26 Mar 1852
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Newspaper
Oshkosh Democrat
Location
Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1852
Page
1
From the Doston Herald an essay extols equanimity as a mark of a well developed mind and the key to regulated feelings. It warns that temper shifts damage social ties, encourages generous regard for others, and notes women should avoid petulance while valuing mild influence.
The piece recounts Captain Cowper's near April voyage to St Peter's Island near Niphon, his rescue of eleven Japanese shipwreck survivors, and his negotiation with Jeddo authorities to land and water supplies. It details grand Japanese shore guards, barriers, and a ceremonial greeting, plus notes on albatross and penguin nesting behavior and other natural history observations.
A Leiden Herald correspondent reports a tale of a Turkish waterman and an Armenian girl who marry after jewels fail to win her consent. She later seeks refuge, embraces Christianity, and is reclaimed by the husband amid Armenian ecclesiastical and Ottoman intrigue. The piece expands into a moral meditation on exclusive rights and social gatekeeping across professions and classes, arguing that entrenched groups resist outsiders to preserve power.
The excerpt extols exclusivity across classes and callings, likening the sewer searcher to a fashion elite and railing against foreign entrants. It argues that exclusiveness and monopoly extend beyond legislation, shaping who may participate in society and who may not, highlighting entrenched social stratification.
A satirical Harper's Magazine extract mocks street life as mud and ice prevail. The narrator muses on slippery sidewalks, injuries from a fallen gentleman, orange peel hazards, and the medical wonders and follies of treating cold damp feet.
The piece outlines England's banking clerk career ladder from age seventeen with starting pay of 150 dollars, plus 100 for punctuality, rising by 50 annually to 400, then 25 yearly to 500, and 40 yearly to 1300. It notes a proportional pension after 240 years' service and a 33 cent daily forfeiture on retirement, claimed to deter imposition and reward faithful service.
The fragment describes a mischievous boy growing from infancy to adolescence in humorous, exaggerated terms. It shifts to claim Minnesota has water power at St Anthony ample to process vast lumber needs for two hundred years, mentioning the Mississippi valley and a broad claim about regional energy potential.
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