24 Jul 1855
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Newspaper
Delaware State Reporter
Location
Dover, Delaware, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1855
Page
1
A flowing verse describes a bald reclined figure beside a stream on a summer day. The ripples, shadows, and river song frame youth’s brightness fading yet love enduring forever as night comes and a nightingale adds a tuneful chorus.
A tall tale of a midshipman who rescues a baby from a bear at the zoological gardens then shaves his moustaches in shame after the chaos. The tale shifts to a Upsala student who wins a kiss from the governor’s daughter and rises to scholarly fame, ending with a Connecticut preacher’s quixotic moral tale.
A speech by Mr Marcy asserts riches are a state of mind and a person’s satisfaction with his possessions. A backwoodsman, Jack Smith, recalls schooling with Marcy in Southport and praises his success, estimating value at three hundred dollars in cash if debts are cleared. The piece then surveys notes on beauty customs and small historical anecdotes.
An account from the Charleston Courier describes General Washington voting at the Alexandria polling place in spring 1799. He cast his vote for measures, not for men, amid a large crowd, with greetings from five hopefuls on the bench and cheers as he departed in his carriage. The piece also recalls Napoleon and Christ related reflections and a Quaker anecdote.
A pleasant anecdote recounts Dr Franklin's reply to Franklin town’s request for a bell. He chose a town library instead, praising sense over sound. The library prospers and aids readers, while a fragment from a health adage and a rural dialogue about nature and dawn follow in the text.
A health science note from the Agricultural Department argues droughts restore soil minerals lost to crops. It explains how evaporation creates a subsurface water flow, bringing salts to the surface, with experiments using chloride of barium and other reagents proving droughts’ beneficial role. The piece closes by praising droughts as a providential, future-cuilding practice. Also reports a Buffalo burglary where a sleeping clerk was shot while fleeing. The wounded carpenter is suspected in recent Erie thefts.
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