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Newspaper
Cambridge Reveille
Location
Cambridge City, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1850
Page
1
A Kentucky speaker in a private room recites a tale of political wagers and a comic pig joke to sway a mixed audience. The crowd laughs as the Kentuckian demonstrates political reliability and boosts Whig support in Louisiana during the 1848 campaign.
Henry Colman extols Erie and Ohio Canal works describing basins, aqueducts, granite mountains pierced, and vast waterways. He marvels at human effort, tools, and the short life of the laborer behind monumental engineering achievements.
The Burnet House opened with a brilliant soiree described as the season’s finest. Guests from Cincinnati and neighboring cities filled the ballroom while Col Pragay and a Kossuth portrait drew attention. Supper showcased season delicacies as Coleman and Risley impressed with the hotel’s splendor and planning.
The editor of the Main Cultivator reports on a single acre plus an onion bed yielding thirty bushels of corn for grinding, two to three hundred pumpkins, sixty bushels of onions, and flour via onions. The rest grows summer and winter vegetables, beets for cow feed, fruit trees, a flower garden, and berries. A family can be sustained on one acre in Maine, and likewise in every state.
A quixotic item catalogues a playful diagnosis of a love ailment. It lists symptoms such as absent mindedness, poetic sighs, moon gazing, and bloodshot eyes, with effects like sleeplessness and sharp heartbreak, concluding with a cure: get married.
A group of gentlemen posed a devilish riddle to a newly arrived Irishman. When asked which man the devil would select first the response came quick. Faith he knows he could get either of you at any time. The men found the answer satisfactory and adjourned.
Chief Justice J. P. Hale and Major General W. H. Seward arrived in the city by special train under the underground railway and praised the new transport method, urging wider adoption by the New England Republic. Frederick Douglass and others lodge at Tremont. The Boston Freeman extols President Taylor as sensible, principled, and capable, contrasting him with party tactics and praising his handling of foreign and domestic crises alongside Gen. Taylor and the Whig party.
Just published. A geography for the use of American statesmen, which comprises an inquiry into the political social and religious history of the Rest of Mankind with notes and emendations by Truman Smith. 2 vols 8vo for sale by A C Bullitt bookseller 32 Pennsylvania avenue Washington Times.
Dr Z Taylor former president of the Republic of the United States dedicates retirement to science and letters. He is currently preparing a work on the instability and in gratitude of Republis Jd.
Telegraph reports Poote elected President and Quat tlebum Vice President of the Southern Confederacy. Rumor says Gen Foote will call an extra session of the Southern Parliament at Natchez under the Hill to present a plan to invade Missouri.
Reports state Martin Van Buren has been expelled from Liberia after years of residence and alleged conspiracies to enslave blacks and install his son John as head of state. The former U S political figure faces departure within a month and is expected to seek asylum in Australia.
The text contrasts immediate self interest with long term virtue. It warns that focus on present pleasure yields poor fruits, while a higher self interest aims at eternal consequences. It calls for disciplined, truthful action aligning life with divine law to gain lasting reward.
The Massachusetts legislature passed a strict new license law banning the sale of all spirits or fermented liquors in quantities under twenty eight gallons except for mechanical and medicinal uses. Town corporations may appoint agents to sell liquor and pay them from the corporation, with penalties including imprisonment and fines for violations.
A young lady rebukes a boastful suitor who accuses her of seeking flattery. She declares she does not sing and rejects his insinuation, calling his flattery shallow. The exchange ends with her firm stance against his taunts.
The Boston Tran reports a California gold bugle by E G Wright of 115 Court Street bearing the inscription to D H Hall. The ornate instrument weighs 25 ounces 9 pennyweights 12 grains, costs 1000 dollars, and features scroll-work with military and masonic emblems. It is praised for superior tone and workmanship.
A garbled item traces an umbrella linked to C. Holden with multiple puns on Hold on Holden Olden and Holden variants. Various newspapers joke about the thief and the possible reward, noting the umbrella’s owner and the wordplay surrounding the name.
A traveler returning from California recalls visiting a graveyard where only eleven graves were found, then discovers that within nine months fourteen hundred people were buried there. He notes how letters from friends abroad often arrive late or not at all as fortunes and graves rise with alarming speed in the new country.
Six hundred forty eight dollars were collected at Louisville on Wednesday and distributed among the sufferers of the Belle of the West who had arrived there. A meeting on the steamer Diadem raised 112 17 for Belle victims aboard the Diadem. The captain and officers contributed money and offered free passage to St Louis and intermediate ports. Madison Cour.
In a social scene with the late John Randolph, a dreamer notes dreaming of dice. Randolph responds that such dreams reflect what occupies a person's mind by day, linking nightly visions to daytime thoughts.
The article urges immediate action to plant shade trees along roads and village streets. It offers six practical steps including digging large preps, wide holes for 2-3 inch trunks, halving top growth, not planting deeper than before, erecting tripod protection, and mulching with litter. It argues well-planted trees grow faster and form dense foliage, emphasizing better ten good trees than twenty poor ones.
A witness recounts Ney facing execution in the Luxembourg garden on December 7. He refused blindfolding, affirmed loyalty to France, and ordered the firing squad to shoot. The account notes his long military service and declares him not a traitor despite allegiance to Napoleon.
A London scientific journal announces aLocomotive to be propelled without steam gas or electricity without fuel of any kind is soon to be introduced to the world. The piece questions doubt and notes science and art have made extraordinary advances and may drastically alter travel and commerce.
Prof Webster's laboratory is shown to the public at twelve and a half cents admission. Reportedly Mr Littlefield benefits by the arrangement as he pockets the receipts.
Mrs Partington believes Father Matthew caused the mine suspension in New Orleans, suggesting a clerical figure influenced local industry. The remark reflects community speculation on the disruption and its religious overtones.
Reports say Layard uncovered a throne of metal and ivory believed linked to Nimrod from three millennia past. The article notes its rich carving and antiquity, then abruptly shifts to an odd humorous aside about a toper and a proverb.
A fragmented 19th century exchange shows a priest questioning a bride named Julia Long followed by a humorous nonstandard reply. The text then mentions the Anti Slavery Standard lamenting that Mr Calhoun did not live long enough to resolve the Union.
A courtroom exchange ends with the judge ordering the convict to be hanged and hoping the sentence serves as a warning, following a heated dispute between two men and a prisoner. The dialogue captures a stern moment in the trial.
Tall mosquitoes in California exhibit enormous suction. They are described as strong enough to lift a bed blanket with their teeth to let another bite. The piece warns against severe punishment of children, arguing it harms spirit and leads to later retaliation for cruelty.
The note claims Jenny Lind was offered about thirty thousand pounds to sing at the Imperial Concerts in Russia. Her reply is quoted as Hungary, a playful twist highlighting her triumph as the nightingale.
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