Hastings Horror and the Saxon Kings' Final Rest
A dramatic medieval scene recounts Hastings after the battle with Norman triumph, looting, and a vow to build an abbey. Edith the swan-necked discovers Harold’s body among the slain, and the burial unites Harold and Edith in a single grave as defeat bonds them beyond rank.
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Hastings
William
Watham
Osgad
Ailric
Leafwyn
Garth
Edith
Godwin
Croyland
Harold
England
The Woodman Wall and the White Men’s Scare
A vivid battlefield scene describes a wooden cannon shattering the defense as white soldiers unleash a deadly charge. Red men fall as arms and skulls are claimed in the chaos, prompting retreat and a vow to distrust white men’s methods henceforth.
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Ev'ry
Town and Country Tales of Contrast and Cautious Wealth
From New York Star, Town and Country. A writer visits a fashionable city party with grand rooms and lavish goods then tours Long Island to find a cottage home of a once wealthy host who embraces simple living. The host explains downsizing from ten thousand to fifteen hundred dollars a year while maintaining dignity, farming, self-sufficiency, and prudent spending.
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Europe
Dresden
Long Island
Toney
Jersy
Bold defense of Wheeling fort against Girty cannoneer
In 1777 a siege by Simon Girty’s 400 plus warriors attacked a Wheeling fort garrisoned by 10 to 12 men and a few boys. The defenders held firm while Girty’s men improvised a log cannon, fired, and caused Indian casualties, as a rhymed account preserves the tale with period flavor.
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Stockade
Wheeling Creek
Ohio
Simon Girty
Girty
Col
Zane
Falls of the Ohio
Familliar
There's nae luck about the house song of pretty girls
A lyric published in the N O Picayune for pretty girls, urging singing or playing the piece as sentiment praises laughing love and the warm heart. It contrasts sighing with cheerful eyes and a rosy smile, noting the festive spirit over cold pomp. The refrain Hurrah appears repeatedly.
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N. O. Picayune
Marl as Fertilizer Promises Wider Agricultural Use
The article discusses marl as a widely spread yet neglected soil amendment with potential to revitalize barren lands across the country. It notes deposits from New Jersey to Georgia near the surface, praised in Ruffin’s lime studies, and cites analyses by Dr. Cooper and Prof Eller of Columbia College. Pierce’s survey of New Jersey’s alluvial district describes marl’s color, composition, and field results, with application rates and expected longevity.
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New Jersey
Georgia
Ruffin
Cooper
Eller
Columbia College
South Caroline
Pierce
Silliman
Monmeuih
Marl Turns Stubborn Farmland Into Rich Meadow and grain
A Middletown farmer recounts discovering marl deposits and applying soil dressings. He notes white marl outcrops and fossil shells in streams, transforming once worn fields into productive acres with lush pastures, abundant grain stacks, and barns now valued at three times their former worth.
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Middletown
Utility of lime in preserving fence posts
Memoirs of the Philadelphia Society describes using lime to guard wood fence posts against rot. Lime is placed in holes around posts, with boards packed in to create a lime filled collar. The method, including quick lime packing and lime mortar rings, is said to secure posts and reduce ground-related decay while adding minimal labor and cost.
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Phila. Society
The Grain Worm in Wheat Crops and Its Varieties
A letter by Mr. Gaylord argues grainworms in nests are from different genera with distinct appearances and habits. It notes the eastern grain worm Cecydomia tritici may have spread to Ontario, damaging wheat without much notice. The true grain worm, often absent at harvest, leaves hollow kernels and destroyed germ inside the grain cells.
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Gaylord
Murder in Jacksonville Shocks City as Hall Kills Denney
A man named John Hall killed Robert 8. Denney in Jacksonville by hurling tailor’s shears. A breast wound proved fatal within minutes. The report notes a flat New Orleans cotton market on the 6th with small lots and no price cuts.
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Murper
John Hall
Robert
Denney
Jacksonville
New Orleans
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