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Newspaper
Erie Observer
Location
Erie, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1850
Page
1
A reflective verse question asks whether instinct, nature, chance, or unseen inner sense governs every impulse and manages our likes and dislikes with its own law, despite visible danger or outward signs. The speaker seeks reasons and signs for this hidden influence.
On the Mississippi in 1832 a young man, marked by mystery and a gold cross, spurns comfort as he pursues a vow. An old priest warns him of danger while the story recalls a girl in dim attire who saved his life during a brutal robbery in New Orleans amid yellow fever.
A tale unfolds of a youth near death and a sisterly guardian, followed by a marriage to a bishop. A poor girl’s virtue amid ragged poverty leads to redemption as she rises to sit on a western state bench, her life marked by a romance cast into the iron book of Hansen life.
A tale from Peter the Great's era recounts a forged iron bar and a worker who earned eighteen altins for a pood of iron. The Emperor visits Muller’s forge near Istra, learns the rate for bar iron, and buys a worn pair of shoes with his earnings, cherishing the pride of honest toil. A bar forged by Peter the Great is kept as a relic in Istra’s forge and another is displayed in the Academy of Sciences cabinet in St. Petersburg.
A Springfield Republican correspondent recalls a women mid sea bath encounter that ends with a rescue as a large wave drags her under. The exchange reveals a long sep aration and a humorous yet tense reunion on the beach before she escapes with a bath dress still streaming. The tale shifts to a Paris court tale of avarice, a learned advocate, and a grateful widow, followed by diversions on wolves traps in Norway and a New York omnibus quip.
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