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Newspaper
Lexington Clipper
Location
Lexington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1858
Page
3
A reflective piece questions propriety in private matters and gossip. It asks if it is anyone else’s business when a gentleman or lady has a beau or caller. The author warns of tattlers and urges people to mind their own concerns.
A moral admonition urges restraint in speech and action. It counsels holding firm to temper, truth, virtue, and good character despite temptation and peer pressure, stressing the lasting value of moral conduct over fleeting gains.
A misheard exchange recounts a chance meeting with an artist and a poet in a Western city. The artist expresses warmth while the poet jokes about staying only as long as money permits, revealing the mood of affectionate disappointment about plans.
An old country tale recounts a man buying a galion of mounts for business use, labeling a common playl and tying it to a bottle handle. A passerby remarks it as a curious method, while Tom explains the plan to take the eight of clubs and bolt the handle.
An Irishman with legs of different sizes had boots made to fit each leg. The tailor followed orders, but when trying on the smaller boot on the larger leg the man exclaimed that the order had been reversed and the boot sizes unequal.
A teacher asks a student which country lies opposite on the globe and tests a hypothetical hole through the earth. The pupil replies with hopeful certainty that he would emerge from the hole on the opposite side.
A collection of short anecdotes and quips on medicine death manners and marriage. A doctor patient tale about concussion and congestion ends with a joke about wills. Humorous lines mock pretended love and praised nature as a busy handmaiden.
The couple Frasx Day and Evismapets Davis wed at the bride’s father’s residence with Rev. J. Mitchell officiating. The article notes bemused reactions to a large wedding cake and extends wishes for a happy life together.
Market price listing shows various commodities with units and rates including flour per barrel wheat oats corn corn meal apples dried peaches dried butter per pound eggs per dozen feathers per pound potatoes per bushel sugar per pound coffee per pound molasses per gallon lard oil per gallon beeswax beans per bushel lard per bushel salt per bushel by barrel star candies and tallow referenced.
Ames Rovec Enst in a iriches at der Gries ens "en cork will be well done and eatisiaection given. moderniz. J LOUGHRAN.
Advertisement details state one copy one year in advance with rates for six months and per insertion fees. A ten line minimum uses Minion Type and payments are required before insertion. Yearly ads limited to business use with discounts and monthly renewal privileges.
Post routes list daily and weekly mail schedules between Lexington and Vienna Madison Bethlehem Austin Paris and Lexington. Times show departures arrivals and round trips with specific weekdays and cutoffs. L. H. Young P. M. signs the notice.
Notice declares a legal proceeding to recover an heir’s interest as one of the heirs at law of Jesse Watkins in Lot No 29% Clark County Georgia area. The lands are described as part of the same property where Jesse Watkins died. Names referenced include Cyrus P Foreselevi and Preston P Watering.
The undersigned offers two thirds of the northwest quarter section thirteen township four north range six east including the mill property for sale on the eighth day of October next 1855 at the late residence of James W Pierson deceased in Jackson County Indiana by public auction Terms one third cash in hand one third in twelve months and one third in eighteen months notes with security with interest from date attended by N R Morgan executor of the last will of James S Pierson deceased
The Clerk J Willis L Clark certifies that on the second Tuesday of October 1858 voters will elect multiple state and county officials. Offices listed include Supreme Court judges Secretary of State Treasurer Auditor Attorney General Superintendent of Public Instruction Congressman for the Second District, and several county roles. Notice signed September 3 by Clerk Willis L Clark.
The Howard Association announces a dispensary offering free medical advice and treatment for sexual diseases, including gonorrhea and syphilis, with medicines free for extreme poverty. It reports success in curing spermatorrhea and impotence and invites correspondence via Dr. George R Calhoun, Consulting Surgeon, at No 2 South Ninth Street, Philadelphia.
A brief item lists officials and figures associated with Lexington School, including Hon. W. H. English, Dr. A. A. Morrigan, RY John Mitchel, Willis L. Clark, and Wm. Marshall, with a date hint augl2n24 pigt 50.
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