24 Jun 1859
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Newspaper
Grand Traverse Herald
Location
Traverse City, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1859
Page
1
Poem describing Sabbath rest and weary spirit seeking relief from toil. It portrays bells from church towers inviting song and contemplation. The speaker urges calm, faith, and mercy, trusting the Lord of the Sabbath to ease grief and burdens.
In Wheatwold a tale unfolds of Squire Richards linked to a widow’s gossip and a pink dressed woman, but neighbors uncover the ruse. Mrs Wilkes and Mrs Hanson confront him about remarriage and misperceived love, only to learn the “woman” is a wax doll purchased for his daughter.
A detailed Oswego Daily Times report traces the eighteen dollar attachment case of George Smeades against Morris and Jesse Bennet of Ogdensburg. The Bennetts endured a multi‑court struggle from 1843 to 1859 with several verdicts, appeals, and retrials across St. Lawrence, Oswego, Utica, Albany, and Syracuse, finally obtaining a Bennetts‑favored outcome. Attorney J A Hathaway represents the Bennetts. costs now total about 800 dollars for Bennetts and similar on Brown’s side, with total collection costs near 1600 for an eighteen dollar claim.
The piece argues that character is the best capital, outshining wealth. It cites old counsel and Poor Richard to show that steady industry and probity build trust with creditors, clients, and employers, while excessive leisure or gambling ruins reputation. It urges young workers and professionals to value integrity over fancy assets.
During the Battle of Waterloo a plain clothes rider, a Birmingham button maker, acts as a courier for the Duke ordering a regiment to charge. The man later becomes a Mint job offer seeker, then London visitor, with the Duke arranging a £800 a year vacancy. A second anecdote tells of Talleyrand politely puncturing a grand orator’s boast with a sly remark about emblematic figures.
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