The Springfield herald., 1918-08-16

)Stories and Incidents
f Old Boston
L And the Old Days
BY the Writer
Newspapers, Towns
And Town Lots.
Springfield Papers Again
BY the Write

0PrlnSIlelo EdPeiS AGAIN
j. B. Garvin OF the Springfield
Advertiser and deputy county
superintendent of schools, was in
Town today and gave US a pleas
ant call. World, May 10, 1888.
The Springfield Herald says
Springfield has two banks. Only
b short time ago it said three.
Did you ever hear the story of
three black crows, Charlie?-
World, June %, 1888.
The Springfield Herald is filed
with big and little roosters, and
the Boston World comes out in
flaming red, ever the location of
county seats at those two towns.
Granada Exponent, Mar. 21,
1889.
We are inclined to believe that
at the time of making the first
quotation from the Advertiser
last week-Dec. Is, 1887, in lie.
gard to the respective size of the
Boston and Springfield schools,
the editor of the advertiser was
Geo. E. Hosmer, now collector !, /.
revenue at Denver, and as vide
ly known man as there is in TIE
state.
Mr.. Hosmer was On the Adver-
riser something like six months.
when he sold his interests and
started into something-we don't
know just what elsewhere.
The Charlie" ON the Herald
in the quotation was c. arlie Love,
. jolly, all-round good fellow.
The Advertiser was afterwards
merged with the Herald, with
Love and Burns both at tine steer
ing wheel. -
What became Of Garvin we are
not now able to say, and neither
of Lave; but Burns-"Pat Burns"
az they call him. for years has
been publishing the Pueblo Indi-
Gator, q progressive republican
paper, and we presume is doing
well with it.
While working over the pa oers
of Springfield, wonder how many
ever heard of Law and Gospel?
We are indebted to Allyn Cole
for q souvenir copy of the paper,
and consider it of such local in
terest that we are going to quote
some from the number at hand.
1t is a three column, eight page
paper. and in the sub-head we
find the quotations, "His meat
was locusts and wild honey,
and" they sing the song OF
Moses and the song of the lamb :"
In the date line-"Vol, w,
Springfield, Las Animas county,
Colorado, secord month. 1889,
No. e."
In the editorial column-"W.
n. Bauser. Publisher. Price. 30
cents per year in advance. En-
tered at the postoffice at Spring.
field, Colorado, July IA, 1885,"
We are presuming that by the
latter quotation the paper was
entered the year it was started !;
but how the editor could make
out of that time Vol. w, No. 2,
is more than we can tell Vol. a,
No. 2 means it was published
three years and two months-it
being a monthly paper. and sec
ond month means February.
y great deal of the paper is
made up of quotations, with
some original writings.
Here are some of the headings:
Cant Find the Seam "a
Methodist Judgment" What
Francis Willard Says" "Bish-
op Simpson Healed in Answer TO
Prayer. +" Holiness. CHRIS.
tian Testimonies "The Bible
of Modern Science. "AStrang"
Ter at the Door" What is a
Christian?e Poisoned by To-
bacco."
Here is a quotation Of histori-
cal interest: A bill has passed
the lower branch of the Colorado
legislature making two new
counties out of the east end of
Las Animas county. These new
counties are named Carriso and
Tioga. Springfield and Boston
are the temporary county seats,
These counties are 565 miles and