Hog Breeding Claims Showton Farmer’s Weight Gains
An account describes a farmer who fed his hogs as usual and claims the breed produced about two hundred pounds more gain. An old Revolutionary pensioner bought a pig in 1831, then a suckling pig, and planned a five hundred pound carcass the next fall. The hog was butchered in December and the buyer reportedly gained a pound past his target. The writer urges others to try selecting pigs from the best breeds.
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Townsend
Remarkable Saybrook Girl Preacher Amazes Town
An eleven year old Saybrook girl reportedly delivers powerful sermons during spontaneous fits. She recites hymns and quotes texts with clear argument and eloquent expression. Doctors find no insanity, and observers compare her to Campbell's Scotland tongue speakers.
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N. E. Weekly Review
Saybrook
New Haven
Campbell’s of
Scotland
Sagacity of a Dray Horse Draws Admiration in Division Street
An early forenoon incident shows a large dark bay horse hitched to a Mr John Taylor beer dray guiding the wagon around a block to clear Division Street. The animal backed the dray from Green Street into Division to resume its original position, with no one aboard or controlling the rein.
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John Taylor
Usher
Division St
Division
Green St
Avision Street
Horse Obstructs Wagoner Shot Through by Error
An incident described in the Daily Advance notes a horse blocking a wagoner who was ordered to move aside, highlighting a tense encounter and the wagoner's reaction to the directive.
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Daily Adv
Attack Upon the President on the Fredericksburg Journey
An eyewitness from Alexandria recounts the assault on the President of the United States aboard the steam boat Cygnet. Randolph, a former Navy lieutenant, forced his way into the cabin and struck the President with his gloved hand, then was hit with an umbrella. The President defended himself and Randolph was carried to the deck, escaping amid a crowd and possible Confederate support. A bench warrant and magistrate’s warrant followed, but Randolph had already fled.
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Alexandria
United States
Fredericksburg
Washington
Randolph
Counterfeit Warnings Issued by Lancaster Ohio Bank Cashier
The Lancaster Ohio Bank warns the public of counterfeit notes from 1828 issued to J W Meese and S Gill and others. Notes differ in paper tint, garaghty G letter, heavy filling, and light imagery. some payees, such as W J Reese, are correctly numbered, while S Gill and Garaghty forges show flaws. Also recent counterfeit five notes tied to Bank of New York and Bank of America surface in New York.
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Lancaster Ohio Bank
J. W. Meese
Gill
W.J. Reese
S. Gill
Bank of N. York
Bank of America
N. York
Journal of Commerce
Trial of Rev. Bs Ke Avery Opens at Newport
The trial of Rev. Bs Ke Avery began at Newport on the 6th before Chief Justice Eddy and Judges Brayton and Durfee. Publication of proceedings is barred until the trial ends. Avery appeared firm though wan, showing signs of ill health. Attorneys for the State include Albert C. Greene, Dutee J. Pearce, and William R. Staples. for the prisoner are Jeremiah Mason, Richard R. Randolph, Henry Y. Cranstoun, J. Turner, and Blake.
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Bs Ke Avery
Newport
Eddy
William R. Staples
Providence
Jeremiah Mason
Boston
Richard R. Randolph
Henry Y. Cranstoun
J. Turner
Blake
Bristol
Yankee versus Yankee in Plymouth Colony
An old Plymouth Colony tale compares a volatile farmer to Puritan neighbors. A sheep owner maims sheep to prevent trespass and later feuds with a swine keeper who bites back by cutting hogs mouths. both reveal stubborn, retaliatory instincts across two farming households.
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Plymouth Colony
Ile
Murder at Connecticut State Prison Weathersfield
The Hartford Weekly Review reports four convicts at Weathersfield Prison murdered guard Jloskins during a failed escape. The plot used improvised tools and a skeleton key to unlock doors and move unseen along the inner circuit before threatening a fifth inmate.
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Connecticut State Prison
Weathersfield
Hartford
State Prison
Teller
Hoskins
Cassar Reynolds
Cesar
Grave escape attempt in prison ends in multiple murders
Prisoners seize area during escape bid and murder guard Hosking. Four convicts, led by Teller, overpower, kill, and attempt to break out with improvised keys and a secretive plan spanning years. They confess to disablement rather than killing, while one man’s prior alias history is noted.
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Mr. Thoskins
Cwear
Hoskins
Teller
Johnson
Casar
Troskins
Cash
Reynolds
New York
Union Bank
John Scott
Sing Sing
William T. Evans
William Teller
Poland Losing Hope and Life in Exile
A Paris paper quotes a Polish speaker despairing over lost hopes for homeland and freedom. He laments being sent to Siberia by the northern tyrant and resolves to end his suffering, bidding farewell to Poland and his children.
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Ing
Siberia
Poland
Paris
Munificent Charity Donation for Blind Asylum in Boston
Col. Thomas IL Perkins of Boston donates his house and land valued at about 30 000 dollars to be used as a permanent asylum for the blind. Conditions require ongoing habitation for the blind, annual funds of 50 000 dollars for support, and land reversion if the charity ceases. The piece also notes a French indemnity transaction where five million francs were paid to protect U S credit, with a protest and potential damages of 3 percent.
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Corporation For the Blind
Treasury
Bank of the United States
Barring,Brothers & Co
Paris
Hottengear & Co
U.S. Bank
Barring, Brothers & Co
U. States
Jour. Com
Desperate Villain Attacks Boy for Bank Bills
Yesterday morning between 8 and 9 o clock a man entered the Wall Street broker J B Wood's office and struck a 1d year old son with an iron bolt breaking on the cap. The boy warded the weapon aside and cried for help as the assailant fled with loose bank notes in hand.
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J. B. Wood
Wall Street
Escape Pursued After Frail Attempt in City Yard
A man fled with weighty bolt damage in a street attack before being caught in a Bunnell Cochran yard. Benjamin Mays handed him to police. he claimed to be George Fosdick, but the high constable identified Gideon Gardner, a former state prisoner. The Recorder noted the offense as aggravated and the case will be acted on soon.
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Bunnell, Cochran & Co
Pine Street
Benjamin Mays
George Fosdick
Gideon Gardner
Gree
Wich
Iays
Trenton O
Charleston
Bolt
Unsettled News Chronicle of Early 1833 Events
The page notes a lack of foreign news and mentions local murders and assaults. It reports rain reviving vegetation, the state legislature’s joint ballot electing Henry W. Evans as governor and Benjamin Stoparn as lieutenant governor, and two drowning incidents: Samuel Jeffries from Sangerfield leaping from the steamer Niagara near Cleveland and John Manger, tied to Geneva, Ohio, drowning after jumping from the schr. John Richards and being recovered.
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Hixry W. Enwarns
Besvenus Stoparn
Gaernor
Epywanos
Stonarp
John Manger
Geneva
New York
John Richards
John Weeden
Sandusky
Huron County
Ohio
Eyrth
1833
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Capain Pedowski
Besancon
Norwalk
Samuel Jeffries
Sangerfield
Oneida County
N. Y
Buffalo
Niagara
Cleveland
Cleveland Advertiser
Huron
S. Patterson
Sd. Bollivar, Smith
Standart Wilbur. & Co
Hollister Ds Co
Sindusy
Olive Branch
Wiard
Ldth
Sc. Phillips
Batts
Lady Colburn
River Thames
D. C
Barthen
Jenkin
Malden
Canada
Louisa Jenkins
Case
Jenkins
Jenkins & ‘Stacy and Standart, Wilbur & co.—L4th
Ollister and Co
Mary
Cobb
Detroit
Jackson & Colt
Disbrow
Green Bay
Sch
Hunter
Shaddack
Erie
Steamboat
Shetder Thom
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