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Newspaper
Mount Carmel Register
Location
Mount Carmel, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1857
Page
1
The Mount Carmel Register, published every Wednesday by T and S Bowers, details subscription terms. Price is 1.50 per year if paid within six months, otherwise 2.00. paper may be discontinued for unpaid arrears.
A seven year old and Nellie share a new piano gifted by Nellie’s father after a tale of charity. The donor recalls aiding a hungry girl in Chicago, later repaid by a grateful friend, with the gift enabling a piano for Nellie and her invalid companion. The story links bread, music, and renewed hope as the instrument becomes a symbol of generosity.
A period piece writes on Brigham Young and Mormonism with harsh rhetoric. It alleges large forces opposing U S authority and calls for suppression, contrasting faith and violence while insisting Mormonism is the antipode of Christianity.
Various anecdotes recount early shortcomings of figures like Swift Byron Cromwell Henry Parr and Sheridan, contrasting childhood perceived incompetence with later achievement. Observers warned others of their futility yet Isaac Newton rose to mathematical eminence and Parr boasted of flogging students.
A damaged fragment records a Western preacher visiting a dying friend. The dying man, unable to speak, beckons and asks his brother to squeeze his hand while expressing a farewell sentiment. The text is garbled and offers limited, uncertain details.
Poem celebrating beauty in nature and emotions. Imagery spans forest meadow fountain stream moonlight and sea. Repeats that beauty arises when the heart is full of love with gentle references to eyes, affection, sympathy, and soothing voices.
A Springfield Republican tale praises Condit of New Jersey, a shoemaker who after six years of study earned a Williams College degree at 23. He supported his four children while taking math geography Greek and more as he progressed and received engraved silver spoons at Commencement. He next enters the New York theological seminary and aims to be a minister.
George D. Prentice, Esq., lectured in Hartford on The Political aspect of the Country. He attacked the nation’s leaders as devoid of moral courage and accused politicians of self interest and flattery, warning that North and South are piling combustibles for a potential crisis.
The passage contemplates flowers as earthly growth reaching a higher realm, symbolizing the soul's perpetual youth and immortality. It notes flowers' adaptability to church rites, marriage joy, sickness, and death, blending sweetness with prayer and echoing remembrance across generations.
Cyrus Jennings reports a nearly air line Vincennes to Mound City route with minimal curves and grades, abundant sunset timber and stone, rich soils, coal and salt springs, and healthful climate. He argues rail construction will unlock mineral and agricultural wealth, spur population energy, and connect Northeast markets to the Southwest. The piece also advertises a Mt Carmel store run by Stephen S Knight and Paul Mover selling a wide array of goods at cash prices.
The Baltimore American reports a recent lecture by Bishop Clark on a speculative future. He foresees couples purchasing house designs at an emporium, rapid four day transcontinental travel, a telegraphless network under the sea, electric street lighting, synchronized clocks, and new machinery for instant writing via a graphical instrument.
Undersigned announces in store stock of seasonable goods for men and women including dress fabrics bonnets ribbons artificial flowers prints and ready made clothing. Large selections in cloths flannels domestics linens boots shoes hats caps groceries hardware and more all sold cash or on open terms at unusually low rates. Public invited to inspect.
A number of coal pits have recently opened near Belleville along the railroad. The coal is described as heat quality 18 and is being mined for shipment.
Advice warns against sowing grain in orchards and recommends potatoes for rotation, with corn, buckwheat, or clover as forests mature. It notes most fruit trees lean northeast and suggests staking and tying toward the southwest to balance growth.
In The Wire a young woman visits daily to converse with her husband behind bars. He is serving years for cutting her throat and wounding her breasts, yet she remains steadfast, describing a striking act of love and constancy despite his crimes.
An official notice announces an upcoming sale action in Wabari County. Pur ef Swamp holds the line and payment is expected upon completion of the purchase. The seller indicates readiness to finalize the deed after payment.
SVERY farmer can save money by getting 2 one of these milla. Read what Thoma filler of South Carolina says of them Genoa: have had a No 3 Little Giant Mil 1 constant use for the last nine months an ave fed my stock entirely on Corn and Co'al, I have never worked my horses and uses harder than during the past summer rd they have never before at this season e year back in no good condition an the os are two horses will grind fifteen bushy per hour easily, and I feel confident tha sare fully thirty per cent by using thr ill. Twos S. MibkkR, T7rCall at my office and examine one base mills, and see schedule of prices. HENRY SIERs, Agent.
Recollections of a Lifetime by G A Goodrich presents a lifework on his experiences and observations. The advertisement touts the biography and portraits, praising it as the book of the age. It claims millions have read other volumes by the author and offers the new work for purchase through publishers Miller Oh FON Mull and Park Row New York.
In spring 1832 a gardener started currant cuttings and trained one into a dwarf tree by pinching leaves and shaping. The tree bore abundant large fruit, resisted insects, and was easy to harvest, suggesting currant cuttings be set five feet apart in rows and trained into trees. Michigan Farmer.
A reflective piece urges balancing thought and action warning that overthinking paralyzes progress. It argues for decisive, energetic pursuit of a chosen course even if not perfect, and suggests adopting a motto to act on personal judgment rather than be swayed by advice.
Fragmented prose ponders mortality and the eternal cycles of nature. The author reflects on stars, battles, and divine glory as time moves on, intertwining memory with cosmic imagery.
The Maine Evangelist reports Mr Benton avoids writing his speeches. He once wrote a first address in full and memorized it, but after losing his sight he spoke without writing. He crafts the difficult parts and tangled points and relies on recalling the intended meaning at delivery.
In Bardstown Kentucky on Monday last William Hardin grandson of Reno Hardin and John Robertson fought with bowie knives. Both were desperately wounded and carried to hotels for treatment. The feud between them has lasted for some time and included a previous altercation.
Twenty five workers in a large Quincy foundry escaped injury when walls gave way on Monday after undermining foundations to dig a cellar on the adjoining lot. The cracking noise preceded the collapse and all men fled to safety.
A Newark public school teacher reportedly thrust a boy's head between his knees as punishment, causing a blood rush to the head and brain fever. The student died days later, prompting questions about disciplinary practices.
Mr. Benjamin S. Dey of Gurrituck County North Carolina unearthed a buried hoard in his field valued at about six thousand dollars comprising old Spanish gold and silver coins. Archaeologists believe the treasure dates from the Revolutionary era.
Mrs Eu Wink Caldwell committed suicide at her residence in New York City on Tuesday by swallowing a solution of silver. She drank as she recalled her husband, to whom she had been married only ten months, because he had spoken to her unpleasantly.
Fragmentary OCR reports no deaths in a year and a half and one or two deaths in three years. The village of Winchester Center is described as surrounded by 350 smoking councils with no physician in the place.
A report from Providence Rhode Island warns that Liberty Bank notes altered to appear authentic are in circulation. Experts say only the most discerning detectors can distinguish the fakes from genuine money.
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