Three Daughters and a Mother and Four Devils for the Father
An 1860 Galesville oration excerpt attacks a cruel husband who squandered his wife’s earnings and abused his family. The speaker blasts the proverb equating "three daughters and a mother" with devils, denouncing infidelity, drink, and tyranny while condemning the man’s conduct and urging accountability. Also comments on naturalization and suffrage training. Indian Chief Red Iron visit noted with details of his party and shopping.
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Sherivyh
Local Curse Plague of Neighbors and Livestock
A fragment recounts a taunting wish against a neighbor full of misfortune. It invokes daytime sting, nightly bed-bugs, stolen chickens, rootling hogs, ruined crops, runaway oxen, dried cattle, and a notable curse of universal hatred ending in a fatal bread-choke.
Eclipse Draws World Eye As Observers Scan Solar Return
The article notes a solar eclipse last week seen from Oregon to the Red Sea with observers from North America, Spain, Portugal, Majorca, and Algeria. It mentions Leverrier’s prediction of an unseen planet inside Mercury’s orbit and期待 further results from measurements. It also reports a local crime story about a father rescuing his daughter from an illicit house near Cannon Falls Road after seduction and attempted abduction by her protector.
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Staten Island
Chicago
Herodotus
Leverrier
Neptune
Mercury
Oregon
Labrador
Atlantic
Mediterranean
Egypt
Red Sea
Santander
Bilboa
Pampeltuna
Spain
Ebro
Portugal
Palma
Majorca
Bugia
Algeria
St. Paul
Illfara
Cannon Falls Road
Red
Wing
Bayard Taylor plans new country seat in Chester County
Bayard Taylor, settling after wanderlust, hosts German visitors in his native Chester County town. He nears completion of a grand country seat on land beside his birthplace. During the corner stone laying last Fall, he placed his first work Views a Foot in the foundation box with the inscription This is the real foundation stone of this edifice.
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Bayard Taylor
Sertme
Chester County
Pennsylvania
Argus d& Dem
Public Schools Close Summer Term With Notable Exercises
The Summer term of the Public Schools closed on Friday. Large numbers of visitors attended the First Ward morning exercises and the Third Ward afternoon programs. The events were interesting and creditable to scholars and teachers. We regret losing Mr. Conger and hope Mr. Mason will not depart. Union and Democrat.
Curious Notice on Vicious Youths Sparked by Indianapolis Meeting
The Argus and Democrat report a recent Indianapolis meeting addressing a growing surplus of “poor devils” and “good-for-nothing” young men seen as a threat to the harvest season. Officials denounce coarse speech and social danger, labeling such men as swindlers or freeloaders.
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Wis
Indianapolis
Argus & Dem
Sheep Ferry Move Signals Hastings Drive
About 350 sheep were carried across the river by ferry yesterday. They will be driven to Hastings, Minnesota. A La Crosse representative notes Groasnors as nurseries of rowdyism and vulgarity. A man quips that Longfellow’s saying Suffer and be strong nearly mocks the old adage Grin and bear it. Sheriden, when asked which actor he preferred, named the prompter for better viewing and hearing.
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Hastings
Min
la Crosse
Longfellow
Berry and the tailor in a Revolution era quip
An exchange between an actor and his tailor Berry blends punning on Berry with a joke about paying debts. A London-asked American and Earl of Dartmouth anecdote includes a quip about Congress having fifty two cards and knaves as court cards, reflecting satirical political wit of the era.
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Berry
Earl of Dartmouth
London
Congress
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Galesville
Fallows
Dne
Red Iron
Red Tron
St. Peter Pribune
Sheriden
Leas
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