30 Oct 1857
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Newspaper
Delaware State Reporter
Location
Dover, Delaware, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1857
Page
1
Dover notices describe an October banking day with deposits and withdrawals while a Philadelphia jeweler, Staulfer and Harley, displays gold levers and jeweled watches, silver tea sets, and optical goods for sale. The ad lists prices, items, and on hand stock as part of a local merchant’s catalog.
An account describes Lamb clinging to a pony as danger closes when a bearlike beast charges. The horse bucks and steers through the chaos while Ennis fires a rifle and yells a command, guiding the party toward safety. The band escapes with their prisoners as the pony presses on.
In a Vermont tale, Moses Felton confronts a forged oath tied to a young man indicted for forgery. A year later Felton holds to the promise aloud, justice fulfilled as Daniel Bryan survives and returns to public life. The story ends with Felton and Bryan acknowledging repayment of a debt of honor.
Reading traces a temperance tale with Bryan, Felton and a confrontation over drink, ending in a volatile split. It also includes a long urban natural history vignette about a garden spider and its prey, plus scattered notes on debt, banking, and travel anecdotes.
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