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Newspaper
American Union
Location
Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1842
Page
1
A devotional poem reflects on Mary's penitent acts before Jesus. It portrays forgiveness for former sins as she anoints Christ with perfume, wipes his feet, and mourns with her hair. The speaker urges awakening from error to heavenly forgiveness through contrition and love.
A dramatic meditation questions the existence of God amid storms and night skies. It laments humanity’s intellect against divine mystery, pedirs mercy, and contemplates nature’s vast imagery from earth and sea to storms and stars. The speaker pleads that no soul be lost before mercy.
A vessel brings a report from Mexico dated September 28 describing a sensational tale of Santa Anna's decayed foot funeral. The pompous rite occurred at Saint Paul Cemetery with a monument and a funeral discourse by Don Ignacio Sierra y Rosa.
The text warns that dwelling on hardships breeds morbid sensibility and self-destruction. It urges recognizing mercies alongside afflictions and maintaining cheerfulness. By rejoicing in God’s kindness under trial, one avoids a complaining, murmuring state.
A letter in the National Intelligencer clarifies Washingtons service sword was not lost at sea. The sword with a green scabbard and white belt, maker’s name from Fredhill London, later worn by Washington from the war to Yorktown, is now with Samuel Woeehington, a grand nephew in Virginia.
LT notes vast apple orchards contain many poor trees due to neglect and improper pruning. Peddlers and grafting fraud misrepresent popular varieties, deceiving farmers. Genesee Farmer urges buying only from reliable sources to avoid nine disappointments out of ten.
Instructions on grafting grape varieties to improve hardiness and yield. Details include timing in May after sap flow, preparing four eye scions, side grafting to stock roots, securing with bass bark strips, soil coverage, weed control, head-down growth after one foot, pinching suckers, and a noted Isabella graft reaching 14 feet in five months on a vine. Cleveland Herald provides practical tips and a real farm example.
A teacher interrupts a dialogue on kissing between a boy named John and a girl. The speaker argues John is a singular active transitive verb in a gendered exchange, claiming girls are angelic and possessive, while suggesting women must agree with male codes, ending with a threat of discipline.
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Wilson Shannon speaks to the Senate and House of Representatives, pledging gratitude for the call to high office and promising to discharge duties with candor. He lauds national blessings, discusses debt relief, exports and currency, and warns against a high protective tariff that could hurt western agriculture and foreign trade, urging a revenue-based approach.
The speaker argues against a United States Bank as unconstitutional and harmful. He urges fiscal caution, warns against inflating currency, and emphasizes honoring state credit while considering the public will. He recalls past banking failures and urges restraint, constitutional respect, and debt discipline.
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