The Gloom of Aucuem Poem Fragment
Fragmentary verse laments fading foliage and friends as spring returns never arrives. The speaker recalls loss and aging, watching leaves fall and time drain away, with somber meditation on death and memory.
17 Nov 1852
Page 1
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Newspaper
Elyria Courier
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1852
Page
1
Fragmentary verse laments fading foliage and friends as spring returns never arrives. The speaker recalls loss and aging, watching leaves fall and time drain away, with somber meditation on death and memory.
A husband recounts a five hour shopping spree through seven silk shops seeking a dress pattern for his wife Mrs. Flamley. Each store displays vast, varied silks while she remains unimpressed, until a salesman cites a previous sale to Mrs. Fitz Goggin, prompting her to finally choose a silk and vow to buy, revealing a sly marketing ploy and the otiose power of social proof.
Donnybrook-esque tale recounts Col Levi ed from Onondaga NY to Illinois in 1532 and his comic failed attempt to levy on a calf. He chases the feisty beast around a barn yard, losing hat and dignity, yet serves the writ in a memorable display of stubborn persistence.
News from Louisville reports a brutal triple murder on a flatboat named Eliza No. 2 on the Ohio River about three miles below Troy Indiana. The vessel carried flour whisky and groceries valued at 27000. Three men from Cincinnati were slain with blood and sword like wounds. a heavy hatchet lay near the scene. No killers identified though crew involvement is suspected.
An Indian woman with child is shot by a white invader while whites burn a village and kill her people. He buries the woman, carries the child to settlements as atonement, and the narrator muses on her possible motive and the fate of the family. The tale notes village destruction and warnings before the enemy’s approach.
In a sharp satirical critique, the writer denounces New York liquor dealers for raising wine and brandy prices amid alleged short European vintages. The piece mocks their excuses, likening their wit to a Punch magazine joke, and warns of the moral cost of purveying intoxicants. It also notes Jer Daniel Webster’s six volume speeches in demand, with a portion of the proceeds aiding Webster’s family.
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