Cambridge Chronicle publication notice at Main and Magazine
The Cambridge Chronicle announces publication on Thursday morning by John Ford at the corner of Main and Magazine Streets over Joseph A. Holmes & Co. in Cambridgeport. Subscription is two dollars per year in advance, with single copies four cents and advertisements offered on favorable terms.
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Cambridge Chronicle
John Ford
Main
Magazine Streets
Joseph A. Holmes & Co
Cambridgeport
TxRus
Selections Chinese Jugglers in Hong Kong Dawn
An eye witness account from Dublin University Magazine describes a celebrated Chinese juggler in Hong Kong. The show features a basined water with a living fish, a growing flowering plant, and a miraculous six-dish food pyramid produced under a cloth, unseen by the performer.
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Fastern
Hong Kong
Cantoa
Swallows Build And Rebuild In Spring Granary
A swallow returns to a granary to nest, gathering earth, grasses, and leaves despite repeated ruin by wind or mischief. Undeterred, the bird rebuilds with patient labor, and at last three young swallows sleep in the earth-made nest, illustrating steadfast hope against setbacks.
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Agnes
San
Sebald
Hanns Sachst
Sachs
Flanders
Albert
Leyden
Ignes
Tie
Gardens of
Paradise
Elo
Anetter
Perkheimer
Little Pleasure and the Path of Sin
The passage warns that small indulgences lead to larger sins. It asserts that a little pleasure, a little whiskey, or a little leisure can erode self control, turning a person into a drunkard, spendthrift, or libertine. It compares minor faults to a leaking ship and a consuming fire, suggesting a gradual ruin.
Duty Keeps One On The Broad Road Of Rectitude
Exhortation against small deceptions when faced with wrong choices. True virtue lies in staying on the broad turnpike of duty, while those who stray into thorny by-paths of inclination risk dangerous, unintended wanderings.
The Almshouse and its Changing Town Life
Communications recalling the Almshouse history from its Norfolk Street site to a later location, noting humane town management, Sunday services, school access, and prudent fuel purchases amid poverty. The piece links old Norfolk Street to Cambridge, describes a harsh 1830s coal crisis with high prices and the 1835 weather, and closes with reflections on art, marriage, and a Nordic tale translated through a narrative on Albert and Agnes, ending with a note on Shakespeare’s influence.
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Norfolk Street
Worcester Street
Brighton
Watertown
England
New England
Lemeigh Coal Association
The Artist's Married Life in German Romance
The Chronicle notes a surge of German themes in English literature driven by access to German authors and translation. It highlights The Artist's Married Life, a Schefer translation about Albert Durer, presented as an old manuscript by Durer to his friend Pirckheimer, and printed by James Munroe & Co.
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Schefer
Albert
Agnea
Nurenburgh
Agnes
Christ
God
Cuid
Mwilibald
Litle
Ayres
Nuremburgh
Martied Liink
France
England
Germany
Albert Durer
Leopold Schefer
Mra
Raphael
Pirkheimer
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Newcastle
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Netter
Nurnberg
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