Northern Office and Building Sale Advertisement
An office in the Northern Central Railroad Company’s Building at the northwest corner of Front and Simalan t streets is offering Instantaneous Yeast or Baking Powder for sale by H. Sudyam & Son.
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Newspaper
Columbia Spy
Location
Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1857
Page
1
An office in the Northern Central Railroad Company’s Building at the northwest corner of Front and Simalan t streets is offering Instantaneous Yeast or Baking Powder for sale by H. Sudyam & Son.
A verse portrait of a maypole beauty described as light, lively, and guileless. The speaker extols a rosy summer maiden with dark hair and eyes, frolicking barefoot through grass, drawing milk, and singing as she returns home at dawn. A rustic, affectionate tribute in flowery period voice.
The poem celebrates spring’s arrival with sparrow song, blue birds, and blooming flowers near a Summer dwelling. The speaker urges Julia to depart the city and enjoy the budding year with sunlit willows, opening flowers, and gleaming brooks, finding beauty in the gaze of a loving eye.
Ned Wilder recalls a long courtship at Beechwood between Jenny Wilder and himself. He details her taunting plots, their separation, and his return with Kate Drew, leading to a dramatic reconciliation when Jenny finally yields to his vows. Kate Drew becomes a bridemaid. Seraphine Love remains a poetess.
A writer recounts friendship with Col. G in Montgomery years ago. The Colonel’s kindness overflowed and his weakness to say no grew, shaping a notable personal portrait from a bygone visit.
The piece contrasts Nathaniel Hawthorne with N D P Willis, detailing early neglect of Hawthorne’s work in The Token, his complex personality and prose, and how a later push by the author and Stationers’ Company brought him fame with Twice Told Tales, while noting the author’s broader reflections on American merit, politics, and social behavior.
An archival passage recalls a yearly custom where children receive small sums of money, ranging from 12 cents to $1.50, from their parents according to prosperity. The tradition left lasting impressions and a forward look to its return, with the narrator describing a personal early memory of this practice.
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