The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-05-01

cry in New York, Philadelphia and
Boston. In 1888 the New York Ga
zette advertises:
A likely negro girl for town or
country, has had tha smallpox, She
is about i years old. Also to be
aoid. surlry drugs and medicine
by John Briggs over against the
meat market.
one morning in l777 this item
appeared in the same Taper:
A negro wench, run away, sup
poscd to FlatbUsh, Long Island
where she was lately purchased OF
Cornelius Van Der Neer Jr, Is
about 22 years old and is called
Betty. Can speak both Dutch ana
English Is Of a stubborn dlsposl-
tion. especially when she drinks
spirituous liquors, which she Is
sometimes too fond Of. She Is a
pretty stout wench but not tall
smooth faced and pretty black.
Whoever harbors her will be prose-
cuted. but such as give Information
to william Tongue, her owner in
Hanover square, shall receive five
bounds reward with thanks.
This items with reveals the Gus
tom of selling the time OF inden-
tured servants, is taken from Frank
Inns PENNSYLVANIA Gazette, in l'6o'
Servants now remaining on board
the ship Neptune, near Wiling ana
Morris wharf and to be sold very
cheap for cash or short credit by
John Hart. few Irish servants
men, women and boys, among when
are the following trades, viz; Hat
ters. hostlers, weavers, carpenters
wool combers, dyers, BARRIERS. cutters
butchers. rope makers, plasterers'
farmers and laborers.
Herr Is an advertisement from
Philadelphia paper of l7i6;
Mary Catrel from the city OF Dub
lin, at Mr. Burk's, perrlwig maker
| in Front street, between Chesthul
and Walnut streets makes and sells
all sorts of gentlemen's velvet caps
leather etc. also ladies' and child
ren's caps. mantilets, pillareens'
hoods. bonnets. long and short, cloaks
mantles ard scarfs with black bags
and roses for aentlemen's hair or
wigs; all which she makes alte'
the neatest and newest fashions aho
very cheap.
Samuel Frances, the popular taN-
ern keeper of New York, whose ale-
nouse is still standing at Broad anC
Pearl streets, whare Washington
bade farewell to his officers, was
frequent advertiser. Before the rev
olution his house was known as th'
Queens Head Tavern. some lue'
Of the service he was prepared u
Give may be cleaned from his ad
vertisement in 1773:
The subscriber, desirous TO ac'
commodate the respectable inhaD
itants of this city to the utmost U
his power. has fitted up large
commodious room in the lower par
NJ his house for the reception aH'
| entertainment of such persons Wh'
| m,v choose TO regale themselves viii
| fine ale of this country produce
J eouaI TO any imported; also drai
or bottled porter from London o
the first quality, neat wines OF dll
J rerent spirits, punch and othe
, liuuors At any time in the DAY o
J evening. beersteak mutton or pori
! chops. veal steaks, or outlets Try
oysters. etc. served in the neateS
manner.
Robert G. Livingston Jr, adver
tiscd in 1913 that he has at III
store in Dock street a great Varle'
of mems plain-ribbed and floWere'
silk hose, corded chintzes for Ia
dies gowns, handsome gauze apron
and sundry other goods.
Peter ana G&eorge Lorillard, th'
famous tobacconists, announced Il
1895 that at their store, 90 Chat
ham street, near the jail, they nae
for sale, "Kitefoot and common
smoking tobacco Rappee, Strasours'
and Segars, pigtail and plug TOBACCO
and Curacao snuffs.' They say ina
they have erected mills for manuiac'
turing Scotch and Rappee snuh Il
large quantities equal to any OF
the Continent
Paul Revere, whose fame rest
upon his midnight ride, adVer'iSe'
in a Boston paper of 1863 that nj
and Josiah Flagg have puDiishe'
q collection OF the Lest psalm tune
in two. three and four parts u
" hich wee added some hymns a"'
.t-,, tho greater cart 9SN"