The Olden Time Series Volume IV Part 16

Or a description of, and specific for, a religious Hydrophobia, which has spread & is still spreading in a number of towns in the counties of York and c.u.mberland, District of Maine--price 12 12 cents--for sale at the Bookstore of

June 12. HENRY WHIPPLE.

The following is printed in the "Ma.s.sachusetts Mercury:"--

From the GEORGIA GAZETTE.

_Vice Consuls.h.i.+p of Spain for the States of North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia._

Messrs. Nicholas Johnston and Co.

_Gentlemen,_

His Excellency Lieut. Colonel Don Vincent Folch, Governor of the Province of West Florida, in a letter, dated Panzacola, 1st August, has been pleased to communicate to me the following:

"I have issued a proclamation, offering FOUR THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS to any person who will deliver here, or in _Apalache_, the body of WILLIAM AUGUSTUS BOWLES, or else produce sufficient proof of having killed him; which information I will thank you to make public, in order that some clever fellow, at the cheap rate of one gun shot, will place in his pocket the said sum, which shall be paid, with the greatest acknowledgment of grat.i.tude, in good Spanish dollars, without the least delay."

Therefore I request you to give this a conspicuous place in your paper. It is, doubtless, a very interesting subject to _Spain_, _America_ and the Indians, that they be rid of this noted vagabond.

I remain, with respect, Your obedient servant, EMANUEL RENGILL.

_Savannah, 25th August, 1800._

_Progress of Refinement in America._

=INDIANS' SCALPS.=

_Pittsburg, May 17, 1791._

WE the subscribers, encouraged by a large subscription, do promise to pay One Hundred Dollars for every hostile Indian's scalp, with both ears to it,[B] taken between this date and the 15th day of June next, by any inhabitant of Alleghany county.

_George Wallace,_ _Robert Elliot,_ _Wm. Amberson,_ _A. Tannehill,_ _J. Wilkins, jun._ _John Irwin._

[B] The shape of the ears, we suppose, is to determine the enmity of the Indian.

_Salem Gazette._

A negro "pretends to be very religious." From the "Boston Gazette."

RAN away from me the Subscriber at _Londonderry_, in the Province of _New-Hamps.h.i.+re_, on the 28th of _September_, a Negro Man Servant named _Prince_, about Forty Years of Age, about five Feet five Inches high, speaks good _English_, had on when he went away a green Coat, blue plush Breeches, diaper Jacket, several pair of thread Stockings with him; he looks very serious and grave, and pretends to be very religious: He is the property of Major _Rogers_, and has been several Years in the Service to the Westward, and pretends to be free.

Whoever will take up said Slave and bring him to me, or to Capt. _Jonathan Brewer_ at _Framingham_, shall have FIVE DOLLARS Reward and all necessary Charges paid by me,

_James Rogers._

_Dated at Londonderry, October 8, 1762._

In the "Boston Gazette," Oct. 8, 1759, some servants are advertised who among other accomplishments speak high & low Dutch. At this time two dollars and a half was the value of a pound in New York currency, while the New England currency was three dollars and thirty-three cents to a pound. To this day a s.h.i.+lling is 12-1/2 cents in New York, and in New England 16-2/3 cents.

_RUN away from Major_ Edmond Matthis _of_ Albany, _in the Province of_ New-York, _the following People, viz. A Servant Man named_ William Fairfield, _of a dark Complection, down look, black Hair, and of a middling Stature. Also a Negro Man and Woman, and a white Girl with them, about_ 14 _Years of Age, who talks good English, high and low Dutch; the Negro Man is much pitted with the Small Pox, and speaks good English; tis suppos'd they are all together: They took with them a great many Cloaths, and its probable they will often alter their Dress. Whoever takes up said Run-aways, and safely conveys them to their abovesaid Master, shall have_ Ten Pounds (25 Dollars) New-York _Currency Reward, and all necessary Charges paid._

Albany, Octob. 1, 1759. EDMOND MATTHIS.

Dr. Greenwood, of Boston, in 1788 offered his services to "give a youthful air to the countenance," and was ready to "electerise" any persons who stood "in need of that almost universal remedy."

_ISAAC GREENWOOD,_

DENTIST,

ACQUAINTS the publick, that he has REMOVED from N^o. 49 to N^o. 19, Marlborough Street, opposite Messrs. AMORYS' Store, where he continues to perform the necessary branches of that art, carefully and faithfully. Removing every substance tending to destroy the Teeth and Gums. Cures the Scurvy in the Gums, makes the Teeth white, &c. Sells BRUSHES that are suitable for the Teeth, with a POWDER that never fails to recommend itself, at 1/4 per box. Fixes NATURAL TEETH on plates of gold or silver, with gold springs, if wanted.

_Also_, subst.i.tutes ARTIFICIAL TEETH, of different substances, from 2_s._ to 6_s._ each--that give a youthful air to the countenance, and render p.r.o.nunciation more agreeable and distinct--In a word, both natural and artificial are of such real service, as are worthy the attention of every one. He with pleasure attends on those who may incline to employ him, provided they cannot conveniently attend on him, at his HOUSE, where he has every accommodation necessary for their reception.

_At the same place may be had_,

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Oil, Silk, and Ladies' UMBRELLAS, cheap. Old Umbrellas repaired, oiled, newly covered, &c. Oil Silk CAPS for bathing, German Flutes, Fifes, Violins, and Strings for ditto, Reeds for hautboys, Men, Boxes and Dice for back-gammon, Chess men, Billiard b.a.l.l.s, Ivory Combs, a variety of Canes, by wholesale and retail. Cane Strings, Whips, electrical Machines with apparatus for experiments and medical use--artificial Magnets, &c. &c. &c.

N.B. Said GREENWOOD offers his service to electerise those who stand in need of that almost universal remedy, at 1/6 each time, at his House.

--> _Advise with your physicians._ MAY 3, 1788.

_REMOVAL._

_Boston Umbrella Manufactury._

DANIEL HEWES,

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UMBRELLA Manufacturer; takes this early opportunity to inform his friends and the Public in general, that he has Removed from the North-Square, to

_No. 55, Marlborough-Street,_

at the sign of the UMBRELLA----where may be had any quant.i.ty, quality, or sized UMBRELLAS, at the shortest notice, made of better materials, cheaper, and more durable than can be imported.

_Also,_