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Newspaper
Peru Weekly News
Location
Peru, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1855
Page
1
The Christian Register defends the death penalty as an educational device while the Practical Christian replies sharply. A Boston shop window rumor links hangings to lessons, citing Webster and others as alleged influences. Readers are urged to avoid a school of violence.
Fragmented text suggests a meditation on balance between work and contemplation, warning against perpetual toil and wealth seeking. It argues quiet reflection after exertion preserves life and well being, praising measured restraint over relentless activity.
The New York Commercial cites a Boston paper noting General Sprott's home is a net mansion costing about 23 thousand dollars. It was bought years before the title of Lieutenant General and funded with help from a circle of friends who aided his family’s comfort.
A Cleveland Telegram correspondent reports at Saratees Springs a fashionable visitor wearing a dress with four flounces costing one hundred and one dollars each. She converses with a well accomplished gentleman, who cites Scott’s Bride of Lammermoor, only to be interrupted by the woman’s question about the bride’s hotel arrival.
Channing argues that the laboring man can find time for self culture through earnest purpose. Spare moments become gold when one follows calling with industry and prudent spending. Adversity tests fools and cowards, sharpens the wise, inspires the idle to work, yet admits adversity has no friends.
A dense, alliterative verse discussing gender, morality, and social order. It extols mans prowess, mocks misrule, and laments women’s influence within a dramatic moral frame. The piece blends rhetoric on mercy, authority, and longing through elaborate wordplay.
Fragmented poem text describes wandering scenes with imagery of winter, widows, waves, winds, and woodlands. Repeated phrases center on movement westward and nature’s subtle sounds. The passage reads as a nostalgic lyric with dense alliteration and dreamlike vortices.
Editorial poem urges dismissing vanity and the lure of glory while praising simple happiness and noble hearts. The piece contrasts rulers and heroes with a common clove’s joy, then shifts to a didactic note on parental home instruction to awaken a child’s curiosity.
A rustic tale recounts Sally Greeny weighed at a Squire Greeny gathering with Jeff and Casin Jeff present, revealing social attitudes toward age and weight. Interwoven are comic exchanges, Irish reaper chatter, and a deacon wedding jab. The piece closes with solemn reflections on loss and heavenly treasure from Lurbrugh’s Heavenly Recognition.
The speaker calls moderation key to life, warns against self harm, and urges kindness to the needy. Love is a heavenly feast for the sincere. honesty shapes true feeling, while eloquence fades without action. Self reflection links mind to universal history, urging steadfast effort over mere words.
Kinaton in Forest life in Ceylon notes coffee aroma resides in the essential oil and fades after roasting. It advises immediate milling and brewing with heat, and warns against holding the berry after grinding or cooling before mixing with milk, which weakens strength and flavor.
The text describes a cheap anad buff dye produced from copperas and lime. It notes lime water at start, proportions for copperas and cotton, and the need to stir during oxidation. It warns of color shifting from green to yellow as oxygen acts, and suggests soap suds to soften harshness.
Study notes a series of unclear incidents described as a substitute for coffee. Text is garbled with many misspellings making exact details uncertain. The fragment hints at events or actions tied to a place and people but lacks coherent facts or names.
The readable text mentions bread crumbs soaked with a dotted brew and a guarded stance on providing present day offerings. It suggests a cautious attitude toward wine or a ten dollar ban, within a context of uncertain evidence and hidden truth.
An inarticulate agricultural and home care piece discusses farmer costs and household demands, touching on a speech by Holcombe to the Montgomery County Agricultural Society about farmer advantages and expenses. It also includes household advice on combing hair, making pomades, and scalp care, plus brief mentions of patent office material, tubers, and grain storage.
A how to on scalp treatment advises dissolving 1 oz of sal soda in a pint of warm water, washing the head, and then rinsing with plenty of water. When nearly dry, dress as directed in the guide.
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