, pro-
| viding every year at the harvest six coty-
ls Of raphanous oil" etc. after the pres
ent fashion of expressing the terms
infinitely.
Finally, the oxyrhynchus colony and
countryside, white and black alike. were
not unacQuainted with the spoiled child.
Here Is the letter Of a Greek youngster,
who certainly deserved a great many
more spankings than his less petted
playmates undoubtedly got from time TO
time:
"Theon. to his father Theon, greeting;
II was a fine thing OF you not to take
me with you to the city. II you wont
take me with you to Alexandria I won't
write YOU a letter or speak 10 YOU or
say good-by TO you; and IL you 70 10
Alexandra ! won't take your hand OF
ever grcet you again That is what will
happen il you won't take me. Mother
said to Arehelaus; IL quite upscts him
to be left behind Il was good Of you
10 send me presents on the ieth, the
day you sailed Send me 4 Tyre. I hn-
plore YOU. II YOU don't I won't eat, I
won't drink. There now.
Yes, MIR. pooley. though we have
many things that these ancients WOE 10
OF. though We Of city, and town and cous>
try-side are vastly superior h Apny wzs,
to the men and women Of city md tnw1
and eountry-side two thouAouA 49,,
ago, still we are the soma M dsurk
tiers OF our, fathers and motharA ond ~
once more revealed your shssWt
ophy when you said,
see great changes selns
Day 2. r life. but re -
fifty years.