05 Jul 1856
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Newspaper
Baraboo Republic
Location
Baraboo, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1856
Page
1
A fragmented text blends a patriotic poem praising freemen and a tale about a universal-knowledge professor and an Oriental prince. A servant, disguised as his master, foils a king by answering three riddles about earth baskets, the king’s worth, and thoughts, earning a safe reward as the master faces execution.
A Scot widower and a farmer widow, both in love after bereavement, flee together from their furious sons. The couple, aided by two boatmen, cross to Ireland in an open boat while pursuers battle on the sea. After a dramatic pursuit with thrown stones and oars, the lovers escape and are believed to be honeymooning in Ireland. The hero is a Scot weaver from West Kilbride, long settled at a Kintrye farm.
The Western Christian Advocate recounts an anecdote from the Tennessee Annual Conference in Nashville less than a year before General Jackson's death. The scene features a crowded introduction, a moment of recognition, and Jackson's warm gesture to a weathered preacher, followed by tears and reflection on the hero's quiet departure from public life.
A rustic tale of Major Jones wooing Miss Mary with a stocking proposal during Christmas. He hides in a meat bag hung to the porch, endures cold wind and a barking dog as dawn nears, finally revealed with a gift. Miss Mary accepts, and the Major cherishes the moment as worth the trial.
Reverend E H Chapin mocks lying in modern life as a vice pervading speech and action. He argues lies arise from fashion, vanity, graft, and social sham, from diamonds of paste to red tape and political pretense, urging honesty and courage over ostentatious deceit.
A long devotional stance to Whisky opens this item, then a narrative from Pleasant Observer recounts a Providence rail journey where a well-dressed man disparages Massachusetts Senator Sumner and Brooks. The piece continues with a courtroom anecdote about jury pay and a Vermont tale of a mill flume accident, ending with miscellaneous city scenes and a Paris police note.
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