Verses on Woman and Moral Scraps from a Century
A poetic fragment from The Columbian featuring a devotional hymn to woman as a calming, healing force and muse. It is followed by miscellaneous scraps of quotes from authors such as Rod Roy Abbot and Heart of Midlothian, touching on virtue, charity, silence, courage, and social conduct, framed in a 19th century style.
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Sgraps
Rod Roy
Abbot
Jomeon
Moist
Mid Lothian
Heaven
Earth
Foster
Father Clement
McKenzie
Indies
Smith
Lucy
Madame Modish
Ordnary
Philadelphia
LIONS
Philadelphia Mirror
M'Makin & Holden
No. 72
Dock Strece
Hiladelphia
Lacon Meditations and Wit in a Humble Letter
A collection of pithy quotes on truth, virtue, and fame from various authors, including Sid ney Smith and Guicciardine, interwoven with a published letter from a reader. The piece notes the value of honest discourse and the perils of valuing manners over virtue, ending with a sharp, humorous cryptogram about a reader proposing a scam.
Marrying in a Bank Driven Era and Wise Advice
The New York Herald vignette notes many youths wed for wealth amid bank expansions and legal riches. Mothers counsel caution, favor lawyers over merchants while songs praise Washington’s tomb. A joke about a marksman as a dancing master closes the piece.
Columbia County August Term 1837 Jury List and Notices
The record lists jurymen and sessions for Columbia County August term 1837 with names such as George Longaberger John Keller Henry Miller Abraham Wolf Samuel Adams James H Chase Isaac W Musgrove Richard Frait and others by district including Mifflin Derry Briar Creek Fishing Creek and Hempfield. Also includes notices of overseers of roads and estate actions and multiple advertising items from Headley Bahr Co and A Miller with hats muslins and other goods.
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Grand Jury
Mifflin
George Longaberger
John Keller Henry Miller
Abraham Wolf
Rogring Creek
Samuel Adams
James H Chase
John Yost
Mount Pleasant
Isaac W Musgrove
Toh Buckle
Derry
Richard Frait
Evan Hendershot
Briar Creek
Charles Bowman
Benjamin Fowler, Jr
Henry Knorr
William S. Evans
F. Palmer
Fishing Creek
Thomas H. Hutcheson
Hemlock
Caleb Barton
George H. Wildts
Liberty
Robert Butler
Meahoning
John Wilson
Sugar Loaf
Frederick Laubauch
Limestone
David Davis
Geo
Drum
Greenwood
Joseph Lemon
John M. Parker
Tho. Mendenhall
Suger Loaf
Philip Krickbaum
Curtis Stattin
Wm. Robbins
Isaac Ktin
Philip Appleman
Wm. Campbell
John McMahon
Jacob Budman
John McWilliams
Miffin
Christian Miller
Also Mentioned on This Page
The
Columbian
Zeeke
Sidney Smith
Guicciardins
Briercreek
Z. Q
Cider Press
New York Herald
la Laies
Conleress
Washington
Potomac
Mount Vernon
Helena
Wasuincron
Cassinet Manufactory
Headley, Bahl & Co
Berwick
George Kelchner
Brier Creek
S&s Evans
Schleyer’s
Nescopeck
Forge
Fruit & Wolliver’s
Teste Wilson
Salem
Beach's
J. &J. Bowman & Co
Wrial List
Columbia County
Martin Stiles
Jacob Vetter
John McKim Jr
Samuel Heffner
Nathaniel Williams
Christopher Heller i
McKelvy
William Kitchen
Frederick Switzer
Mary Caldwell
Abraham van Horn
Jacob Grow
Mary Strawbridge
Commoveath
Peter Engle
Machael Brobst
Abraham Adams
George Stine
Jonas Heyman
John Fulkerson
Roaring Creek
Jacob Shuman
John Stiles
Joseph Paxton
Wim
Scout
Geo. Fetteman
Joseph Maus
Samuel Smith
Leyrand Bancroft
Same
William Bradley
Wm. McDowell
D. Montgomery
R’s
George Hooner
Jesse Funston
A. McReynolds
John Bene
W.mckelvy
R. M.curdy
Michael Hower
M. McDowell
Lucas Brass
Jacob Welker
Charles Jennings
Erm
Beot
S. M. Gilmore
Jackson
Just
Headley, B&hl
Tf Co
Russia
A. Miller
A'S
Kerwick
Headley, Bahl, & CO
Jackson’s
Brookville
Brier Creek Township
A. Hunleck
Fool
John Fruit
Jerseytown
Isaac C. Johnson
Orangeville
Jacob Melick
Esq
Seidletown
Abraham Miller
Michael Ravert
Soem
KE. Cortright
New Columbia
Benjamin Jones
Huntington
John Hess
William Millard
James Fowler
Hienbender
E. Lazarus
Jesse Coleman
H. Molasses
J. & J. Bowman & Co
J.&j. Bowman & Co
Gross Kos
Samuel Harman
Mifflinville
Columbia
Elias Howell
Danville
Miller
Nodugz
Wm. Kishbaugh
Nescopeck Township
Luzerne County
Jacob Kishbaugh
Philadelphia Saturday News
ANT
Literary Gazette
General Intelligence
Newa, &c
Europe
Louis
Godey
Morton McMichel
L. A. Godey, & CO
Walnus St
Apercovers
South Fourth Street
Joshua M. Grandin
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