06 Dec 1837
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Newspaper
American Union
Location
Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1837
Page
1
Riuse calls forth his Arabian horse in a poetic, martial scene. The proud rider and his mount fight for homeland, horseshoe clatters as they surge into battle. A mobile, valiant void hovers over the possibility of parting before night. The pair strive toward a victor's grave.
A Boston writer Mrs. Osgood is praised by the London Sun for her poem on a child at play with a watch. The lines address a baby girl named Ellen, imagining time and a young artist husband and declaring hopes for her innocence, laughter, and enduring companionship through life's seasons.
A Missouri girl slept as a bee entered her room and landed on her lip. She swatted it, was stung, and sought help. A nearby man devised a plan to suck out the sting, then kept attempting to remove bee stings from her lips. Cupid then brought them to marriage.
In October after foliage dies back, cut stalks a foot above ground. Heap earth around stems, cover to protect roots, wait until November if safe from frost. Dig tubers, place in trench with soil between and over, cover with dry material to exclude frost. Store until spring planting. wintered dahlias grow stronger than standard storage.
The excerpt recalls Cicero’s sharp retorts in court. It notes Popilius Cotta’s claimed ignorance and Cicero’s quips about jurisprudence. It also mentions Metellus Nepos’s questions about Cicero’s father and a retort about his mother. Appius Claudius’s eloquence is contrasted with Cicero’s reply.
Beauchamp Tower hosts a revel for Anne Boleyn on the eve of her coronation as lords and ladies display courtly splendor. Sir Thomas Wyatt performs The Lay of the Falcon, while Percy pleads for mercy before royal treachery and Anne faces her fate with restrained dignity.
Nathaniel W. Chittenden argues that women shape national fate more than men, influencing home life and moral standards. He traces female influence from the fireside to national civilization, cites ancient Greece and Germany, praises English and Austrian queens, and asserts American independence enshrines woman’s central role in governance and virtue.
An extended reflection asserts that a man gains invincibility from tested strength while a woman must shed influence over social moral and political relations of the nation. It contends progress depends on a future defined by a blend of Christian light and liberated thinking, guiding a clear path forward.
A nostalgic sketch extols husking parties as wholesome social gatherings where women share in the evening tasks, sing, tell stories, and exchange gentle flirtations with kissing of red corn ears. It contrasts past simplicity with modern refined amusements and notes their decline. It also reports political and local events from Georgia, Montreal, Ohio, and rail progress, plus curiosities and anecdotes.
Louisa Wallace versus Dr. John Sappington of Harford County, a breach of promise of marriage suit, drew Baltimore County Court attention last week. The jury returned a sealed verdict Monday morning awarding the plaintiff 5000. Counsel for the plaintiff were Jenkins and Lee, for the defendant Johnson and McMahon.
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