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Lances at Europe and Marseille Tale of Musician Fate
A long mixed excerpt shows doggerel from the Nae Verk Tribune and a Marseilles tale of a fragile composer. A penniless musician in 1792 lives in a garret, fans a first audience with a harp, endures neglect, then finds a patron, faces despair, and is inspired by Claudine to witness the Marseilles Hymn emerge as his work. A second vignette recounts a widow and widower joke from Mississippi, plus notes on mineral discovery, a costly mountain tunnel project, and various oddities.
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Mured
Chteyenne
Cherberus
Singera
the Citoyen Dupont
Cito
Dupont
Army of the Thine
Concierne
Paris
Claudine
Jonny Lind
AL. Dupont
Sup
Rouget de L'Iste
Marseilles
Carmposer
Iby
Hally Springs
Mississippi
Clott
Jake
Natural History Society
Charles T. Jackson
Hurdstown
Morris Canal
N. Y
Lake Champlain
Jackson
Mediza
Laston
Hoosit Mountain
Loossig Mountain
Northaglams
Mass
Tany and
Boston Railroad
Massachusetts Senate
House
Troy and Boston Railroad Company
Boston Daily Advertiser