17 Jun 1845
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Newspaper
Huron Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1845
Page
1
In 1724 a St Francis faction attacked New Hampshire frontier settlers driving them toward wilderness ambush. White hunters surrounded a fire with eleven Indians asleep, a sudden scream echoed as a great horned owl alighted, signaling a deadly ambush and brutal killings amid forest fires and smoke.
A hunting party pursues an Indian through Saco Notch, crossing ravines and rock faces. The hunter is trapped on a narrow summit, while the Indian escapes and later reappears above him, leading to the hunter’s dramatic fall and the Indian’s survival as dawn reveals the fate.
The essay extols horticulture as a refining force that softens manners and aids health. It links nature to moral instruction, praises gardens as public benefactors, and cites rustic imagery and a humorous anecdote about a minister and a candle to illustrate human folly.
A Brooklyn Star reader protests Candle's Curtain Lectures finding humor in wife lectures while urging humor for husbands. The letter rails against cross wives and calls for husband to wife lectures from the same author. The page also includes gag anecdotes and muddled dialog about daily life, marriage, and small town misadventures with colorful characters and a frontier tone.
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