08 Feb 1845
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Newspaper
Indiana Madison Courier
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1845
Page
1
The poem recalls a wounded warrior urging his comrade to fight on and avenge a brother, while a father asks his children to follow God and virtue. Dying phrases exhort courage, piety, and devotion, set against battlefield death and the lasting bond of comrades. Madison February 45.
A fragmentary old verse prayer asks the God of the poor to bless humble meals and weary laborers, asking protection through night, mercy for the distressed, and gratitude for simple fortune amid hardship. Also includes quirky society snippets about Miss Glass and a Christmas wedding of Mr John Devil to Miss Shad.
The Boston Transcript outlines Nauvoo as a flourishing Mormon city on the Mississippi below the rapids. It describes four wards, a mayor and aldermen, voluntary labor for the temple, a grand basalt temple with bronze laver and oxen, and a plan of four by three miles with rapid growth and strong attachment by residents.
A young teacher recounts his chaotic winter as a district schoolmaster in Maine. He narrates clashes with rowdy male pupils led by Pete Tompkins, embarrassment before Abbey Jackson, and a series of comic misadventures including a failed romantic overture and a perilous well-drop, ending with Abbey inviting him to a meeting.
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