The Poor Lawyer in Ringwood's Early Experience
A fragment from Knickerbocker Magazine recounts Ralph Ringwood's youth and first legal triumphs. A penniless bridegroom departs to court, earns a hefty fee for a counterfeit case, endures a nerve wracking night, and rises to local fame with a dramatic acquittal. The tale blends romance and legal ascent through vivid scenes in Kentucky and a courtroom debut.
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Knickerbocker Magazine
Washington Irving
Ralph Ringwood
Mountjoy
Richmond
Peggy Pugh
Sally Pigman
Short
Ringwood
Kentucky
Ralph
Qute
Lex
The Origin of My Name is Haines Phrase
A New York Picayune tale recounts how a Federalist rider, Haines, insulted President Jefferson in Virginia. At Jefferson’s doorstep the president revealed his identity, prompting Haines to cry out his own name and ride away, origin of a popular saying.
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Haines
Maine
Georgia
Maryland
Arkensag
Jefferson
Virginia
Louisiana
Bat Little
Thomas Jefferson
Mr. Jefferson
New York Picayune
A New Territory and Tragic German Suicide Reported
A Washington Press column describes Albarra a fertile west of the Rockies with vast potential to sustain a large population. The report notes timber water power and inundation free rivers, outlining a twenty five thousand square mile district ideal for growth. A German man Connay List was found hanged near the National Road after paying for a horse and writing a note claiming unrequited love. The item closes with a quaker toast and a Dutch remark about Holland.
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Henry Ri Schoolcraft
Washington Caton
Albarra
Rocky Mountains
Etatea
Z Oledy Blade
Matanenane Sorerne
Connay List
Hugh Delzell
State Journal
Laborious toil and genius in science and art
The passage argues that great works arise from patient, steady labor rather than sudden inspiration. It cites Newton and Demosthenes as examples of deliberate thinking and persistent practice. It contrasts lofty ascent with gradual progress visible in the Principia and pyramids, emphasizing that even famed results come from ordinary virtue within reach.
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Demosthenes
Newton
Egypt
Dr. Cuanmens
Yankee Wit in a Southern Horse Race Tale
A Yankee traveler in the South is amused by a social gathering after a horse race. He tricks suitors by leaping behind riders to win a bet, then mounts to outpace them, leaving pursuers astonished as he and his horse vanish. Also included is a meditation on eloquence, praising its fusion of memory, imagination, judgment, and passion as the cornerstone of powerful oratory, plus the value of patience and resolve.
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Stanion
Jean Jacques Pradier
Geneva
France
Calling Smith
Duke of Wellington
Duke of Beaufort
M. Felix
Genoa
Versailles
Prussia
Rio Janeiro
A Perfect Wife and Echoes of Paris to Rio
Edmound Burke praises a ideal wife on anniversaries, highlighting sweetness, virtue, and quiet strength. The piece weaves cultural notes from Paris fashion, Egyptian theatricals, and London gardens with brief mentions of Prussia bans and Rio fever as global society threads.
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Edmound Burke
June Beauty and a Farmer's Ditto Tale
A June poem extols nature’s beauty with meadow and brook imagery and a reflective mood. An old farmer visits a store and misunderstands the shorthand ditto on his bill, learns its meaning, and returns home, quipping that ditto means he is a fool and his wife is ditto.
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Ditro
Outrage and arrest after assault at west Demet’s store
Late Saturday night about 11 o clock Jeremiah Sullivan was attacked with a brickbat during a suspected robbery at west Demet’s store. Dickey, captured by Constable Dudgen, was jailed. a dirk pistol and keys found on him suggest a planned crime. Two others fled. Dickey arrived on a canal boat from the north and avoided further harm with dogs nearby. Dodson watched the scene and called them suspicious.
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West Demet
Jeremiah Sullivan
William Dickey
Lafayette
Dudgen
Dickey
Meyer
Sullivan
Dickay
Soop
Dodson
Wybash Express
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Kenmare
Stonelli
Hector
Diana
Astley’s. Tron
England
Australia
Seediey
Jane Hendleton
Bloomer Cos
Tume
Bruddera
Sambo
William Magrery
Mishawake
N. Y. Tribune
L. A. Caldwell
Jone
State Board of Education
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Tregender
Eeasion
Gt & Low Tam
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