The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-07-12
The
S0uthernInOSt
Corner
BY
Charles Duerkes

Charles DuerkeS
! have a newspaper, torn al the
edges and brown vith age. con
tanning the freshest aovices. both
foreign and domestic dated Fri
day. August 90. 1913 The print
IS exceedingly small. but clear
and easy - read excepting for
the act that the rs" IS printed "f"
and the financial quotations are IN
ShillIngs, pence and pounds.
II SIS q copy Of the first issue o(
the Maryland Journal now called
the Baltimore American. Il has
nice front page editorial by the
publisher. one ". Goddard The
editorial Is addressed to the Earl
Of BeAarcut and concerns his
duel with Lord ToWnshend
There is q lengthy piece Of real
estate advertising, in the form Of
letter, advising one and all
about choice parcels Of land AZ
ound and about Maryland which
can BE- bought at a Justly fair
price. 1t IS signed by George
Washington.
The paper contains several ads
offering rewards for runaway
slaves.
I ike this item
'Married-Mr. Englchart Yei-
ser 10 Miss Catherine Keeuer, /
both Of this place BY late mar
riage in ST Mary's the Lady is
become Sister-in-law TO her own /.
Mother, and tire Gentleman Son /
in-law TO his Sister-in-law."
And don't think staccatto type /
reporting was whomped up by /
modern columnists. Herewith a I
sample Of some 1878 columning: /
we have the following |
AdVjceS, VIZ That the Russians /
have taken the City of Corinth, |
and the Island of Gambia from the !
Turks--that in taking the last |
mentioned place the Russians lost |
Four Men Of War and $500 troops |
That there have been several |
bloody Conflicts between the |
Russians and Turks in the Neigh
borhood of the Danube in which.
Victory indifferently declared
herself for either party-That the !
Tartars Of the Crimea have re- /
VOited from the Russians-Thatl
the SpanlardS have received In |
tcIligcnce that an Inserructicn |
ras broke out at Chile and that |
native Chilcsc have partly drove |,
all Europeans from the country
That the Spaniards have a strong
fleet fitting out which they say is
to Toe sent 10 awe their rebelli0us
subjects in the West Indies-That
the Emperor Of Germany, the
King of Prussia and Empress of
Russia have plundered Poland
and divided the Country amongst
them-~That the Court of France
had given Orders for sencamping
10000 Men on the Coast of that
Kingdom~That the British Par
lament would break up on the
28th--That General Monckton is
chosen by the East-India Com
pany as Commander In Chief of
all their Forces
That's a sample and il reads
like modern doings, There is more
id the same style, including the
advice that Patrick Tonyn has
been chosen Governor of West
Florida.
am tempted to quote more
from the old paper. Some of il is
but wonderful. Like this anecdote
of the great Doctor DeSaguliers
THE Doctor, being invited to
make one Of an illustrious com
pany, one Of whom, an officer
present, being unhappily addicted
to swearing in his discourse, at the
period of every oath would con
tlnually ask the Dr's pardon; the
DR. bore this levity for some time
with patience; at length he was
necessitated to silence the swear
er with this fine rebuke; Sir,
you have taken some pains to
render me ridiculous Gf posSiblel
by your pointed apologies: now,
Sir, | am TO tell you, IF GOD AL
MIGHTY DOES NOT HEAR
YOU, l ASSURE YOU / WILL
NEVER TELL HIM.
There is a True Story. an ex-
citing article on the eye catching
charms of a Quaker Maid and the
vanity of overdressing by a chap
who signs himself Mature Low
err" news of the Military Adj
venturers landing at Pensacola
and note from Sheriff Holiday
of Baltimore County warning the
people who had neglected to pay
their public dues that he was TO
execute all offenders unless they
came through by November. And
whimsical missing ad by a
MIR. Pole to the effect that his
hired man, Wallace, was missing