04 May 1841
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Newspaper
Huron Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1841
Page
1
A long yarn mixes funeral reflections on a Civil War era hero with a sermon on winds and nature. It blends poems read aloud on a church stage, notes on household life, marriage, finances, and a critique of gambling. It also cites Washington and Harrison with moral observations on newspapers and public virtue.
George Washington offers candid guidance to Bushrod Washington on finances and youth, urging prudent choices, avoiding dissipation, and choosing trustworthy friends. He emphasizes steering toward honor and profit in chosen profession, and warns against excessive company with careless companions. He counsels slow growing true friendship tested by adversity.
At a Park mass meeting the speaker Mr Hawkins declares he is a former drunkard who quit thirty years ago and urges others to renounce alcohol. He says distillers profit from drinking, touts water as a remedy, and calls for the Haw to curb whisky’s power.
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