Manly Vermont lawyer reborn after alcohol downfall
In Vermont, Daniel Bryan, once a gifted lawyer driven to drink, reforms after a tense confrontation with Moses Felton. He regains honor, pleads successfully in court, and becomes a respected public figure, later serving in state and national roles while maintaining sobriety.
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Golden Feathers and Wise Love in Satirical Verse
A playful poem traces a youth who seeks wisdom to guide his courtship. He learns prudence, grows confident, and gilds his feathers with charm. Maids who once scorned him now admire his gilded beauty, as Love laughs at the wit and the gleaming wings.
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Wisdou
Notable rivers, virtue, and the measure of character
A meditation on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers as grand emblems of time and eternity. It urges humility in youth, warns against chasing popularity, and counsels guarding one’s spirit, conduct, and conscience to sustain a lasting reputation. It emphasizes principle over name and self vindication over empty praise.
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Gillie
Ohio
Mississippi
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Fruits Birds and Flowers Promote Abundant Fruit Culture
The article argues fruit is vital for health and economy, urging farmers to cultivate more fruit to lower prices and improve public vigor. It notes widespread insect damage as a major obstacle but assigns blame to human shortsightedness for neglecting fruit cultivation and production.
The Man Shot by Ex Gov Bebb in Byron Illinois
An inquest records Lemuel Clemens aged about twenty one shot by ex governor William Bobb in Byron Ogle County. The jury finds death by gunshot on May 19. Funeral at Geeunt Church Byron. Gov Bebb willing to cooperate with investigation. later discharged after trial hearing. Local Republican support notes Sam Houston and Salmon P. Close reference.
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Ogle County
T.P. Parker
Byron
William Bobb
Geeut
Pople
Rockford Register
Charivari
Gov. Bebb
An Ohio Legislator's Note on Session Volumes and Popularity
Granville Ohio May 27 1857 message discusses growth in the 1856 volume of laws surpassing 1853 and 1854 figures, with 169 acts in 120 days in 1854 and 188 acts in 96 days in 1856, plus 207 acts in 104 days in 1857. Mentions Chase's growing popularity locally and offers moral reflections on religion and character.
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Rioting in Washington as Plug Uglies clash at polls
Special Dispatch reports violent riot in Washington when a Baltimore gang named the Plug Uglies tried to disrupt Democratic voter access. Marines fired, several dead and many wounded. Camped at market house after nightfall, quiet restored. movements of troops ordered nationwide.
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Goddard
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Maryland
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UNO
New Hampshire Legislature Forms, Southern Democrats Nominated
Coxcorn New Hampshire June 3 The Legislature assembles with Republican and Democrat caucus nominations for Senate president and House speaker. Moody Currier and Edward A Rollins lead Republicans while William Barnes and Lewis Clark head Democrats Gov Hale to be inaugurated tomorrow. Lexington Kentucky June 2 Presbyterian General Assembly adjourned to meet in New Orleans next May. Two Presbyteries formed Kansas Minnesota Western Africa. correspondence with New England Congregationalists to be discontinued.
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Gov. Hale
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Northern hive swarms toward eight members in Congress
The Detroit Advertiser outlines future apportionment, arguing the North will gain representation as population grows. Wisconsin and Michigan move toward eight House seats each, while Iowa Minnesota Illinois Indiana also shift. a Northern surge or a peril to Southern interests is debated, with calls for unity and a firm Republican stance.
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