Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-02-07
12o YEARS OLD
Has Literature From Fifty-five to over
One Hundred Years Of Age And
All In Fair State OF
Preservation.

s''''S renamed. however. lOT MI D. n. -
Black, who resides within three miles
| Ut hlrkyllle to bring in something
really antique-in fact 80 aged, that
but for the care that has been given
the several articles, they certainly
would have become musty from age.
Among the things Mrs. Black claims
age for is an old bible printed in Ger
man bearing date Of publication as
1891, of 100 years ago. The book Is a
small volume some three and one-haf
inches wide and six inches long and
has over 600 pages
Read Goldsmith.
The next oldest relic resurrected
from the old portmanteau Of the revo-
lutionary times that reposes In it's
peaceful old days in the attic at the
Black homestead, Is an old bible IN the
English language, printed in 1910, IN
which there is inscribed in the hand
writing of Mrs. Blacks grandfather,
the family record Of births, marriages
and deaths volume Of the Vicar OF
Wakefield' bearing the title and
authors name in gilt letters, and
measuring scme three by five inches
in size, claims the fourth turn IN
seniority, bearing the printers date OF
1928, proclaiming that Oliver Gold
smith was one Of the authors that de-
lighted the ancestors Of Mrs. Black.
WesIey's Sermons.
tThe Journal of Rev. Francis AS
bury bishop of the Methodist Epls-
copal church, is another of the ola
books and was printed in 1921. Sam
uel Morrison, the grandfather OF Mrs.
Black was an admirer Of John Wesley
and among the books that have oeen
preserved is the sermons OF the man
revered in Methodism. John Wesley's
sermons bear the date of 1928. one
of the most unique of the old relics IS
Methodist hymnal printed IN lS5o,
and containing nearly 500 pages. me
hymnal is two by three inches in size
and over an inch thick. Another
hymnal Of the same kind is about hal1
an inch wider and one and hall
inches longer, containing the same
number Of pages.
A Methodist Dicipline bearing the
date Of 1882 and "Supernumary. or
Lights and Shadows of Itinerancy," by
Rev Elijah Woolsey, printed in l845
are also among the antiques dug up
from the long forgotten trunk IN the
Black attic.
Markets Contrast.
There was one antique that. showed
the wear Of years and was botn worn
and yellow with age. 1t was an ola
newspaper printed in Lewiston, Penn,
April, 1881. The title page OF this is
partly destroyed by age. but IS thougnt
to be 'The Juniata Gazette" as that
,pacer was established in 1911. The
paper contains the account OF the
death of Samuel Morrison the grand
father of Mrs. Black, and is treasured
among the heirlooms. 1t also dis
closes some things that contrast
strangely with the same matters TO-
day. An instance Of this is in the table
of market prices for certain products
as they sold in that time The market
report is for Lewiston, Philadelphia
and Baltimore and there appears
some variation on number of the pro-
ducts in the different places. Among
the things quoted are: :.
Butter. per pound at the respective
centers named above-1O, and ~
cents.
Hams sold at 10, II and 10 cents re-
spectively.
Lard, 6, 10 and cents. :, -
Wheat, per bushel, s1.o3, $l.SS
and $1.S0.
Corn. 35, 55 and IS cents.
Whisky per gallon, rs, 81 and 81
cents.
Domestic Articles.
Two, homespun white wool single
blankets, the handiwork OF her grand.
mother, that were made in strips ana
felled together, as we'll as number OF
old quilts are among the articles that
were found hidden away in the attic
with the relics. and a silken damask
table cloth made of the linen that was
produced over sixty years ago, re-
hoses in the Black home, bearing the
date OF its manufacture, 1853. MRS, MRS.
Black feels like starting n sas
historical museum of her own, and has
The nucleus for such an enterprise.
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