Young Ladies of Old Times and New Times Featured
A collection of verse and prose contrasts women’s roles across eras. It honors mothers, recalls a loving mother and son, and shares vignettes from 19th century society, including a New-Yorker mother’s tale and small humorous notices.
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Adams Sentinel
The Dog and the Faithful Creature in a Skiff Tale
A dog loyally comforts its master in distress as a man named Juan moralizes on loyalty. He notes that true affection transcends class and fortune, citing the dog’s steadfast love through hunger, punishment, imprisonment, and peril. The passage links the animal’s devotion to human injustice and resilience.
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Juan
Tetheechee
Simack
Dex
Tam
Ruling the Wind In tavern garden offer to haul goods
A good looking man approached a teamster in a tavern garden north of the city and asked to drive through Willow Grove. Upon consent the stranger proposed loading a quantity of goods, prompting the teamster to agree for a “little beck freshing” and proceed with the haul.
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Willow Grove
Shay
Massachusetts
Job Shattuck
Hozze
Middlesex County
Shattuck
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
North
Kentucky
Sud
Corinna Whig
Caricature and ads spark lively newspaper banter
The piece mockingly features a Wall Street caricature with General Jackson and Louis Philippe, followed by an odd Tuscaloosa bookstore ad about debts and breeches. A LA attorney general as Sabbath School Teacher is noted, with a comment on kings. A garden guidance remark on planting orientation closes.
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Wallstreet
General Jackson
Lim
Louis Philippe
V. FL Star
Dergamin FL Tailer
Aches
Washington
Mena
Butler
Anne
Apple Trees Alternate Years and a Flying Machine
A Maine piece discusses alternating bearing in apple trees and a technique of grafting to even crops. It then turns to a Pittsburgh inventor Abraham Mason and his steam powered flying machine with plans for public subscriptions to fund construction. The era’s scientific optimism extends to horse powered railcar experiments and a glimpse of other innovations and public notices.
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Maine
Gus
Pittsburg
Abraham Mason
Cincinnati
Mason
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