The Grave of Zachary Taylor Described by Exin
General Exin writes of visiting the Taylor family graveyard near Louisville. He details the decaying vault, ivy covered walls, and neglected tombs including Richard Taylor and Sarah Strother monuments. The piece weaves memory with critique of public figures and a somber view of fading glory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Exin
Louisville
Taylor
George McCurdy
Esq
King
Kentucky
General Taylor
Richard Taylor
Orange County
Virginia
Sarah Strother
Sarah B. Gray
Richard Lee Taylor
Wa. R. Jouett
Woodford County
Jouett
Tohn Gibson Taylor
Elizabeth Lee
John G. Taylor
Thomas Owens
Westmoreland County
Mildreth Hornsby
N. M. Lewis
Spelling Hint and Tin Jars Spark Exposition Row
A moment in the Athens art gallery scene at the Mechanic Exposition unfolds as a hard handed man confronts a journalist over two gaudily painted tin jars. Slack counters with questions while a misread editor's letter causes comic confusion about space and placement. The piece ends noting New Jersey’s Trenton prison turning out over 2,000 shoes daily with most male convicts employed in the workshop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Waal
Slack
Boston
Quincy Hall
New Jersey
Trenton
Grape vines, soap suds, and a Virginia creeper tale
A comic slice traces Max Adeler’s failed grape-culture experiments from daily watering to trellises and bean poles. Missteps include soap suds, biting critiques, and a nursery man’s reveal that the plant was a Virginia creeper, ending with a pivot to cabbage. The narrative also lampoons Dumas and a Marquis over a dying heroine and a daughter who survives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max Adeler
Danbury
Pinian
Adeler
Cooley
France
Ile
Romeo and Juliet in Pennsylvania on a Pennsylvania farm feud
Two rival farmers in Girard Township Erie county long fought over a ten foot boundary line. Their feuding children secretly wed eloping and a sudden tragedy led the fathers to end the quarrel. They forgave, built a shared house, and stopped hiring lawyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Girard Township
Erie County
Chancerry
Montague and Capulet
Romeo
Fu Jiei
Erie
Emma
Welch
Ile
Fatrmers
A Still Older Coin from Ancient Rome Found in City
A reader notes a silver coin dating to Emperor Tiberius Caesar around AD 14, about 1860 years old, with his head and the legend Maximus Pont on the reverse. The notice asks anyone with a coin older than this to inform the editor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George L. Phillips
Tibenus Caesar
Tiberius Caer
Augustus
Maximus Pont
Tiberius
Caser Augustus
Rome
Julius Caser
Caser
Caligula and Milonia Casonia in a Love Fueled Madness
A historical meditation on Caligula’s passion for Milonia Casonia. The emperor’s cruelty and rage clash with her steadfast love as he rages at betrayal and suspects poison. Her devotion challenges his tyrannical nature, culminating in her plea to conspirators after his assassination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milonia Casonia
Caligula
London population rivals states in 1861 data
The article notes London and its four surrounding counties totaling nearly five million people, with 122 square miles containing 409,075 houses and a density of about 25,655 per square mile. It records 2,000 births weekly and 1,400 to 1,500 deaths in the same period, and mentions curious anecdotes from Missouri and Vermont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
New York
Pennsylvania
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Davidson & Davidson
Attorneys AT Law
Jlamirrom, Ohio
Beckett's Building
Thos, Millikin
Attorney AT Law
Jlamilton
Oso
Campbell’s Building
J. R. Sites
Attorney AT Law & Notary Public
Office High Street
Court House
S. Z. Gard
Second & Basin Sts
Robertson's Block
Hamilton
Mason S. Hamilton
General Collection
Basin Street
Squire MeckIey's
Thomas Moore
Main, Het, Water and Front Sts
West Hamilton
A. W. Kinneer
Ohio
R. B. Davidson
St. Clair Township
Butler County
P. Gordon
Hamilton Township
J.L. Flickinger
High St
James E. Neal
Office Opera
J. F. Neilan
Beckett's
Frehling
High Street
Feerb, van veKveen
aTeMan
van Derveer & Symmes
Opera House
Hamilton, Ohio
J. L. Vallandigham
Public Square
Alex. F. Hume
Hasmatrox
Stephen Crane
Trailtex, One
Israel
Williams
J. R. Brown, M. D
Front Street
First Ward
Br Akcases
Ita
Jioffman
Main
Bet
Hamilton, Onto
Zachary Taylor
Lana Glory
Ben. Butler
James
Alis
Criminal Court
Butler
Secret Service
Sikely
Washington City
Lowell
Capitol Hill
Capitol
Court of Claims
United States Coast Survey
Jerry Black
Stanton
Robert J Walker
Fred, Stanton
R. M. Corwine
Denver
Crittenden
Bartley
Alexander Dumas
Paris
Marquie de P
Dunas
Dumas
Ilis
Joan d’ Arc
Callany Co. Mo
Vermont
F. B. Puthoff
Main Street
A.hochheimer & Son
Curtis
Ox Basin Street. Org
A. Hafertpen
Truro
Third St
W. Side, Bet
Basin and Migh
Fred. Merker
Hamilton, O
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Chas E. Giffen
Praser IN
West
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