19 Nov 1852
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Newspaper
Oshkosh Democrat
Location
Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1852
Page
1
A fragmented ad page from The Democrat Weekly lists George Burnasids & Co. as publishers in Wisconsin. The snippet references pricing for a Dollar a year and notes irregular service terms and payment expectations. It hints at work prose about prompt service and satisfaction guarantees.
The minister Sydney Saybrook preaches to a devout congregation as Milly Ellsworth contemplates life as a minister's wife. Mrs S offers practical guidance on dress and duties, warning Milly of the social duties, gifts, and pressure that come with the role, while Milly weighs comfort against public perception.
A narrative recounts a young narrator's life in a frontier settlement with a stern ministerial family. She endures kitchen duties, social scrutiny, and crowded hospitality as ministers visit, while her husband attempts to balance duty with resource limits. The tale blends humor with moral observation on domestic life, charity, and social expectations.
A tinware pedler tours the city on a bitter day, repeatedly refused by a decisive woman. He sells tin kitchens pans and other items after a stubborn back and forth, yet persists to unload his cart fully and never returns to the same house.
A horse abandons fear to rescue its mate after being separated by a rope from a fishing trip at Lake Ninetonka. The creature frees the trapped mate with a careful bite and guides the rescue, prompting praise for animal reasoning. A second moral tale from The Divers discusses whether knowledge brings happiness, via a Russian fable about three brothers and the hermit.
A nobleman returns from abroad and embellishes his stories with inventions about distant lands. A companion mocks the exaggerations, praising truth and warning against liars as a giant cucumber and a bridge with a curious property loom large. The tale turns to social satire, imagining future population booms and a lecture on schooling versus engines, ending with a curiously modern remark about ladies being like comets.
Editor of the Saratoga Republican in Saratoga Springs New York offers sale of the printing office. The paper has a modest paid circulation and a fair job lot, with reduced New York prices for work. Purchaser must take types presses and materials at fair value and may hire the editor to continue in some capacity.
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