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Newspaper
American Union
Location
Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1837
Page
1
A child recalls a dream of heavenly realms and angels, mourning sister Jane and a beggar man, contrasting sorrow on earth with bliss in the afterlife. The poem blends grief, memory, and faith as the speaker longs for eternal peace and asks mamma to share in the vision. The lines describe sorrow, charity, and a bishoplike figure receiving mercy in glory.
A Persian poem advises men on conduct toward wives. It warns to please the wife but not heed every word, and argues that a rib taken from man formed woman and remains curved, so forgive her faults and avoid anger or harshness. The piece frames gender differences as natural and cautions against trying to straighten what is inherently curved.
A traveler found a driver in a road ditch, nearly collapsed in the shaft with a head in the mire. After aiding him, the man quoted a baffling line about being “vorry particular” on his name, prompting advice to care for his body instead.
A quoted adage notes that in six months a wife may turn ugly to her husband while remaining fair to others. Selden remarks that a handsome wife pleases others yet bores the husband, illustrating common complaints about marriage and beauty.
Captain Mis Cillamy reports to the Secretary of the Geographical Society on the expedition begun in June 1836 from England and returning to Lough Swilly. He outlines key moments from departure, ice encounters off Labrador, Hudson Strait and Repulse Bay, severe cold, drifting against Cape Comfort, scurvy among crew, and the vessel’s strain through a harsh Arctic winter.
The crew endures immense ice pressure near Terror Point as a massive floe drives the ship, lifting the stern and flooding the vessel. After repeated saw cutting and emergency repairs, the ship narrowly avoids disaster and reaches safety, with praise for Lieut. Smyth and officers. The article also profiles John Quincy Adams as a towering, independent figure in the House of Representatives, noting his relentless vigilance and distinctive oratorical style.
A brief reflection contrasts expediency with consequences, noting that only two groups adhere to the rule of action without regard to outcomes, the confirmed wicked and the rigidly virtuous, highlighting a moral dichotomy.
At a hotel a scientific gathering watched a somnambulist perform while the exhibitor’s servant a rosy country girl brought a blanket. She glanced at the paper read by the somnambulist and blushed, remarking that if somnamby folk can see through things, what use are clothes.
A compact critique argues that writers err when lacking understanding of their topic. It condemns those who distort truth or rely on empty words and flourish in metaphor to hide barren thought.
Curran recalls a cheerful stranger, Rector Boyse of New Market, who nurtured him from marbles to manhood. He credits Boyse with teaching him letters, grammar, and classics, then sending him to Middleton. Decades later, a reunion reveals Boyse’s lasting generosity and the shared memories of uplift and gratitude.
A editorial voice urges unwavering faith in American institutions after a deadly national crisis. It extols liberty, the eagle as symbol, and the vast destiny of a united United States stretching from Atlantic to Pacific, envisioning prosperity, growth, and universal cultivation ahead.
A reflective passage on alternating beauty and decay in nature and life. The author argues that external splendor fades, replaced by brighter scenes, yet inner sunshine is scarce, foretelling sorrow. Metaphors compare time to moonlight and waves, noting human hopes and joys perish.
A Bristol couple arrived at Clifton’s Giant’s Hole near St Vincent’s Rock. The man, elated yet disturbed, killed his wife by pushing her from the balustrade, then perished himself on a rock pinnacle. Their hotel arrival from London remains unidentified.
In a Pickwick scene Mr Weller frets over widows and their advances as Sam jokes about Mrs Weller and a jamaica tea mistress. The elder Weller laments the danger of single women and recalls a string of widows in a comic, period voice.
In Briton and on the continent, scholars convene to compare geological research. The consensus that the earth was once a liquid globe of fire unsettles theologians, yet geologists claim Genesis refers only to man, offering a conciliatory view for all sides.
The passage traces a view of being from the lowest link in the chain of being toward humans, noting an almost lost individuality at the base. It describes increasing individuality as one moves up, with animals eventually aligning with human powers and suggesting desires persist only to serve higher faculties on Earth.
A compact collage of curiosities and brief items from the Boston Post. Includes literary quips about Crabbe and tales, notes on a split tree near Brierly England, musings on marriage and brains, shipboard mortality from yellow fever, magnetic observations, German music praise, Nova Scotia potato crops, and assorted maxims on happiness government education and printing.
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