Search
The Rare & Early Newspapers Hobby

Receive the Newsletter

Buy Historic Newspapers

-
Recent Posts
- Is it Patriot Day, Patriot’s Day, or are they interchangeable?
- Singers & Songwriters – 1776 edition…
- Lead-up to a Nation… as reported in the newspapers of the day (Intro)…
- A 49 year search comes to an end… The 1765 “Tombstone” issue…
- Announcing: Catalog #358 for September, 2025 – Rare & Early Newspapers…
Most Viewed Post
Recent Comments
- rubber_ktEi on Does anyone know about this obscure Thomas Nast print from 1877?
- stamp_fcsn on Does anyone know about this obscure Thomas Nast print from 1877?
- klining_gkMr on Does anyone know about this obscure Thomas Nast print from 1877?
- avto_nbKi on Does anyone know about this obscure Thomas Nast print from 1877?
- uborka_uxMa on Does anyone know about this obscure Thomas Nast print from 1877?
Blogroll
Categories
Archives
Tags
18th Century 19th century 20th century 1700's 1800's 1865 Abraham Lincoln assassination baseball black americana catalog Catalog announcements civil war collecting newspapers Confederate Food for Thought George Washington Great Headlines harper's weekly historic newspapers holidays humor humorous illustrated newspapers Inventions Jewish journalism Judaica just for fun literature London newsletter newspapers old newspapers old west politics President Lincoln Presidents rare newspapers religion Revolutionary War slavery sports war of 1812 www.rarenewspapers.com
A proportionate reward…
March 19, 2011 by TimHughes · Leave a Comment
Sometimes we read things which drive home the futility of human wisdom. Solomon would certainly have cringed at the following verdict which appeared in the “Democratic Watchman” newspaper from Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, dated February 23, 1877:
Filed under: Post Civil War, Unusual, Fun & Bizarre
Tagged: 19th century, court.litigation, humor, law