14 Jun 1860
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Newspaper
Hornellsville Tribune
Location
Hornellsville, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1860
Page
1
In a vivid early New York scene, Mark Thornbrooke hides nerves as he courts Lily Raymond amid gossiping cousins and bridal plots. A failed proposal turns comic, with wardrobe mishaps and a dogged quest for a fixed day, culminating in a quiet engagement and the prospect of marriage.
Fragmented OCR notes describe a boastful, racist screed praising Mississippi and its people. The piece laments superiority in rivers, strength, wealth, and racial hierarchy, with crude racist imagery and demeaning language about Black people, women, and children. It reflects propagandistic rhetoric from an envoy to his men, asserting national dominance and calling for harsher treatment of others.
The article extols the Book of Job as highly poetic and picturesque, noting its grandeur and didactic layout. It describes vivid natural Hebrew scenes and lists animals, winds, and landscapes, praising the varied and lyrical expression of Hebrew poetry and its serene, pastoral qualities.
A muddled reminiscence recounts Elijah Barnes of Pennsylvania who finds a rattlesnake in his field and later believes it poisoned his son. Physicians are summoned as the patient worsens, but a sudden reveal alleviates his fears. The text then veers to a tale about a reader seeking an odometer to measure a carriage’s distance and a jab at Fenian inventors, ending with a moral remark on lashings and endurance.
A fragment from Christopher North’s Blackwood series blends boyhood autobiography with a vivid memory of a harsh yet reflective day. The piece shifts to a concert report in Alleghania and playful modern vignettes about moral exhortation, street scenes, and a Texas bank Bible sale amid abolitionist notes.
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