Uncommon Ox and Fat Sheep at Fisherwick Park
On Wednesday the 26th of November at Fisherwick Park near the Earl of Donegall’s seat in Staffordshire, an uncommon ox weighing 3017 pounds live and 2006 pounds dead was slain, alongside a very fat sheep of 133 pounds bred by the lord. The ox had eight inches of solid fat on the chine, the sheep was well proportioned. Also noted were a fire at Mr Hodgson’s bookshop in Liverpool, a misfortune to a family, and various local anecdotes including a priestly critique and a Scotch observer’s remarks on time and women’s place, plus a distant note from the Hague about English king restoration.
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Fisherwick Park
Donegall
Staffordshire
Weyhill
Lancaster
John Taylor
Aldcliffe
Friday
Llanfhangel-y-tracih
Erionethshire
John Lloyd
Cwmbyiam
Alice Pryce
Glynn-cywarch
Cupid
Hodgson
Peol Lane
Liverpool
Sion
Moses
Whatefly
Scotland
Iwi
St. John
St. John the
Charity
Mystery Over Bodies Of Two Children Stuns In Serorp
In serorp on December 3 a coroner’s inquest was held before Mr E Lacock on view of the bodies of two children an old girl and a younger boy both about four years old.
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Serorp
E. Lacock
Cowit
Accidental deaths and curiosities from distant towns
Multiple brief items describe accidental deaths from a kitchen fire, a man dying by the will of God after an apple-picking incident, a Darley mill fire with large losses, an election of a Vinerian Scholar, and assorted notices from Oxford Portsmouth Shrewsbury and Birmingham. Also reports on a con man, a mad dog case, a race at Knutsford, church wardens’ legal trouble, and a Suffolk minister's death.
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Wahonundes Peard
Ann ‘Williams
Ponthill
Holmer
Dersy
Darley
Oxfond
Wethe Cil
University College
Charles Abbot
Fortsmouth
Sowers
Shrewsbury
Northamerton
Lord Compton
Bouverie
Mayor
London
Birmingham
James Burt
Lamp Public House
Edmund Street
Wilde
Knotsford
Norwich
St. Andrew
Barnabas Leman
Thomas Harmer
Wallisheld
Suffolk
Murderer Surrenders After Eluding Capture for Years
A man who killed his step-mother in broad daylight years ago at Mullingar escaped when confronted at a broken door, rode away on a gentleman’s horse, and vanished for about three years. He finally surrendered to the Westmeath sheriff last Thursday and is now in Mullingar jail, a striking example of divine justice through unforeseen means.
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Duptin
Mullingar
Westmeath
Cure of Foot Halt in Sheep Described for Home Application
A letter details a folk remedy for sheep foot halt tied to an insect worm. It advises examining the hoof, removing the worm by moving the claws in opposite directions, and claims success without external applications. The writer notes seasonality and terrain influence, and contrasts with other, less certain methods while urging prompt treatment.
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North Holland
Solitary philosopher exile and praise of providence
A philosopher withdraws from worldly folly to a secluded retreat and vents against materialism. He extols divine order in creation, denounces Spinoza and Hobbes, urges reason and virtue, and celebrates solitude with visions of nature, omnipotence, and the grandeur of a selfexisting being.
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Spinoza
Hobbs
The Youth in Grief Over Amanda’s Death
A youth in a tranquil landscape misreads a death knell as Amanda’s demise. Moonlit trees, a wandering heifer, and mournful birds frame his premonition as he bewails his lost love. He conjures an angelic vision, begs her return, then leaps into the stream and perishes, leaving the river to murmur his fate forever.
Gratitude in Norfolk Clergyman’s Generous Life
A biographical sketch from Variety praises a Norfolk rector, Eucharis, for thirty years of charitable living. He saved income to repair a Gothic church, aided the poor, trained three nephews for ordination, and even resigned a living for one nephew. The piece notes his patron’s death and laments the need to remember such exemplary virtue.
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Norfolk
Eucharis
EU- Charis
P.S
Norfolk Chronicle
William Hewett
Baconsthorpe and Bodham
Fragmented verse on illness by Hadly of Norwich
A late 19th century verse fragment recounts a sick speaker’s decline from youth’s vigor to frailty. The poet laments loss of vitality, fame, and love, noting pain and vanity, with imagery of sunken eyes, failing voice, and looming death. The speaker longs for rest and grace as life’s tide wanes.
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Mr. Hadly
Noruich
Mi‘sfortune
Antiquities of England and Wales reissued with new plates
Francis Grose announces re publication of Antiquities of England and Wales in eight volumes or weekly numbers, with views, historical notes, fonts, and monuments. Also offers Military Antiquities and a Provincial Glossary with caricature drawing rules, priced for weekly delivery and large paper copies.
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Francis Grose
England and Wales
Grofe
England and
Wales
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Hague
Great Britain
Sunal
Troy
Houshold
Country News
Ireulan D
Amsterdam
Amanda
Philander
Murmers
Antiquities of
S. Hooper
High-Holborn
Meff
Tower of London
Hamilton
Ts Society of Artists
Eagle Army
Batster Key
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