El Paso International Daily Times. (El Paso, Tex.), Vol. ELEVENTH YEAR, No. 77, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 1, 1891 Page: 8 of 8
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H\ y t. < fcfc Wednes i*> April 1 1891
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A MERRY JEST.
BIG MONEY FOR A BIBLE.
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A. Miner Griswold the Last of the Old
Time Humorists to Go.
A. Miner Griswold, who3e death from
apoplexy was recently announced, may
be classed as the hist of the old set of
humorists — those who attained some
imminence before the war. There was
a peculiar break, if one may call it such,
in the succession during the war, and
thongli Artemus Ward, Mr. Griswold
and a few others survived through vari-
ous lonua, a whole school of old style
hnmonsts—John Phoenix and his cotem-
poraries—seemed to drop out of literature
at once and be succeeded by men who
wrote in a totally different vein. Mr.
Griswold was born in 1836, in Oneida
county, N. Y.. and was known in jour-
Tho Oldest Printed Copy Sold to
Wealthy Chicago Man.
The first Bible printed by Gutenberg
—at any rate one of the first set—is still
in tolerable preservation. Chicago has
it, and it cost the
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nalism as early
as 1859. Ho com-
menced work on
the Buffalo Re-
public, w r i ting
short and spicy
paragraphs and
dialognes—a sort
of “copy" which,
from i t s many
blanks and dash-
es, is k n o w n _,
among printers ,,
as “fat." They ' ’
therefore called A- muter Griswold.
hint “our fat contributor,” and as Mr.
Griswold was at that time strangely
spare, weighing little more than 100
pounds, the title struck him as a huge
joke, and so he took for hia nora tie plume
“The Fat Koutributor.” (Iis first notable
work was on the Detroit Free Press.
Later he succeeded Artemus Ward on the
Cleveland Plain Dealer and in 1833 took a
place on the Cincinnati Times. Over-
work brought ill health midweek eyes,
and in 1801 he becam e a dramatic man-
ager. Since then he has been both lect-
urer and writer, and his rambling
talks entitled “Injun Meal," “American
Antiquities,” etc., have delighted many
thousand a. In 1873 he started The Fat
Contributors’ .Saturday Night, and in
1886 bought an int.nv ;t in Texas Siftings,
on which lie was employe?! when his Last
illness came.
A Valuable llook Mark.
One may mark his place in a book
with a bit of paper, or, if he likes dainty
tilings, he can purchase a marker worth
any way from twenty-five cents to ten
dollars. But Aaron Holman, a farmer,
of West Millbury, Mass., kept his place
in the family bible with something still
more valuable. He nsed a certificate of
deposit calling for1 $.700.
Grand Lott
Under the Management of the
Mexican International Banking Compare,
Concessionaries. Incorporated by the State of Chihuahua Mexico.
FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES; ;
GRAND MONTHLY DRlWTNti.
will take place in the City of Juarez, (formerly Paso del Norte) Mexico,
1st 1391
ondertln parscml siipsrruioa of Gmaral Tosy 8. VI- Rv.vtg , P,m*c«
the former a Matleann of such protninmm in the United -iutjs tUtt his.reuii;
alone 1* euffiafeat guarantee to the jnolic that the drawing! will be held with itrir
honesty and fairness to all, and the Utter (the Supervisor of the Mexican G >*e*n
ment) is of equal standing and integrity.
CAPITAL PRIZE $60,000
Only 60 000 Tickets!
Whole Tickets $4, Half Tickets $2, Quarter Tickets$i.
LIST OF PRIZES,
1 Prize of 160 000 is...................................................160,000
1 Prize of 10 000 is.................................................. 10.000
t Prize of 5 000 is................................................... 5.00C
3 Prizes of 1,000 each are........................................... 8.000
10 Prizes of 200 each are............................................ 2.000
50 Prizes of ICO each are............................................ 6,000
100 Prizes of 50 each are......................, .................. 6 009
250 Prizes of 80 each are......................................... 7 500
APPROXIMATION PRIZES.
100 Prizes of $50 each are................ .............................I 5 oog
100 Prizes of 80 each are................ ?,900
100 Prizes of 25 each are .. i>«3
TERMINAL PRIZES.
699 Terminals to MO 009 Prize of #20 each are ..........................Ill 9^,
699 Terminals to 110,000 Prize of * 0 each are........................ 5^
®14 Prizes amounting to .................................................It 25.97t
We the undersigned hereby certify that the Banco Ntciooal of Mexico, in ;h =
huahua, has on deposit from the Mexican [uternattooal Bowk ng Company, tue n c
essary funds to guarantee the payment of all prizes drawn in the Gtand Lottery o'
Juarez.
We further certify that we will supervise all the arrangementsland in persot
manage and control all the drawings of th*s Lottery, and that the same>re conducted
with honesty, fairness and good faith towards all parties.
Commissioner
Supervisor for the Government.
If any ticket drawing a prize Is aent to the underl ined it* fare T,|ue WQ| ^
oollected and remitted to the owner thereof free of charge BdgabR Rnowsoz
_ President B' Psso Nariona’ Bank. *’ pBao Teres
AGENTS WANTED.—For c ub rates or aov other Inf >rraa»! a write to the under
signed, stating yonr address clearly, with 3'a e. Conotv ‘riree and Number, More
rapid man delivery will he assured by your enclosing an enve ops bearing your fall
nddrem.
Mexicah IsrriHNXTioNAL Babkos Oompust. r'ty of Jaaras, Mrioo
‘ j Ma'
NOTICE- Send remittances for tickets bv ord narv lett-e oontainlng M ^ney Oder
* * * * “ 1 eompanics New York Exchange. Bsnk draft or postal rote
1 letters to
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buyer, James W.
Ellsworth, $14,-
800. In these
three statements
is the germ of a
whole volume of
curious lore. At
first view it seems
incredible that
printing should
have been invent-
ed but 440 years
ago, or tbere-
JAMKS w. ellswoutii. abouts, yet this
book is one of the very first of the set
printed at Mentz by Gutenberg in 1450-5.
It is in Latin, printed with Gothic type.,
with the prologue by St. Jerome.
The history of the invention of print-
ing is not so clear as one might wish.
Such as it is one may find it in any work
devoted to such subjects, hut one fact of
interest is that #m:iny of the earliest
books were very well printed. This
book, with many othur rare and ancient
works, was disposed of at the recent sale
of the great Braytou Ives collection in
New York, and Chicago literary circles
were almost as much excited over it as
over the World’s fair. At the first day’s
sale 21G books and manuscripts sold for
nearly $40,000, the great prize being this
Gutenberg Bible. It is in two parts,
only seventeen of the original leaves are
lacking and tiie.se are supplied in fac-
similes.
Of course it cannot be proved to a cer-
tainty that this was the first book ever
printed, but it was among the first. Tho
only other Gutenberg Bible is in the
Lenox library at New York. Next to
this Bible the sharpest contest was for
the letters of Christopher Columbus, and
the largest of these sold for $4,300. Car-
tier’s “New France” sold for $1,000. An
original of John Eliot’s Indian Bible sold
for $1,650. This volume is very richly
bound, and the longest word in it is
Wutteppesittakqussunuoowebtnnknqoh,
meaning “kneeling down to him." An-
other book attributed to Gutenberg, and
the fourth book printed with a date, sold
for $1,700. Book fanciers estimated that
the loss of the seventeen pages depre-
ciated the Bible sold to Mr. Ellsworth at
least 40 per cent. With them it would
have been worth $20,000.
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KL PASO, TEXAS.
Newman & Smith,
DEALERS IK
COAL AND WOOD,
Cement*, Plagter or Paris, Lime, Hair,
,?lre Brick, ete Colorado and Cenllles Coal
Tornlllo and Cotton Wood,
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Fact* make the'eonth far more favorable to
Immigrant* than other parts of the country.
Texas, as a part of tae south, ble sed with
natural and other ad Vintages, makes a strong
claim for new comers.
The county of El Paso, in Texas, makes a
showing that must attract a large share or
horn-seekers.
El Pas ■ Is a city In 'he above county and
s'ate, and Is de-tlned to become the metro oolie
of the southwest It is a trade center for a
vast section of country It Is the gateway to
Mexico for all International commerce. It Is a
mining center, a smelting center, an agricul-
tural center, a stock raising center It is the
convergent point of flv trunk lines of railroad
It is the Ideal health res >ri of the country, alac
a winter and pleasure resort. It is an Interna
tio ialcityof vast importance, situated mid
way tietween the ocea'ig and commanding the
resourc is of an enormous t< rritory, which in-
clude a world of raw materials and the fuel
th it will move the machinery to manufacture
them, El Paso is the “deepwater” port of
Fexas for Mexico'* traffic.
These facts are established In the New Year
Edition of the El Paso Tim as. Send 10 cent*
fer a copy.
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El Paso International Daily Times. (El Paso, Tex.), Vol. ELEVENTH YEAR, No. 77, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 1, 1891, newspaper, April 1, 1891; El Paso, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth541160/m1/8/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Abilene Library Consortium.