Longfellow Deemed America's Premier Poet in 19th Century Critique
In a comprehensive assessment, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow is hailed as America’s foremost poet, cultured by European study and teaching at Harvard. The piece praises his refined verse, translations, and enduring rhythmic mastery, while noting Europe’s influence on his work and the lasting, compact texture of his poetry.
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Europe
America
Gottingen
Brandoin College
Sweden
Denmark
Harvard College
Cambridge
Longfellow
Tey
Tegner
Woodland Reverie Amid Sacred Springtime Lights
A reflective meditation on nature and childhood memories triggered by Pentecost scenes. The speaker recalls green lands, forest scenes, and playmates in the woods, invoking reverent nature personified as kneeling in prayer. The passage notes the poem’s moving rhythm and emotional depth.
Brides Wanted and Western Bachelor Views
A St Cloud note offers a raw material trading chance for bridestone and mentions commission merchants and local offices. It jokes about widowers and widows, suggesting Western bachelors prefer travel over marriage, while observers warn against placing faith in the notice. A separate anecdote tells of Squire A evading debt by fishing, using fish hooks to settle a small debt and avoid writs.
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St. Cloud
Miller & Swisshelm
H. Z. Mitelger
Lower Landing
Burbank
Marlatt, & Sims
Able
Proctor and Clarke
Evans
McKelyy
West
Saturday Evening Post
Squire A
Squire
Holmes Blasts American Greed for Medicine
Dr Oliver Wendell Holmes, at a Massachusetts Medical Society meeting, mocks American greed for medicine, noting the public’s belief that doctors and cures are readily available for all. He suggests restraint and reflection on medical costs and access.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes
Massachusetts Medical Society
Quote on American vigor and rhetoric in Fourth of July display
A fragment reflecting on American enthusiasms for weaponry, speed, and bravado. The speaker mocks excessive rhetoric and the culture of grand displays, noting how people celebrate with feats, force, and strong language as symbols of national pride. The passage ends with a about the intoxicating frenzy of national symbols.
Death of Wm A Hawkins at Pike's Peak with volunteer siege
The sudden death of Wm A Hawkins is mourned by friends. Once a prominent city citizen, he moved to Prairie du Chien then Pike's Peak where a volunteer company formed to repel Indian attacks ambushed them. He leaves a wife and children. Mil. News
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Mgr. Hawking
Prairie du Chien
Pike’s Peak
Passenger drinks river water due to low levels aboard
A Louisville mail-boat passenger, not prone to excess, explains his heavy drinking by the river running so low that the captain bans water as a beverage. He hiccups while recounting this excuse, noting there is none to spare.
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Louisville
Market prices drift as crops loom unsettled
In unsettled markets ahead of new crops buyers pay 92 95 cents for wheat and two cents for oats this morning. Corn stands at 2 35 cents. Butter holds at 10 to 12 cents and eggs at 8 cents. Union and Democrat.
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Union & Dem
Vowel Death Quip Fragments In Dr. Barton Room
A gentleman entering the room of the late Dr. Barton heard a remark about Mr. Vowel being dead. The exchange, seeming to mock the idea, prompts a cautious response and a pause over the strange quip.
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Dr. Barton
Mr. Vowel
Vowel
Distinctive Irish Waiter Praises Salmon At Dinner
A waiter from Ireland complimented a salmon during a dinner, remarking that the fish once walked about with its hands in its pockets and drained a pretty fancy property, implying cleverness even before being served. The anecdote underscores the waiter’s humorous, literary turn of phrase.
Sir Fletcher Norton Critiqued For Courtesy Comment
In a Lord Mansfield proceeding on manorial rights, Sir Fletcher Norton quipped about his own manners. The judge replied with a gentle smile We all know it, Sir Pletcher, highlighting the famed misstep in court discourse.
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Fletcher Norton
Lord Mansfield
Pletcher
Chlorine Discovery by Scheele Drives Bleaching Revolution
In the late 18th century Scheele conducted experiments on black oxide of manganese leading to chlorine discovery. Berthollet noted chlorine altered cork color in confinement and proposed its use as a bleaching agent, transforming bleaching from months to hours.
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Scheele
Berthollet
Hatchet Found In Oak Tree In Greenbush Township
A curious discovery reports a hatchet firmly embedded in a white oak in Greenbush township. The tree appeared sound and the hatchet dates back more than two centuries, with the tree about thirty years old when the tool was lodged inside. It is suggested this is the hatchet mythically used to spare the tree by the woodman.
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Greenbush
Zdondon Journal
Crandall Escapes Alleghany Jail In Bold Flight
A man named Crandall escaped from the Alleghany county jail. He later sent a letter describing his method: he exited his cell by ingenuity, rushed up stairs, slipped out the back window, climbed down a lightning rod, and walked away with dignity into liberty.
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Crandall
Alleghany
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