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Newspaper
Huron Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1841
Page
2
From the Reading Gazette a satirical portrait of old bachelors as roaming gleeful youths turning to grim solitary later life. It lampoons their charm at bachelor balls then dour aging, with a final note that no one misses the solitary man when he dies.
A moral exhortation urges every person to take an active role in life. Do not vegetate or live as a mere cipher. Mahometan and Christian ideas alike stress duties to self and country. A son should pursue a trade and contribute to society, else risk regret and hardship.
A Boston Transcript excerpt urges youth to pursue a natural vocation, learn an art or trade, and depend on themselves rather than rely on fortune or idle parents. It condemns idleness and family dependence, arguing parents must teach children self-sufficiency to earn honor and avoid sorrow.
The Connecticut scene boasts a high patent activity with many issued patents. Eli Johnson of Ellington ships three inventions to Quincy Hall in September: a portable fire shelving unit, an umbrella staff, and an odometer for wheel travel. The odometer uses three wheels with varied mile measurements to track carriage distance.
An aged Hamilton reverend famed as Dr S travels to London and stays in a crowded inn. With only a double bed available a sleeping room is shared with a woman. A late night shout proclaims the lady is dead, prompting a startled landlord quip about the living companion.
Atail Jonathan of Vermont walks Boston streets with gingerbread sheet under arm and searches a shop labeled General Finding Store. He enters, swallows, then exclaims in puzzled humor about missing umbrella and other items, noting luck in locating various objects.
The Globe predicts a loss of two to three hundred thousand dollars tied to the Biddle Bank of Pensylvania. The item recalls the 1838 deposit and wartime funds, noting Biddle’s boast that the war between Bank and Government had ceased, while the Bank reportedly has not paid up and may never.
Fanny Ellster is reported to have boarded the Great Western bound for England this day with about $100,000 in her pocket, earnings from dancing in the United States over a little more than a year, according to the Times.
Read like a vivid report, the trial of Alexander McLeod unfolds from October 4 in the Oneida County Court, detailing jury selection, prosecution theory linking McLeod to the Caroline burning and Durfee murder, extensive testimony from Buffalo, Schlosser, Navy Island, and Davis tavern witnesses, cross examinations, and the defense reaction as the case narrows toward verdict. The narrative covers the Caroline attack, naval actions, and local militia, with witnesses naming McLeod and recounting threats, boasts, and alleged plans among Patriots and hunters lodges.
The Locofocos have secured a legislative majority by two seats in each house, a four vote edge in joint ballot, due to Whig neglect in districts with clear Whig leads. Key districts Adams Fayette Highland and Summit Trumbull Belmont reflect lost Whig gains amid internal splits and third candidates. The piece condemns Whig apathy and warns of statewide consequences from Locofoco control.
New Jersey voters backed Whigs and Locos, yielding a Whig majority on joint ballot and likely reelecting Gov. Pennington. In Pennsylvania, reports from 34 counties show Gov. Porter gaining a sizable Loco majority though not matching last fall’s Van Buren level, with Whigs partly conceding the result.
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