03 Sep 1850
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Newspaper
Huntingdon Journal
Location
Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1850
Page
1
A poem in two voices imagines a German superstition where an angel circles two silent lovers. The first speaker breaks the hush with a tender line, the wing’s touch awakening love. The muse notes the moment when truth and affection spring, as the maiden blushes and the poet declares enduring devotion.
An elderly narrator recalls a radical past in 1790s Scotland and his voyage to New York in 1794. He contrasts weekly church attendance with companions who frequented taverns, noting Sabbath discipline, modest wages, and a long, healthy life since settling in America. He argues Church on the Sabbath benefits laborers.
Nota Bena recalls a Virginia case of Mrs W who murdered five husbands with laudanum and molten lead drawn from her first husband wedding gift. A wealthy W pursued her, their marriage ended in a brutal attempted murder, a divorce, and a lifelong chase by W for her, ending in bleak remorse and possible death.
A harsh denunciation condemns tattlers for spreading falsehoods and exposing secrets. It asserts that such behavior harms the tattler, alienates friends, and reveals a shallow, envious character driven by guile and revenge.
A snowbound traveller in the Alps, near death, revives a fellow wanderer by warming and comforting him. The helper’s blood returns warmth, the dying man recovers, and both survive to share happiness. The lesson to young readers: true joy comes from making others happy.
A compact moral exhortation to youths urging perseverance after setbacks, kindness to enemies, self control, cheerful effort, and steady habits. It emphasizes keeping good thoughts, avoiding revenge, and the value of repeated small kindnesses to soften hearts and build character.
A mother asks her twins what actions made others happy that day. The elder recalls helping a classmate win esteem, the younger comforts a girl grieving for a brother. The mother urges rejoicing with the glad and sharing in sorrow as obedience to Christ. Men shun exposure of fault yet fear facing mortality.
A lively exhortation urges constant activity and labor in daily life. It stresses digging into work, staying productive beyond routine corners, and avoiding idleness. The poem proclaims industry builds character, awakens the mind, and leads to happiness while discouraging complaint and lethargy.
The Philadelphia Bulletin notes a wave of notable deaths from 1849 and 1850, naming Calhoun Wordsworth Jeffrey Taylor Peel Phillippe and others. It mourns the loss of giants in intellect and asks who will replace them as the old guard fades and a new era dawns.
A collection of moral anecdotes and aphorisms on self control and virtue. The text urges youth to guard the heart, maintain harmony of knowledge faith hope and charity, and recalls a reform-minded Oneida chief who spoke of patience and dying well. It also includes parables about kings and contentment and cautions against loose conduct and fashion’s judgments.
A French resident swindled by a bum steed sold by a horse jockey and by an auctioneer, both cheats. He paid one hundred dollars for a lame, wind-broken mare and sought redress, cursing the con artists in broken English peppered with cartoonish faux French phrases.
Mr Euniort often called the Apostle of the American Indians faced threats and barbarous treatment from indigenous chiefs while alone in the wilderness yet his faith sustained him. He declared that the Great God was with him and dared the sachems to touch him, and they fled.
A dated anecdote recalls a Russian campaign boast where Bonaparte argued he disposes as well as proposes. A Christian observer warned the turning point would come when God does not tolerate usurping His prerogative. The piece cites London’s Historic Times noting Gen. Taylor’s successor as Mr. Phillimore.
An extended satirical piece lampoons a Yankee abroad famed for selling curios and crowd-pleasing tricks, followed by a tender Connecticut mortgage tale. An elderly farmer, pressed by a due debt, is aided by his daughter who pays with a saved pledge, illustrating thrift and virtue.
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