16 Mar 1855
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Newspaper
Delaware State Reporter
Location
Dover, Delaware, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1855
Page
1
A poem recounts dawn breaking over Grecian hills and celebrates ancient poets and their unbridled creativity. The speaker longs for the original inspiration that gave birth to song and life, urging a return to natural grace and passionate expression.
The piece argues against bigotry by citing Washington’s stance on foreign influence and religious tolerance, contrasting liberal civil rights with sectarian persecution. It reflects on human nature’s dual capacity for good and evil, urging mercy and public spirit, and extols religion as key to human greatness.
The New Orleans Advocate editor recalls meeting John Wesley Crockett in 1849 and describes Davy Crockett as shrewd and observant. The piece notes Crockett’s frontier fame, his sense of propriety, and the burden of public life along with his adventurous spirit. The writer reflects on Crockett’s death and the impact on his family.
The precious metals flee from banks as distrust grows in private credit. Coin hides in stockings and drawers while dollars and eagles vanish from sight. A farmer recalls hoarding a silver dollar during a prior coin scarcity to guard future needs.
A fragment discusses the purpose of creation and proper means to its end, notes rainy Sundays appeal to churchgoers for inspecting their ledgers without harming reputations, and ends with a remark on mind and compensation.
A crowd gathers in Second street to hear a gentlemanly dandy explain his cure for dyspepsia. He traded dumb bells for a paving rammer, lifting stones for an hour daily, which improved his digestion and appetite, amusing bystanders and inspiring others to seek the same remedy.
Letters describe King Ferdinand II backing a Neapolitan venture with French partners to drain Lake Fucino. The project aims to reclaim about 33,000 acres, reveal ancient cities, and transform land into company ownership within eight years using modern explosives and machinery.
A passage from Rural Hours extols gardening as a civilizing task that fosters industry and regularity. It argues gardening sustains effort, reduces idleness, and cultivates generosity through shared produce and flowers for neighbors, the sick, and friends.
A letter from a Yankee schoolmaster in Kentucky extolls corn dodgers as a democratic staple, contrasts them with northern fare, and urges their introduction by a landlady. It comments on wheat prices in St Louis, moral reflections, temperance, and assorted miscellany from the era’s papers.
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