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Newspaper
Columbia Spy
Location
Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1857
Page
1
A column from the Columbia Spy features a verse about Haidee the maiden with deep blue eyes and a stream nearby. The poem extols her beauty and charm with floral imagery and references to January bravery and Wisxy Woopntxe.
A somber call urges readers to help the poor as winter nears. A mother’s plea, with orphans in tow, asks households to unlock drawers and share clothing, blankets, and shoes to ease suffering and spare the dying from cold and want. The poem stresses immediate generosity.
In Eastern tale style the speaker speaks of lovers who once bloomed as a single flower on one stem and, though Fate parts them, insists their souls will unite again after life ends. The vision comforts the speaker with the hope of reunion in an Elysian afterlife where time and distance cannot divide. Marco, In.
The 2d instant an inquest at Heighington examined a youth found drowned by Sharpe and another pair of fishermen. The body showed four weeks in water and the deceased wore working clothes. A small book titled Tales of Mothers with the name William Walmsley was found in a jacket. Two letters from a sister expressed deep affection and Christian counsel. Coins and a lost hat were noted. The coroner suggested death occurred during a storm while he was traveling to see his sister, who aids the orphaned pair. The letters reveal the sister’s devoted care and moral guidance.
The coroner notes the sister’s moving letters reveal proper upbringing and sorrow as the deceased likely fell into icy water while visiting her. A jury ruled the death sound drowned. A separate sermon urges Sabbath observance and pious conduct, urging prayers for ministers and faithful reflection.
The New England Farmer cites experiments by Justice Gage of Michigan on hair snakes found in milk and other places. Crickets reportedly shed long snakes in water in August, possibly as parasite release or body product, with a seven inch example observed. A live hair snake was found in a cricket’s abdomen and another in a tea kettle, fueling a childhood belief in a vivified horse hair.
A historical review praises remarkable jumpers and recall matches, noting declining interest in running and jumping in inland towns. It recounts feats by Ingleby of Lancaster and a celebrated Irish jumper, detailing high and standing jumps and distances, while lamenting dwindling public enthusiasm for such feats.
A reader reports a touching scene in New Orleans where a poverty-stricken man limps along the street. A stranger, himself cash-poor, sacrifices his last dollar to aid him, demonstrating the city’s quiet compassion. The act, witnessed by passersby, is praised as a reward in kindness.
A thoughtful account recalls a intelligent girl struck in the eye by a stone thrown by idle boys. She asks to kneel in her father's lap to pray before a painful operation and endures it with patient faith. The piece urges children to pray and warns idle boys to avoid dangerous stone throwing.
A rough Wisconsin traveler arrives at a Connecticut county court gathering by the fire in the Franklin bar room. He listens to lawyers debating serving a referee on a warrantee deed and, when asked about the lower regions, replies with a grim, pig-tail grimace that lawyers sit nearest the fire there as well.
A compact reflection on self education and personal effort. The piece argues that costly tools do not create scholars and that intellect grows through individual action under God. It stresses that reading alone isn’t enough without self discipline and deliberate practice to achieve learning.
The piece urges cultivating generous and honest feelings to serve the commonwealth with patriotism and gentility. It calls for friendship over enmity and aligning principles with duties, warning that impracticable virtue is spurious and urging active duty rather than complacent safety. It cites Burke on vigilance against the enemy.
An observer describes the Dead Sea's vast feel, buoyant yet treacherous waters, and strange sensations while swimming. He notes tepid water, air‑floating legs, and the peril of briny spray as he nears shore, concluding deep walking seems nearly impossible.
Moore argues life is not only great evils but petty trials. Enduring others faults, neglect, ingratitude, and vexations develops patience and self-denial. Habitual acquiescence to opposition forms moral discipline and could have replaced pilgrimage and penance.
A caravan crosses northern India where a dying, devout missionary helps a heat exhausted beggar. The man whispers that the blood of Jesus cleanseth from all sin and dies. In his hand, the missionary finds a single Bible leaf, the first page of the Epistle to the Romans, revealing the dying man’s faith.
A reflective voice speaks of mercy toward a sinning person, expressing sorrow over human frailty and temptation. The speaker finds it hard to judge harshly, hoping not to deny grace to the erring and acknowledging personal fear and gratitude for mercy.
General Washington invited officers to dine when one officer swore. He dropped his utensils and declared that gentlemen should act, delivering a sharp rebuke. The remark stunned the table and ended further oaths, with the offended officer later saying a sword strike would have been easier to bear.
A moral admonition warns against repeating stories as truth. Gossip harms both speaker and listener, corrupts character, and multiplies falsehoods as it spreads. The piece urges dignity, restraint, and focus on one’s duties despite public censure.
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