28 Jun 1844
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Newspaper
Guernsey Jeffersonian
Location
Washington, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1844
Page
1
The Guernsey Jeffersonian lists weekly price at two dollars, two dollars and fifty cents with delays, and notes no paper will stop until arrears are paid. Advertisers pay per square for three weeks and per insertion, with annual rates offering deductions. Job printing is available at Brown's Hotel East wing office.
A Philadelphia letter responds to the Native American Association invitation, arguing allegiance to universal rights, equal citizenship, and refusal to join a movement seen as religious intolerance and mob action. The writer cites the Constitution, foreign-born soldiers, and historic freedoms to defend inclusion and oppose the Native party.
Benjamin Franklin outlined a set of moral virtues with guidance for daily life. The list includes Temperance Silence Order Resolution Frugality Sincerity Justice Moderation Cleanliness Tranquility and Humility with practical aims for moderation and virtue.
A Laborer laments in a plea against inequality, noting the Bank of England guards vast gold while twenty million in the land starve daily. He questions justice as the queen's crown and jewels gleam, contrasting wealth with hunger and homelessness.
A historical polemic piece targets Polk and Dallas with anti Whig and Frelinghuysen rhetoric. It mixes political invective with theatrical imagery and ends with a children's rhyme about Sunday washing, reflecting partisan sentiment and public culture.
A destitute girl begs in a snowstorm as a traveler refuses help. Later the same man, now a rich merchant, discovers the girl is his daughter after she dies from neglect. He funds her burial and educates her sister, learning a harsh lesson about charity and pride.
A fragmentary 19th century odds and ends column reports a suicide near Uniontown and various notes on marriages, exports, anagrams, riots in Whitby and Boston, and New York school election results. It includes jests, political quips, indictments against Mormon leader Joe Smith, temperance letters, a butter weight scam, and assorted remarks on Huggers, Calhouns, and Venus at noon.
The Portland Express quotes its editor urging young women to rise early and greet the sun. He scolds sleepy girls as lazy and unfit for wives or companions, claiming those who waste morning hours will not be good partners or helpers in life.
The passage argues for changing skies from black to blue, favoring a hazy gray eye symbolizing changeable temper. It compares observers to flies basking in warmth, spinning in ecstasy when gray eyes fix on them, implying unsettled, vivid emotions.
A concise exhortation urges daily reading even for a single sentence. It notes small daily gains compound over a year and advises regulating thoughts when not studying. It suggests a person can think at work about useful topics and to recall the last reading before resuming.
The lover of sweet flowers may gain from knowing gravelly or sandy soil enhances aroma. Perfumed blooms are native to sandy lands such as Persia and Arabia, and potted plants should be supplied with sand and gravel.
A London note ridicules vendors selling rats with fake tails for grey squirrels and mocks grafting partisan labels like Whig on former Federalists to imply they are Democrats, a sharp jab at political branding.
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