23 Apr 1839
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Newspaper
American Union
Location
Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1839
Page
1
The verse speaks of a solitary gaze at a distant evening star triggering memories of youth and vanished days. It reflects on fond friends, lasting happiness, and the sense of purity associated with those times as memory returns with brightness.
A moral letter advises a daughter to avoid opposing her husband, maintain feminine tact, hospitality, and cheerful manners. It urges gentleness, calm discipline with servants, reading for virtue, and balanced finances, asserting happiness lies in tempered minds and mutual politeness over wealth.
A report from Major Sitgreaves describes a fatal incident near Bloomsbury Warren County New Jersey eight miles from Easton. A 20 year old enslaved man of Gen Williamson entered a house after being ordered away and was shot after a confrontation. The event occurred around nine to midnight. The account notes local residence Mrs Williamson and Mr Williamson, with details of the altercation and fatal injuries.
Readable parts describe a plan or meeting with mentions of Gab and Athena amid unclear wording. The text seems to refer to a youth or teen gathering and a potential schedule or location near a named place, but specifics are garbled.
A fragmentary 18th century reflection extols mountain vistas as sources of freedom, serenity, and moderated passions. It describes elevated souls, sublime meditations, and a sense of estranging beauty that elevates mind and spirit above earthly society.
A pistol was fired at the Cambridge Chronicle editor but caused only damage to his hat. Reports note a Russian consul's Boston wife refusing to testify in a theft case, a Georgia flood raising the Ocmulgee river, and multiple varied items from politics to local curiosities. The Erie Canal murder suspect Lewis Wilbur faces execution on May 22.
L Longworth argues against a craze for Morus Multicaulis silk culture in the United States. He shares frost damage issues, notes new hardier varieties, and compares labor costs. He reports feeding 9,000 silkworms on native mulberry and finds cocoons similar to Chinese-fed cocoons.
Early potatoes are started in a box with earth or horse manure to sprout indoors then planted in drills once sprouted. Favoured trees need moss and lice control with wood ash wash then root treatment with pickle to kill grubs. Early peas Charltons are praised for precocity and yield, sown one inch deep in well mixed soil with modest manure after frost ends.
A Georgia resident six years back planted a mulberry tree that remained undisturbed until last winter. Traders noticed it and offered a price for a bud near the top. The harvest counted twelve hundred and fifty dollars with 41, 2 bu.
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