The Olden Time Series, Vol. 6: Literary Curiosities - Gleanings Chiefly from Old Newspapers of Boston and Salem, Massachusetts

Henry M. (Henry Mason) Brooks

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Title: The Olden Time Series, Vol. 6: Literary Curiosities  Gleanings Chiefly from Old Newspapers of Boston and Salem, Massachusetts

Author: Henry M. Brooks

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

THE OLDEN TIME SERIES

Ye Olden Time Series.

During the Spring of 1886 T ICKNOR   AND C OMPANY began the publication of "Y E O LDEN T IME S ERIES , OR G LEANINGS   FROM   THE O LD N EWSPAPERS , CHIEFLY   OF B OSTON AND   A S LEM ," with brief Comments by H ENRY  M. RO B OKS , of Salem, Massachusetts. Six volumes are now ready: each in 1 vol. 16mo. Cloth. Price, 50 cents per vol. Of this Series there are now ready:— Vol. I. CURIOSITIES OF THE OLD LOTTERY. Vol. II. DAYS OF THE SPINNING-WHEEL IN NEW ENGLAND. Vol. III. NEW-ENGLAND SUNDAY. Vol. IV. QUAINT AND CURIOUS ADVERTISEMENTS. Vol. V. SOME STRANGE AND CURIOUS PUNISHMENTS. Vol. VI. LITERARY CURIOSITIES. The Series will be continued, and the following are some of the titles of forthcoming volumes:— "New-England Music in the Latter Part of the 18th and in the Beginning of the 19th Century." "Travel in Old Times, with Some Account of Stages, Taverns, etc." "Curiosities of Politics, among the Old Federalists and Republicans."

"What Mr. Brooks has thus gleaned has a noteworthy interest, not only as

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offering a fund of amusement to young and old, but as having a certain value to the student of New-England history, and an instructiveness for the general reader."—Boston Advertiser. "A treat of good things out of the past. While not professing to be history, they will contain much material for history."—Literary World.

Sold by all Booksellers. Sent, post-paid, on receipt of price by the Publishers,

TICKNOR AND COMPANY, B OSTON .

THE OLDEN TIME SERIES

LITERARY CURIOSITIES

Newspapers will ultimately engross all literature.—L AMARTINE . The careful reader of a few good newspapers can learn more in a year than most scholars do in their great libraries.—F.B. S ANBORN . No good book, or good thing of any sort, shows its best face at first.—C ARLYLE .

THE OLDEN TIME SERIES.

GLEANINGS CHIEFLY FROM OLD NEWSPAPERS OF BOSTON AND SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS

SELECTED AND ARRANGED, WITH BRIEF COMMENTS

BY

HENRY M. BROOKS

Literary Curioſities "Old and new make the warp and woof of every moment. There is no thread that is not a twist of these two strands. By necessity, by proclivity, and by delight, we all quote."—E MERSON

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A DAMS , J OHN Adams, Rev. Mr. Adams, Sally Aiken, Rev. Mr. Aldrich, Mrs. André, Major Arnold, Benedict Averell, Joseph B ARNARD , E DWARD Barnard, Rev. Thomas

BOSTON TICKNOR AND COMPANY 1886

Copyright, 1886, B Y T ICKNOR   AND C OMPANY . All rights reserved.

University Press: J OHN W ILSON   AND S ON , C AMBRIDGE .

INDEX OF NAMES.

P AGE 82,107Bullard, Polly 8Bulow 8Burt, Emily 125Burton, Francis 105Button, John 111 32,33C ABOT , J. 7Cameron, Mary Cass, Lewis 19Cass, Miss 19Casteguedo, F.L.

P AGE 7 111 8 12 104 30 104 46 47 102

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Barnard, Thomas, D.D. Bayley, Matthew Belcher, Governor Belcher, Miss Binney, Spencer Birbeck, Morris Blunt, John Blunt, Mary Ann Bons, Francis Bowen, Henry Bowes, John Bradstreet, Anne Breed, James Brent, Eleanor Brent, Robt. Briggs, Enos Brodie, Charlotte B. Brookley, John Bulkeley, Peter

De Lametter, Christina Derby, E.H. Desmond, Countess Dexter, Lord Timothy Dodge, John Douglass, Dr. Drakenberg, C.J. Drinker, Edward

heckley, 19 muSae C l 105 Checkley, William 6Cheever, Master 5Clough, Sally 8Clough, Samuel 42Cobbett, William olumbus, 39 hCirehrts C po 39Consist, Francis 103Cook, Nancy 9Cotton, Charles 102Cranston, Polly 69Cromwell, Oliver 7Currier, Samuel 65Cushing, T.C. 65 118D ALAND , J ACK 9Davis, Benjamin 103 D N ,anguC e umas 68 De la Roche Sur Yon

105 Greenleaf, Stephen 117,118Guthrie, Mr. 102 13,14,15,16H ALL , B ASIL , R.N. Hanson, 96 Elizabeth 57,58Hanson, John 103Hanson, Rev. Mr. 105Harper, Miss

6 6 125 11 17 123 16 103 12 82 6 70 11 62 13 4 101 115

5 110

54 95 95 93,94 47

Dryden, John72Harris, Benjamin Dumar 5 Phillip esq, Hart, Rev. Mr. D M. unham, John 8Haven, Rev. Dr. Herrenden, Elisha E CLESTON , M R .102Hill, Elisha Edwards, Pierpont 93Hill, Jane Ellis, Miss103Hogg, Catharine Ellis, Mr.103 A.E., keyoolH M , D. . Erskine, William48 bbHud,ar ilma R ve W . li Erving, John6 Hunti Rn,tong r. . M ev Erving, Nancy6 I SAIAH ( VII . 20) F EARON , H ENRY B.107 Follart, John104J ACKMAN , B ETSEY Forbes, Mr.48Jackson, Daniel Forster, Margaret103Jackson, Edward Foster, John51,52Jackson, Mary 13 Jackson, Fox, C.J.1 Rebecca F B r e a n n ja kli m n i , n 116Jay, John son, French, Josiah11 hTmoa e s Jffre French, Moses11Jenkins, Henry Froome, Mr.103Jennison, Dr. J. J S o a h m n u s e o l n, Dr. 49,50 INER , Jon G R DRA BEACCE 5 , eshnJo ffCoin Gardiner, 5Jones, Polly Sylvester Gibbon, Edward96,97,98Jones, Thomas Goldsmith, Oliver32Josselyn, John

20 10 39 11 9 9 8 23,24,25,26,27,28, 29,30,31 51 7 126 11 10 5 5 10 82 112 102 5 6 8 8 57

Gore, Mary Grant, Abigail Grant, Alexander Green, B., & Allen, J. Green, S. Green, Samuel, jun. Greenleaf, Anstess

103 7K EIMER , M R . 7Keyser, Miss 17King Charles I. 20King Charles II. 52,53King George IV. 4King Henry VII.

King James II.20,23,32Parnell, Paul King William III.53Parre, Thomas Payne, Mr.105 L AINCOURT 111Pearson, Joseph Lamson, Eunice7 am,n in iPkc Benjam Lawrence, Mr.102Pittengill, Abigail L S a ch w u re yl n e c r e, 1m, Lewis 0Plu Lem l on, Eliza 12Pork, Robert Pee Loring, Caleb7 Lovell, Master126Q UEEN A NNE Lushure, Elenor11 Charles55 R ANDOLPH , Lyell, Sir  E DWARD Reeder, John M AFEUS 101Richards, Giles T M h a e iden Aunt, 4Richter, J.P.F. Mansfield, Lord49Rimbault, E.F. McDonald, Mary103Robinson, Miss E M l c i I z n a ti b r e e t , h 89Rose, Aquila McIntire, Samuel88,89Rousby, Matthew McIntire, Samuel 89Rowe, Mr. F.

116 46 83,84 32 112 81,82

11 102 64 30 5 12 8 16 20 68 8 83 32 8 16 10 104

mes, Mark39 Nichoal,sJ H.4.S4olkc eesb at , Nniha 46 el SLE N , NO 1. R MiS60 rray t5 Mu51Si, W.,eM sleb S 6 li si4s dideJe v. 11, 68 ah eromyeS0egdirB , M . .r 21mS na,tR ve uel5 Osgo ith, Sam 1. NE mS30 PROH G , E 4 O 10 phli h,itr. M 32 mS ,21  tr 21 oReb GLET or9 O  Majith, M ,haoN 501.srM , e,acpellma 0 S .1.M AMOH S69 S elitR ,s un Dn6ca IN P A  T E , ahlrse 44 tSwera,t  Mrs.29 Sprague, C 4deraJ , ,notluO 6hnJo, ayksarSp72 eHez ni,g O 5 wt ikha Aarood,  pald n38 S eth7izab, Elkrre 31 aP rD1.ve . n, DcKeeM nn,s 30 iMeo01C lh S ACK hn38 MON 1, S I S021uaebivederac  Fr,gaSa raMi 02.1 9 n M 7 Lcna,eM si4s onald104 , Benjami toll iM 89 notloJ , us7RllseE.,  Mi 94 omas, Thoore ly7 M P lorb,yeSslni21 Re, seor 2 M  51,l5eumaS ,llaweS421 ert 102Sc mery, Rob 71 oMtnog ,lM ra1y , rerkLa  47, oo 8 M laW 4ret,ttoriS 

89,94 82 88 40,41,42,43 111

7Wharton, Eliza 71,72Watkins, Dr. 119Webster, Noah Welby, Adlard 12Weld, Mr.

Stillman, Rev. Dr. Swift, Jonathan Symonds, John T ARRING , W ILLIAM

Taylor, Ann Thatcher, B.B. Torrey, Rev. Mr. Trollope, Mrs. Tuck, Rev. Mr. Tully, John Turner, John Turner, Rev. R. U PHAM , R EV . C.W.

W AGNER , E LIZABETH Walker, Thomas Walter, John Wardwell, Ester

10Wendell, Oliver 125West, Benjamin 52Whipple, Plato 56 hW hetabizEl n,mait 53Whitney, John 20Willard, Joseph 30Williams, Judith 109Williams, Mary Willis, N.P. Winsloe, 12 Thomas Woodwrod, Ebenezer

12 90Y ATES , M ARY 7Young, William 38

LITERARY CURIOSITIES.

5 95 13 91,93 5 98 6 5 44,45 103 8

103 6

T HE  following humorous lines well describe the difficulty that editors find in pleasing the public. They are expected to know everything, and to be able to satisfy all tastes and capacities. No imperfections can be excused in conductors of newspapers; they are not even allowed to be unfortunate. THE EDITOR. That editor who wills to please, Must humbly crawl upon his knees, And kiss the hand that beats him; Or, if he dare attempt to walk, Must toe the mark that others chalk, And cringe to all that meet him.

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Says one, Your subjects are too grave, Too much morality you have,— Too much about religion; Give me some witch and wizard tales Of slip-shod ghosts with fins and scales, Of feathers like a pigeon. I love to read, another cries, Those monstrous, fashionable lies,— In other words, those novels, Composed of kings and queens and lords, Of border wars, and gothic hordes That used to live in hovels. No, no, cries one, we've had enough Of such confounded love-sick stuff, To craze the fair creation; Give us some recent foreign news Of Russians, Turks, the Greeks, or Jews, Or any other nation. The man of dull scholastic lore Would like to see a little more In scraps of Greek or Latin; The merchants rather have the price Of southern indigo and rice, Of India silks, or satin. Another cries, I want more fun, A witty anecdote or pun, A rebus or a riddle; Some long for missionary news, And some, of worldly, carnal views, Would rather hear a fiddle. The critic, too, of classic skill, Must dip in gall his gander quill, And scrall against the paper: Of all the literary fools Bred in our colleges and schools, He cuts the greatest caper. Another cries, I want to see A jumbled-up variety, Variety in all things,— A miscellaneous, hodge-pod print, Composed (I only give the hint) Of multifarious small things. I want some marriage news, says miss: It constitutes my highest bliss To hear of weddings plenty;

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For in a time of general rain None suffer from a drought, 'tis plain,— At least, not one in twenty. I want to hear of deaths, says one, Of people totally undone By losses, fire, or fever: Another answers full as wise, I'd rather have a fall and rise Of raccoon skins and beaver. Some signify a secret wish For now and then a favorite dish Of politics to suit them. But here we rest at perfect ease, For should they swear the moon was cheese, We never should dispute them. Or grave or humorous, wild or tame, Lofty or low, 'tis all the same, Too haughty or too humble; And every editorial wight Has nought to do but what is right, And let the grumblers grumble. From a Salem paper of 1828; author not stated.

"All are needed by each one, Nothing is fair and good alone."

E MERSON . In "old times" almost all the young ladies upon their marriage were "amiable" and "agreeable"; at least they are so represented in most of the announcements. The "maiden aunt" could not speak plainer in writing for the "Boston Sunday Gazette." We copy some specimens from Boston and Salem papers. On Thurſday laſt, in the Forenoon, was married Mr. B ENJAMIN D AVIS of this Town, Merchant, to Mrs. A NSTESS G REENLEAF , ſecond Daughter of S TEPHEN G REENLEAF Eſq; High Sheriff of the County of Suffolk. The ſame Evening Mr. O LIVER W ENDELL , of this Town, Merchant, was alſo Married to Mrs. M ARY  J ACKSON , only Daughter of the late Mr. E DWARD J ACKSON ; both young Ladies of great Merit. Sept. 13, 1762.

On Thurſday Evening laſt Mr.Phillip Dumareſq, Merchant, was Married to Mrs.Rebecca Gardiner, third Daughter ofSylveſter Gardiner, Eſq; of this Town, an agreeable young Lady.

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