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Newspaper
Alton Observer
Location
Alton, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1838
Page
3
A letter argues against vile insinuations about Eli Lovejoy and defends his abolitionist stance. It questions Winslow's charges, defends Lovejoy's declarations, and challenges conservative critics while urging readers to judge honestly and pursue truth.
A narrator recalls an old man and his nephew Perry as they discuss the fate of two brothers. The elder, self-proclaimed maker of his nephew, explains that poverty in the brother came not from liquor but from failure to save. He reasons that disciplined saving could have grown to tens of thousands of dollars over decades.
An old man recalls a past four-pence loss that led to poverty and hardship. He explains how one early cheat by a village shopkeeper altered his life and that of his brothers, depriving them of essentials and respectability in early years. Dated O. C. Cin., Feb. 9, 1838.
A Pastor Pomeroy writes from Lacox Putnam Co Illinois reporting a growing church community, converts and revival spirits. He notes youth awakening and daily prayer meetings, with ministerial support limited. includes a long list of 39 peace questions debating nonresistance and abolition in a historical 1837 Nebraska? note at end.
T Root reports that the Buffalo Spring and Hanging Fork churches have added 150 members in recent months. He notes unity among orthodox denominations, renewed prayer, and spiritual hunger among the ungodly. Some converts relapse, but believers press on in hope of revival and souls saved.
The subscriber acknowledges donations from multiple sources including Wm Slocum 14.25 dollars D Woodbridge and John Mills 30 dollars for Rev C F Haensel life member L Temple 19 dollars and former beneficiary, Ladies in Congregational Church 30 dollars for Rev J H Linsley life member, Watertown individuals 30 dollars for Rev B Roberts life member, George K Budd 75 dollars scholarship, Rev T A Mills 24 dollars, Mrs E A Molyneaux 2 dollars and Pisgah-Friend 0.75 dollars totaling 230 dollars. Cor Sec L G Bingham W E S Cincinnati Feb 10 1838.
A letter from D. C. containing twenty dollars is received and paid over to Rev. A. Bullard, the Society’s agent, for the Foreign Missionary Society.
The passage notes common nettle known to all yet questions its origins, hinting at folk gardening lore and practical language from an old domestic discourse. It frames nettles as familiar but invites inquiry into their source and pattern of growth.
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