Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-01-31
BOOKS A CENTURY old
II. l.. DASHIELL, OF DALLAS, HAS
FINE COLLECTION.
Interesting and Readable Relics of
Early Days of the United
States.

Books century old are not common
property nowadays, but r. L. Dahiell,
a well-known resident of East Dallas
has number of them One of them
is lO7 years old, and all of them are
in an excellent state of preservation
that testif1es to the skill and honest
workmanship of the old-time paper
makers and binders. They were own
ed by his father, and after his death
were given to Mr.. Dashiell while in the
East. When he started on his return
to Dallas, he had a trunkful of them.
but somewhere en- route the trunk was
broken open and many of them were
abstracted. Aside from their value as
relics, they are very interesting and
readable books and Mr.. Dashiell de-
rives great pleasure from running over
them at odd moments.
A list of the books together with
their date of publication, etc, is given
! herewith:
THE Recreations of Christopher
North" published in Philadelphia in
! 1845. The authors real name was
John Wilson. He was Scotch essay
list, poet and novelist, and a professor
in the University of Edinburg, as well,
and his "Recreations" are quaint in
! the extreme
Early Day Logic.
Three volumes of ""The Works of
Thomas Reid. d. D., f. r. S." pub
lished in Charleston, in 1914. Reid
was a Scottish philosopher and college
professor, and is credited with being |
the founder of the Scottish school of
philosophy. In the course of his dis
cussion of the fine points of mans in
tellectuality, he gives expression to this |
very conclusive bit of logic: 'In the |
present state of things, it is true, that
every bird comes from an egg, and |
every egg from bird; and each may
be said to be previous to the other.
But if we go back to the origin of |
things, there must have been some
bird that did not come from any egg,
or some egg that did not come from
any bird" Which goes to show that
he knew thing or two, even if he had
run over by a motor car.
''The History of the Reign of the
Emperor Charles V, with a View of
the Progress of Society in Europe" by
William Robertson, d. D., principal of
the University of Ednburg, and "his-
Photographer to His Majesty for Scot
land" This was printed in Albany,
in 1922.
'"The Antiquities of Greece" by John
Potter, D. d. Published in New York
in 1925. This is a volume of about 500
pages, and gives an exhaustive histor-
ical account of the land of the classics.
Elements of the Philosophy of the
Human Mind" by Dugald Stewart,
published in Brattleborough, Vermont,
in 1913. In this book the old style
of printing is used and the letter "f"
substituted in many places for "s," so
that in one paragraph he says, ''im-
agination in its proper fenfe, fignifes
a lively conception of objects of fight"
which would be rather confusing to
the present day reader. !
Early Histories. .
"The History of The Progress and ,
Termination of the Roman Republic" ,
by Adam Ferguson, professor and gem !
eral all-'round wise man of the Uni )
versity of Edinburgh. This book was :
printed in Philadelphia, in 1906, ff- ;
teen years after the death of Benjamin
Franklin.
Roman Antiquities or An Ac-
count of The Manners and Customs of
The Romans" by Alexander Adam
L. L. d., with notes by revising editors !
1t was published in New York i'm 1898,
and was designed to illustrate the
Latin Classics, by explaining words,
phrases" etc. which it does in a very
way G
"A Concise History of The Christian a
Church." by Marion Ruter, ID. d. n
Published in 1854. in New York
"A View of the Soil and Climate Of +
the United States of America" with Il
remarks upon Florida, +,
The French colonies, and the aboriginal n
tribes of America. 1t was printed in Z,
in 1904. 1t is an Amer p
can translation Of the writings Of l,
French author, c. f. Volney, who p
spent three years in this country,
the climate. the laws. the p
people and their manners By some a
he was falsely accused of bing a spy n
IN the employ OF the French govern n
nent. and his residence here was made %
so distasteful that he was finally n
to return to his native land. II
Pioneer Travclogues. e
Travels Through The Northern n
Part Of The United States" by Edward n
Augustus Kendall. Esquire. Printed in N
New York in 1903. Apparently moth n
ng escaped his observation, and he
has preserved many facts Of interest
md value that might not have been
handed down but for him.
Hartford. Connecticut, in 1910 had ;, =,
IN estimated population of 10000, :,
lut a the time Of KendalIs visit, its >
.ole vehicular possessions consisted Of =
two coaches. two phaetons. ten
.oachees. and three other four :,
Wheeled carriages on springs. and is0 ~
Jingle horse chairs. OF chaises. Of va =
'ious value. OF houses occupied as "
hops. there are twenty-five OF three =
tories. 3s Of two. and 5sk Of one" :,
Time hung heavily upon the hands :,
n those old straitlaced Puritans. y"
There were no moving picture shows y
% attend then: they did not have 10 -
worry about the single tax or State u
nent No. one. SO when they had
iothing else to do they gathered TO-
,ether and framed up few blue laws.
he delicate jocularity Of which may p'
,e Inferred from these extracts which "
Kendall quotes from the records Of "
cow Haven: 10
Connecticut Blue laws.
NO one shall be freeman. OF give II
vote. unless he be converted. etc
NO man shall hold any ofice. who =
: not sound in the faith" 'and Who u
.ver gives a vote for such peron shall
iav q fine Of one pound
"No food or lodging shall be afford