Advertisements and notices from a colonial era column
Faded copy shows advertising rates and formats for yearly and half yearly patrons. It notes single copies for sale at a shop and outlines pricing for advertisements. Regional items mention the Gut of Gibraltar currents and a missing steamer Experiment near Perry wharf with suspects and a theft investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stouen
Recoveneo
Portland Papera
Perry Wharf
Suimmer
Wips de the Inlands
Seatch
Richmond Island
Win. Place
Augusta
Cape Elizabeth
Portsmouth
Perilous Jealousy and Moral Meditation in Daily Life
The piece dwells on jealousy as a corrupting force shaping thoughts and speech, urging charity and restraint. It contrasts hidden motives with outward character, warning against unjust judgments and praising benevolent deeds within an enlightened community. It also mentions a piston power calculation and curiosities from Baltimore, Devonshire, and Niagara Falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heaven
Lexterior
Erroc
Ruths
Gojouro
Woomsocket
Secrets and their dangers in keeping and sharing
A reflective piece warns that secrets are dangerous and prone to leakage. It argues secrets grow when kept and explode when exposed, comparing them to gunpowder and emphasizing you should mind your own business and not accept others’ confidences.
Farewell Address on Delinquent Subscribers in a Country Paper
An editor humorously bids readers farewell while lamenting delinquent subscribers who fail to pay. He warns that neglect harms the paper and its workers, arguing a free press depends on timely payments and calling out debts of honor repurposed to settling newspaper dues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Banque
Lev
l—Samford
Franklin and the thread-spinning achievement story
A snippet recalls Dr Franklin with Sir Priestley and Royal Society colleagues. They discuss arts advances and a method to spin multiple threads at once. Franklin predicts rapid progress and later demonstrations reveal forty threads at once, with broader capacity imagined for a single operator today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aweepore
Franquin
Franklin
Sir Priestly
Royal Society
Georgia Wedding Fails as Officiant Fumbles Ceremony
A Georgia wedding devolves into farce when a substitute justice of the peace cannot recall the rite. Laughter erupts as the officiant improvised vows amid crowd commentary and confusion.
Privateer owner baits a gullible public at Providence
Mr B a Providence merchant famed for his wit tells of a lucky privateer cargo mishap when auger spills and a poor neighbor woman cries privateering. The scene ends with a gift of the entire hogshead to the laughing merchant. Dr Underhill urges grape culture citing Catawba Isabella and fruit as healthier fare.
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Providence
Rhode
Underhill
New York Farmer's Club
Drr
Under- Will
Odd A Bites and Courtroom Echoes From Aged Tales
The fragment recounts an 18th century potion note with herbal dye, a jurors appeal from a western lawyer, and a foreigner’s quip about being French and stateless after revolutionary shifts. It weaves moral reflections on anger, aging, and eternity with snippets of dialogue.
Lights and anecdotes of a country parson life
A vignette of Uncle Josh, a physician, portrayed as eminently successful and benevolent yet rough in showing care. Anecdotes describe his patient chatter during bilious fever, a joke about a three inch cable aiding recovery, dental mishaps with a wallet and chisel, and a consoling scene after Mrs James’s death highlighting moral caregiving and faith.
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Josh
Veele Josh
Amnlel
Jai
Elisel
Jones
Sulsee
V'iltry
Uncle Josh and the Broken Reed Faith Healer tale
A shaggy tale follows Uncle Josh a preacher known for dramatic mercy humor and impulsive discipline. He consoles a grieving mother mocks fear of death and wields a horsewhip on a feverish boy then defuses guilt with churchbound irony. The scene shifts to prayer sermons apples and comic missteps in domestic worship ending with a raucous family gathering.
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Jesus
Josh
Annie
Spain
Uncle Josh
Beneft
Joab
Tom
Ted Quick
Roak
Jhu
Uncle Jush
Strea
Aking
Jueh
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Lh Prenex
Pyrene Street
W. H
Bayle Rhage
Anoun
Conrent
Giscaltar
Gibraltar
M. Couprent-des-Bois
Atlantic
Mediterranean
Ocean
Philadelphia
Christian Union
Truman Osborn
Bexoveo Christian Frieses
Pather
Epirst
Efurt
New Orbana
New Hadford
Lavne
Sea Board
New York
Baltimore
Pumber
Rute Vo
Hrooton
Duke of Devonshire
Hogland
Niagara Falls
Ein
Sod
Adam
Boscimu
Georgia
Justice of the Peace
Triflea
Ervey
Napoleon
Waterloo
Louis Napoleon
Brance
Rome
Dncle Jost
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