CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1906-08-30

let it be corrected at oncel
"Mystharion, son of Heron, aged
about forty years, having scar on the
little finger OF the left hand, agrees that
he has sold to Satabous, son of Pekusis,
aged about thirty years, having scar
on the little finger of the left hand, a
female -nouse-colored donkey. shedding
its first teeth, just as it is irrevocably,
and that Mystharion has received from
Satabous the price agreed upon between
then,.S hfty-siN drachme of silver, di-
rectly from hand to hand out of his
house, and that he will guarantee the
sale with every guarantee" 90
Would not any man of to-day, sia j.
larry situated as Pisais vas twoS iFu-
sand years ago, pen letter al. the
fashion of this one. which he evidently
sent to. a resident of 2 ueighboring town.
fisais-fc Heracleus. greeting: When
ever you from necessity want to borrow
anything from me, | at once give 1t to
you; and now please give to Cleon the
three staters which Seleucus told you
to give me, even if you have to pawn
your cloak; for / have settled accounts
with his father, but he has allowed Wea
to remain In arrears, anoi and 6pkd i
to get receipt. Seleucus here and the
paying the money by saying gtqss a.:.. mjllio. o.
have made an arrangement with him to
pay instead. Now, therefore, please
consider that you are lending the money
to me, and dob t keep Cleon waiting, but
go and meet i'm. On no account fail
to do this
Here is tol Fnsrnan's invitation to a
friend that readA, except for the proper
names and the Ford centurion, as if it
were written today:
.Isidorus irvitef YOU to dine with hin,
on the occasion 81 his daughters we'd
ding, at the house of Titus the centur-
ion. at nine o'clofk"
The form of mi king a business pro-
posal by letter hasA changed scarcely at
all, except as regahis the style of ad-
dress and greeting.
80 Achilles, also called Sarapammon,
through his guardian SarapioE, from
Apollonius, son OF Apallinous, son of
So,erichus, frorH the GooseS farm quarter.
wish ito lease from you forN four years,
| from the thirtieth OF the present rnonth
NIesore, of the. .oil presses owned by YOU
at the village of Dionysias, one oil press
| in the Harpocration quarter, fitted with
| a wheel and containing two machines
| and cauldroc, with all the appertain-
ing upper rooms, and l will pay each
year in all one metretcS six choes of
strained olive oil, and likewise one me
tretes six choes of raphanous oil, pro-
viding every year at the harvest six coty-
| lac of raphanous oil.' etc. after the pres
lent fashion of expressing the terms
minutely. II
Finally, the Oxyrhynchus colony and
countryside, white and black alike, were
not unacquainted with the spoiled child.
Here is the letter of Greek youngster,
who certainly deserved great many
more spankings than his less petted
playmates undoubtedly got from time to
time: ~"
''Theon, to his father sTheon, greeting {:
1t was fine thing of you not to take
me with you to the city. Ifyou won't
| take me with you to Alexandria Iwon't
write You a letter or speak to you or
say good-by to you: and if you sgo to
| Alexandria won't take your band or
ever greet you again That Is what will
happen il you went, take me Mother
said to Archelaus 1T quite upsess him
| to be left behind, ItswasF good sof YOU
70 send me presents on She eth, the
day you sailcd.s Send nie,a Tyre, / i'm
plore YOU If yort, don't, | won't eat.
won't drink There now tt
Yes. Mr.. Dooiey, though we have
many things that these aneierts- wot not
of. though we OF city, and town and coun-
try-side are vastly superior in many ways
to the men and women OF city and town
and country-side two thousand years
ago, still we are the sons and, daugh-
tiers of our fatherssand mothers, and you
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