09 Dec 1863
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Newspaper
Altoona Tribune
Location
Altoona, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1863
Page
1
Fragmented verse contrasts a speaker trapped in foggy valley with yearning for distant green hills and liberty. The speaker imagines wings and sunlit landscapes, but fears the oppressive environment and fearsome sounds restraining ascent.
The piece recalls the Havana death of Don Joachim Gomez a Cuban millionaire once from the Canary Islands who built a modest brokerage from ship crews and sailors. It notes his rise through honesty and religious devotion and his social ascent into circles once reserved for old Castilian families while contrasting earlier Cuban slave trade fortunes with his restrained era.
A Havana physician Gomez ruins a family through deception by misusing a fortune entrusted for safe keeping. He dies after a church confrontation when a stranger poisons him. The Brooklyn case follows a dead husband identified by clothing details, then a wife must choose between two suitors in court, with public sympathy for the chosen spouse.
A moralizing essay denounces tattlers as meddling busy bodies who pry into neighbors affairs under a veneer of respectability. The piece mocks petty inquisitiveness and urges social peace, even joking that tattlers should jump into water to feed fishes and purify society.
A terse adage notes a great fortune in the control of three fools leads to a great misfortune. The proverb warns against entrusting wealth to unwise managers and implies risk in leadership.
A judge explains that execution will be tomorrow due to cold weather and poor jail conditions, citing broken glass, dilapidated chimneys, and limited blankets to ease the convict Jones's suffering. A wag proceeds with a humorous speech about race and language at a recent event.
A Preston sermon urges humility, noting thatGod alone deserves praise for gifts and works. It cautions against pride in grace, inked writings, or outward things, comparing pride to a wall with light and a dusty smoke rising to the air.
An aged speaker advises John to observe a potential wife’s morning habits and behavior toward her mother. He argues that consistent neatness, cheerful responses, and helping with breakfast signal a good wife, while morning fragility or snappiness predicts a poor match.
A humorous vignette depicts a Black man in a shabby room mistaking his own feet for intruders near a glowing fire. He argues with the imagined visitors, threatens a kick, and finally realizes the intruders are his own limbs. The scene ends with the man acknowledging his misplaced fears.
A rural dialogue features a boy asking for a bundle of hay and a man offering a sixpence or shilling. The boy clarifies the hay is not for his father and jokes the father does not eat hay, suggesting a game or humorous misunderstanding in a rustic setting.
The report records the Kansas quota set at 1656 units. Further context not provided in readable text.
Boddy Beall was acquitted Thursday in Indiana for killing. His wife and three children were in the courtroom as jurors honored the verdict with tears of joy. The scene featured prayers and thanks for the jury and fair conduct by the prosecutor, ending with the judge adjourning the court.
Bill Smith argues for the dog as humanitys greatest safeguard in a Lyceum Exoquence speech. He mocks the gun while urging vigilance against danger, ending with a dramatic image of a dog crying warning before a stealthy threat.
A Methodist minister, new to a Dixie town, asks for letters in a tavern barroom where an old resident bluntly asks if he is the Methodist preacher and then inquires how old the devil is. The minister responds, keeps his distance, and departs amid chuckles from locals.
In the Gettysburg battle a Sixteenth Vermont sergeant fell mortally wounded as a dozen comrades rushed to seize the colors. He clutched the flag with his last strength asking friends to bear it forward, and died with the colors raised.
The text argues wealth stems from steady daily industry frugality and economy not luck or grand ventures. It warns reliance on speculation leads to bankruptcy and emphasizes disciplined habits as protection against destitution.
A plump black eyed girl teases her lover about cigars and chimneys. He replies that chimneys don’t smoke when in good order, and the man has quit smoking.
A pair of seconds recounts a duel between two men. At the first shot one urged reconciliation and proposed a handshake. The other seconds says no need for peace as their hands had been shaking since the start.
The readable line warns against inviting trouble and suggests trouble is often not present or feared. No clear event, person, or organization identified in the text.
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