A Farmer's Daughter Debate Ends In Matchmaking
George Benson weighs Hettie Burke and Josephine Reynolds as potential wives. In a tale of domestic duties and pride, Hettie argues housework can be a respected skill, while Josephine rejects such labor. Benson visits Reynolds and later proposes to Hettie, accepting her view on shared duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jo Reynolds
Hettie Burke
Benson
Josephine
Fottie
Farmeria
Tom
George Benson
Hattie
Reynolds
Miss Reynolds
George
Geor
Wren
Josear
Worman
Hettie
Sam
Mother
Iain
Father
Hottie
Manny
Tettie
Indy
Agricultural and Domestic Doings and Flour Selection
An essay on rural living highlights how farmers stay fit, breathe outdoors, eat simpler foods, avoid brain overwork, sleep at night, and pursue moderate ambitions. It notes simple lives produce steadier hopes and fewer disappointments. Also given are flour selection tips from Ohio Palmer and a report on Mrs. King of Vernon making maple sugar, praising quality and price implications for sugar maples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Ieeeenigee
Planting trees and protecting saplings in pastures report
The text discusses planting hardier trees like locusts and oaks in pastures, with protection from cattle until they mature. It mentions a collection in aid of Kansas and a Brook Leeds event, noting funds raised and accounts given, in a fragmentary historical context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Kansas
Hurely
Brook Leeds
Goles
Women as Slaves in Rural Life and Europe Critique
Letters from women decry heavy domestic toil and slave-like treatment in farms and homes, contrasting American and European customs. The piece cites mothers overwhelmed by childcare and chores, urging men to value wives and support humane, Christian treatment. It also notes glimpses of reform, with agricultural tips on transplanting and wheat curing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sho Cing
Dudgery
Free States
America
Europe
France
Rhine
Venna
Cresars
Political Debate on Slavery and Supreme Court
A long extract from the Chicago Democrat rebukes the Supreme Court for its Taney-era stance on citizenship and slavery. It questions presidential actions, Buchanan’s passport endorsements, and the fate of Democratic principles, asking where Wythe, Pendleton, and Jefferson’s ideals have gone as Slavery advances. It cites New York Evening Post and New Orleans Picayune passages, and notes emancipation bans in Louisiana and a Kansas emigration surge. The piece ends reflecting on a fatal victory for slavery over Union ideals.
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Machanen
Cl Street
Grey
Poughkeepsie
New York
United ‘States
Jamcs Buchanan
United States
Supreme Court
Taney
Gray
Buchanan
Marcy
Democracy
Democratic Party
Dred Scott
Congress
Wyethe
Pendleton
Jeterson
Beate
Federal Party
Ans
Cep Eee Tue Iksves
The
New York Evening Post
Confederacy
Louisiana
New Orleans Picayune
Laistaca
Senate
House of Representatives
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Jeurg Fis
Ohdo Palmer
W.R. Chronicle
Fond du Vnc
Cnfom Sas Republican Team
Political Intelligence
Massachusetts
Ing
Avery
Gt. Louis
Democrat
Obiey
Charleston
Law Supreme Court
Major Murphey
Leavenworth
Cok Portiey
Baths
Dover
Gusdorf
Dore
Fremont
Willet
Soto Jf
Luipoastite
Peters
Abe Whale Community
Paris
A. Gusdorp
Fromont
Peter
Tate
Tomer
Glace—Sims
Vet Coor Te Hayton
F. Dernham
Hoback
Hirtach
Marco
Gorned
Mt Sagend
Ethire
Augusto Ooooh
Fon Sane
Ric McCeuioen
Prement
Kenny & Hoesen
Elmores PD
Rice
Childs C. Fonzas
Woolwilley We Maun
West Milgeovs
ATL
Canfield & Bro
Hity
Aes An
Canfield & Bros
Prant Bad Watbek
Tia
P. B. Beery
Herry's
Margaina
Orloew
Cleveland
Kentucky
Fremont Machine Shop
Tone & Ghlpin
JUNE
Jere
Onven
Der
Patel
Etio
Hagan
Lyman Gelpin
Fnemont
Sandusky
June & Gelpin
Hanes
Canfield & Brothers
Theo Silla
Agenta
Ayer
Dr.j
Avex
W. Premer
Bogead
Daly M. de
Creice
Liv
Mica
de Avi
Minnie
Oro
J. Ghiffis
Prom
J. Himes
Boston
Warsaw
Wrosciya
N.Y
Vila
Lowit
Howden
Pers Sr Wuthyly
Savire Clann
Basin Nation
Bay
Rome
Tun Avery
Gulaley
J. 0. Ayer
Lowell
Mass
Th. McCulloch
J. ¥. Wooster
Beagginia Genecaly
Isla
Vermont
Walton
Horne & CO
Clyde
Obie
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