ring the first three years of the existence of
this paper, Daniel Webster, then a student, was a frequent
contributor; he wrote both prose and poetry, more frequently the
latter. The topics were trite, but the thoughts were always serious
and elevated. In the issue of December 9, 1799, Mr. Webster published
a poem on winter; he was then a Junior in college. The European wars
commanded his attention and saddened his reflections.

"Mr. Webster continued to write for the paper after leaving college.
In his published correspondence, there is a letter from the editor
importuning him to write the 'Newsboy's Message' for January, 1803. He
says: 'I want a genuinely Federal address, and you are the very person
to write it. And this solicitation, sir, is not from me alone--some of
our most respectable characters join in the request.'

"The 'Dartmouth Gazette' was the champion of the college during the
entire period of its controversy with the State. Many of the ablest
articles written in defence of the college, appeared in its columns. I
regret that I cannot give the entire history of this useful paper; it
did a good work in its day, and we may now say literally, 'peace to
its ashes.'

"During a portion of the existence of the 'Dartmouth Gazette,' while
it was edited by Charles Spear, another paper was printed by Moses
Davis, called 'The Literary Tablet,' purporting to be edited by
Nicholas Orlando. Whether this is a _nomme de plume_ or a real name, I
cannot determine. Three volumes are known to have been published. It
lived for three years at least. The third volume dates from August,
1805, to August, 1806. It was a folio of four pages, three columns to
a page, of about fourteen inches by twelve in size. It was printed
every other Wednesday for the editor.

"A new paper appeared in Hanover, June, 1820. The prospectus was as
follows:

"'A new weekly paper in Hanover, N. H., to be entitled the "Dartmouth
Herald." The "Dartmouth Gazette" having been discontinued, the
subscribers, at the solicitation of a number of literary gentlemen,
propose to publish a paper under the above title. Besides
advertisements, the "Herald" will embrace accounts of our National and
State Legislatures, and the most interesting articles of news, foreign
and domestic; notices of improvements in the arts and sciences,
especially agriculture and the mechanical arts most practiced in our
own country; and essays, original and selected, upon the mechanica