Strange preserved corpse case reported in New York True Sun
The New York True Sun recounted Mrs Friend a hale 68 year old widow who died in 1830 and was buried with her husband and three children. After disinterment for yard relocation the coffin lid shifted revealing a fully preserved face and body with moulded skin and unmoved complexion. The body was reburied at Harlem in a mahogany case amid scientific interest.
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Old Burying Ground
Broadway and
Twelfth Street
Mia
Friend
Harlem
Europe
N. Y
Atmosphere over the Sea Affects Land and Vegetation
European savants report the sea air holds less carbonic acid than land air. When seas are rough and winds strong sea spray particles rise and travel short distances. This sea air influence extends to soil and vegetation near shores.
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Europe
Infancy Death Describes Plight of ailing Baby
A father recalls his two month old infant dying after a week of illness. He mentions four doctors, eight calomel powders, a chest blister, mustard plasters, antimony, wine, and other medicines, and laments the death as the outcome. The friend calls the death unsurprising given the care.
Supben Discovery An Exchange About Mr Boldin Wealth
A fragment shows Fanny dismissing a boastful man while noting Boldin’s fortunate inheritance of fifty thousand dollars from an aunt. The dialogue hints at Boldin’s “noble air” and convincing eyes.
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Fanny
Womin:-Shrink not from a woman of strong foree
The passage urges men to value a woman of strength and influence, noting that her counsel can sharpen reason and affection. It stresses that true love endures and that weak minds cannot sustain the highest levels of passion.
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Womin
Reflection on Lessons of Experience for Better Living
A friend muses on living life anew and notes the impossibility of recalling the past. The piece urges careful judgment, charity in assessing others, and steadfast adherence to right resolutions to atone for past errors and seek greater virtue and happiness.
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N. Y. Organ
Philosophy in Christianity and the humane Christian
The piece contrasts living philosophy in Christianity with cold disputes, praising the divine philosophy that drives good works. It cites Dr. H. Hunter and warns against neglecting the needy while claiming mercy and charity. It portrays a shift from abstract preaching to action that relieves distress.
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Dr. H. Hunter
Beggar and the Divine Impart Wisdom on Humility
During a morning walk a divine meets a beggar who calls himself a king. The beggar says the kingdom is within and his will is subdued to God, proving prosperity and happiness come from surrender. The divine learns a lesson on reconciliation and submission.
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Heaven
The Crooked Rio Grande Described By A Quaint Writer
A quaint writer portrays the Rio Grande in Mexico as extraordinarily crooked. He likens it to four extremely crooked things, plus four more twice as crooked, producing a river so twisted that timber cannot lodge two sticks, snakes are scarce, fish cling to whirlpools, and birds often fail to cross.
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Rio Grande
Mexico
Contentment Above Wealth in Old Humphrey's Lesson
A moral tale contrasts two lives a rich man chasing more and a poor woman with little income yet cheerful. The woman helps others and thanks God for what she has, showing true happiness comes from contentment and piety rather than wealth.
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Humphrey
A Comical Stage Sleigh Mishap Reported
A wag recalls a journey where he was placed in a stage sleigh with more than a dozen strangers. After turning a sharp corner the sleigh toppled and he discovered everyone had been thrown out.
Passage on virtue and vengeance in old rhetoric
A fragment speaks on passion and the hardest service, bitterness of wages, and the aim to wage war on the enemy. It frames vengeance as a moral struggle, insisting that the true reward lies in punishing opposition rather than material gain. The tone is moralistic and denunciatory.
Separate Existence of the Soul in Scripture Defense
A historical pamphlet argues the soul remains conscious after death and before resurrection. It cites biblical passages showing the soul’s immortality and contrasts mind with body, asserting that the afterlife involves ongoing perception and activity, not annihilation or sleep.
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Moses
Elias
Holy Mouth
Jerusalem
Dives and
Lazarus
Christ
John
Jesus
Voyage Home Awakens Deep Joy and Longing at Sea
Sailors on a France voyage to India despair at leaving their homeland yet rejoice upon sight of hills and church spires. They weep and embrace kin on the quay as the ship reaches port, sparking reflections on heavenly realms and the need for patient cheerfulness.
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France
Vna
India
Wessel
S. Pierre
Rats and toads as repellent tricks in Bangor
A fragment notes that a red herring tied where rats run will drive them away and that placing a toad in a house callar will expel intruders. The piece is labeled from Bangor and reads as a claimed fact about pest deterrence.
Abraham the best or the host me Ten years since
In Worcester area a boy, born unknown, endures a grim childhood with two abusive guardians who forced him to beg and endure flogging. He escapes through Providence to Rhode Island and Woonsocket, then Mendon and New England village, finally finding work in thread and shoe making. He grows into a sober, married man with two children and a better life.
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Worcester
Mass
Providence
Albany
Elleck Sickle
Indiana
Purchase
Abraham
Hell
Smithfield
R. 1
Woonsocket
Rhoda’ Island
Mendon
New England
Mon
Cast off Boy Abraham Voor Linked to Old Missing-Child Ads
A fragmentary notice describes Abraham Voor an orphaned boy with a distinctive white scar on his back and a large scar on his left foot. It suggests he may be the child once advertised for with a liberal reward, possibly linked to the West family and Providence papers. The piece urges inquiry into the condition of the poor and houseless and hopes for public help in locating his family or kin.
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The
Law Church
New Eogland
Abraham Voor
Craon
Lawrut Revexes and the wary parson of Newington
In Newington a devout man married a notoriously ill tempered woman to curb worldly attachments. He hoped afflictions would blunt desire for time, yet the wife, offended, chose to redeem her role by proving a pleasant and dutiful partner rather than a mere tool to ferry him to heaven.
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Lawrut
Newington
Weihersfield
Dutch Justice Anecdote On Drunken Men
An old tale tells of a Dutch judge who fines three drunkards differently. The first man admits drinking whiskey and is fined ten tollers. The second says rum earns him five tollers. The third proclaims he drinks wine and is fined nothing, claiming he is drunk on his own for the judge.
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Haunse
Jaleo
Derick
Who Smells Now at Boylston Market Lobster Prank
A Boston scene outside Boylston market shows a stranger sniffing a live lobster on a stall. The lobster clamped its claw on the man’s nose, provoking laughter as the vendor quips who shells now.
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Boylston Market
Boston
Feigned Death Bag Fraud Brought to Doctor for Dissection
Two men devised a scheme to raise money by faking a death and placing a man in a bag sold to a local physician as a dissection subject. The bagged man began kicking, revealing he was alive. the seller insisted the doctor could kill him later if needed.
Respect for the poorly dressed and worn hat
A poor man muses on the universal courtesy shown to well dressed strangers and notes that insults aimed at him reflect on his old hat and shabby coat, not on his own worth, urging resilience and dignity despite appearances.
The Laxotapy's Reroat
A gentleman in arrears for weeks of board complains at breakfast that the cuffee is not settled. The landlady replies you had better settle for the coffee and then you plain.
Envy Forges Boundaries Between Worldly Goods
A reflective observation on envy stating that earthly wealth corrupts the heart, while spiritual riches remain exalted beyond material desires. The passage contrasts the baseness of common goods with the vast, elevated nature of true blessings.
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