Teems Guernsey Jornersonian Ad Rates and Terms
The Guernsey Jorrensonian is published every Friday morning at two dollars if paid within three months or two dollars fifty cents if delayed. No paper discontinued until all arrears are paid, unless at publisher discretion. Mail communications must be postpaid. Advertising: one square three weeks for one hundred dollars, each further insertion twenty five. Yearly advertisers receive a liberal deduction. Job printing offered at Brown's Hotel East wing.
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Brown’s Hotel
Portigy and Hypocrisy in Religion’s Dress
A poem questions sanctimonious display and slander in town life. It argues true religion bears true deeds over talk, contrasts surface piety with heartfelt compassion, and calls for lived mercy toward the humble and poor. The speaker longs for a day when religion governs heart and conduct.
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Joe
Regina and Barbara: Two German Captives Reunited After Indian War
A German family fled to Pennsylvania amid colonial war chaos. Indians killed the parents and took Barbara and Regina as captives, subjecting them to nine years of hardship under an old cruel guardian. Regina kept faith, kneeling to pray and recalling hymns taught by her parents. In 1764 Colonel Bouquet freed captives, reuniting Regina with others spared by the sieges.
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Pennsylvania
Sablith
Canada
Barbara
Regina
Jesus
Bouquet
Carlisle
Regina Reunited as Captive Mother's Hymn Sparks Joy
A captive mother weeps for her child until Colonel Boquet asks for a clue. The mother recalls a hymn she sang to her children. Regina sings it, rushing to embrace her mother. Another girl, likely orphaned, is taken in by Regina.
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Regina
Col. Boquet
Régine
Fifty Years Since Manners From The New York Mirror
An essay on changes in manners and society since Washington’s era. The piece contrasts past frugality and domestic skill with modern habits, noting wives buying cake, servants, and rising costs. A farmer encounter illustrates how reading papers could save money, ending with a jab at neglectful readers.
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New York Mirror
Washington
Philadelphia
Madame Pomadour
New York
Jdtis
US apenacene. Women, Woman!-truly she is a mir acle.
The passage extols women as frail in peace yet bold and steadfast in hardship. It argues that under calamity she awakens courage, protection, and healing power, transforming fear into action and endurance into life, a flower pressed by winds into a force against adversity.
Man Survives 49 Days With Water Only
A Montreal Minerva report copied from a Canadian letter tells of Joseph Millet a 20 year old who survived forty nine days with no food aside from water He lived under monomania and wished to die The last two days brought excruciating stomach pains before he requested food Yet he was worn to a skeleton and has since regained health under medical treatment
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Montreal
A Ceylon Love Quarrel At Covegodde Water Fight
Campbell reports a water duel over a dark eyed maid at Covegodde. Two rivals battled in a lake from nine in the morning to three in the afternoon, dashing water in each other’s faces under rules that decide victory by momentary pause. Hundreds watched, and the defeated suitor is said never to woo the lady again.
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Covegodde
Campbell
Tecan
Englishman mocks American life in broken speech
A fragment shows a European critic deriding American climate and foods in a caricatured English tone. He complains about heat, clothing, and diet, referencing Virginia, Hindian bread and eggs, and a preference for fried dishes over chicken.
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Virginia
Irish weaver in Kilmarnock fined for holes in cloth
Krish Wit, an Irish weaver, imported from the sister isle, faced a fine for two small holes in cloth. His employer insisted on one shilling per hole, but he tore the two holes into one to save the extra penny, exclaiming a humorous plea about the hill of Howth.
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Kilmarnock
Pat
Paddy
Howth
Parsing Lesson Provokes Terse Exchange
A classroom moment shows Sally Jones struggling with a math sum while the teacher mocks the idea of impossible tasks. The pupil insists she cannot, and the teacher challenges her by linking a metaphor about a ruined apple to quantities, then redirects back to the parsing lesson.
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Sally Jones
Wally Junes
Butter pass prompt echoes at grammar class
A playful breakfast table exchange features a parent and an abridged edition of himself in a high school grammar class. The dialogue mimes the childlike mispronunciation and humorous struggle with butter and language.
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Willy
Wally
Oregon Territory as a US prize and trade key
The article argues Oregon should be claimed by the United States, calling it essential for access to China and Pacific trade. It contrasts Oregon with Texas and stresses Oregon’s strategic value, forests, minerals, and ports, urging firm pursuit of territorial definition and national wealth. It notes a separate incident in Nauvoo where Joseph Smith’s police clashed with Spencer and armed Foster brothers, ending with fines after appeals.
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New York Sun
Texas
Oregon
Oregon Territory
United States
Statesman
China
Pacific Islands
India
Indian Ocean
Java
Batavia
Pacific
England
St. Louis
Nauvoo
Joe Smith
Spencer
Masonic Hall
Dr. Foster
Younger Foster
James Rigden
Rockwell
Foster
Lasner
Villian
Rigden
Ile
Jon Smith
Iowa Territory swells as settlers move in from midwest
The Iowa Territory population grows rapidly with emigration from Illinois Indiana Pennsylvania and Ohio. Two thousand families settle along the Des Moines and its new purchase land, praised for fertile prairies and timber. Wool growing and mills expand as efforts mount for a Des Moines woollen factory and several flouring mills. The territory’s population exceeds the threshold needed to form a state.
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Iowa
Illinois
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Desmoines
New Purchase
Déesmoines
Our Father Question Mocked by Beggar Boy
A poor beggar boy asks a harsh avaricious preacher to recite the Lord’s Prayer. After the rector asserts the line Our father, the boy questions how the brother should receive this crust when he shares the father, revealing a moral critique of charity and fealty.
Hard boiled eggs said to cure love
A conceit notes hard boiled eggs as a comic remedy for heartbreak, claiming they sit heavy in the stomach and distract the sufferer from the weight of love. The quip frames digestion as a salve for romantic distress.
Excursion to the Rocky Mountains by Sir William Drummond Stewart
Sir William Drummond Stewart, famed traveller, returns from a two year journey across both sides of the Rocky Mountains. He travels to New York en route to Europe with a large party including botanists artists and naturalists from Germany. He shipped some collected productions down the Columbia to England via Cape Horn and retains other items for Europe.
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Rocky Mountains
William Drummond Stewart
New York
Europe
Germany
Columbia River
England
Cape Horn
Tomb of Jackson at Hermitage Described As Awaiting Tenant
The Baltimore Argus portrays the Hermitage yard where ex President Andrew Jackson’s family cemetery lies. It notes a simple sepulcher beside his late wife, described as an empty tomb awaiting a new occupant as patriotic flame wanes. The piece reflects on the aged hero’s prolonged earthly sojourn.
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Hermitage
Baltimore Argus
Jackson
Asparaguses Rheumatism and Gout Remedy from York Courant
A medical correspondent notes asparagus benefits for rheumatism and gout. Slight cases may improve in a day with asparagus, while chronic cases improve with acid avoidance. Jerusalem artichoke has similar effects. tea from leaves and stalks, drunk several times daily, aids relief though not always pleasant.
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York
Eng
Courant
Jerusalem
Siamese Twins Chang and Eng Marry in North Carolina
The Brooklyn Eagle recalls newspapers' historic anger at Chang and Eng marrying two sisters in North Carolina. The note teases about daughters in North Carolina and vows another burst of indignation over the tale.
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Brooklyn Eagle
Chang
Eng
North Carolina
Brerus
North Carelina
Lewp pip uve and evinl pipwEL Palindrome Challenge
A playful note quotes Johan Taylor the Water Poet praising a palindromic line. The author claims the line reads the same backward and forward and offers five shillings for successful variants. The excerpt showcases linguistic curiosity and wordplay in a humorous style.
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Johan Taylor
Georgia Whig Congressman Chappell to denounce Clay
Washington report says Georgia Whig Congressman Chappell plans to publish a letter denouncing Mr. Clay and withdrawing from support of the Dictator, signaling a political rift and shift in alignments.
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Washington
N. S. Journal of Commerces
Congress
Georgia
Chappell
Clay
The Bulwer Comine to America Court Journal Note
Court Journal reports E. L. Bulwer sails for the United States on the eve of departure for a protracted stay. The text also mentions James Wilson, a $1000 breach of promise suit in New York, and various cultural and social notices including a Hong merchant named Howqua and other world affairs.
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Bulwer
America
Court Journal
E. L. Bulwer
United States
James Wilson
Para
N. Y
Mary Dawson
New York
Howqua
Hong
Carton
Canton
St. Petersburg
China
Peter the Great
London
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