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Newspaper
Massachusetts Cambridge Chronicle
Location
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1850
Page
1
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A gang of three revelers vow to slay Death after learning a village has suffered heavy tolls. They find gold under an oak and plot to share it, but the youngest plots to betray the others. One buys poison to kill the two, and all three die from the deceitful scheme, finding Death at last.
In Goodwin's Foote Family appendix a tale recalls Dod Foote a Revolutionary War surgeon who practiced in Pittsfield Massachusetts before moving to New Berlin New York. He and companions fight a bear that attacks their camp, resulting in the death of Foote, his son Elisha Marvin and others and ending in a dramatic alert to Elder Camp.
A New York Dry Goods Reporter excerpt extols a Rotter dam thread merchant who earned public confidence through strict integrity and fair profit. It argues honesty in small dealings outshines wealth, noting any person can gain trust and respect by prioritizing integrity over money.
In 1766 a mysterious visitor to Gov George Clinton in Albany aroused suspicion. After drinking coffee laced with tartar emetic, the man died and a silver bullet revealed a dispatch for Burgoyne. The spy was condemned and executed. the bullet remains in the Clinton family.
A summary of the Edinburgh Review passage on earth’s orbital motion, how travel through space occurs at nineteen miles per second, and how annual parallax makes distant stars appear to shift slightly. It notes distances to the sun, relative planetary motions, and the nearest fixed star being about twenty billion miles away.
A Boston Chronicle commentary critiques Carlyle’s attack on universal suffrage. It argues nine of ten people are fools, yet the Massachusetts majority remains decent and capable, warning that enduring liberty requires vigilance and public virtue beyond mere ballot box judgment.
The excerpt argues for universal education and civic virtue as vital for democracy, praising education’s role in social progress. It then profiles European concert life, detailing Berlin and Boston venues, the lure of fashionable performances, and Liebig’s concerts, with a vivid tour of Hennig’s Garden and its orchestral programs and prices.
A lyrical meditation on nature as a sacred, dome like cathedral. The speaker contrasts architectural grandeur with natural harmony, kneeling in penitence for human faults while praising the omniscient architect and the unifying will of all beings. The piece envisions a divine chorus of birds and breeze guiding reverent worship.
The author reviews a Berlin winter’s music scene noting the Royal Orchestra and Sing Akademie as leading bodies. He cites nine Symphony Concerts, royal operas in German, and Italian operas at the Königstadtischen Theatre, with frequent quartet performances highlight Mozart, Haydn, and Beethoven.
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