11 Apr 1850
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Newspaper
Plainfield Gazette
Location
Plainfield, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1850
Page
1
The Plainfield Gazette lists publication city, office location, and subscription rates for village and mail subscribers with advance payment. It notes arrears policy, advertising limits, and rates for single and multiple insertions. It mentions job printing offered at low cash prices.
Appleton and Co announce a comprehensive two thousand page dictionary of machines mechanics engine work and engineering edited by Oliver Byrne. The work features extensive American drawings and foreign references to support practical construction and operation of machinery for artisans engineers and contractors across fields. It will be issued in semi monthly numbers starting 1850 at 23 cents each with discounts for agents and advance subscribers.
The notice outlines the Central Railroad of New Jersey summer arrangement starting Monday in 1850. It details Elizabethport to White House NJ routes, staging limits, connections with NJ Rail Road trains from Courtland Street, and passenger and freight timings from New York to Plainfield Westfield Somerville White House and other points including a Bethlehem and Belvidere branch. It notes baggage risk and mentions a water cement sale by P M French.
A reflective essay argues that public worship is a biblical virtue and necessary for order and decorum. It cautions against judging motives in others, defends faithful teachers, and claims the positive impact of communal gathering outweighs criticisms from opponents.
In Cincinnati a sly hotel keeper exposes a series of short tale like schemes as hucksters harry farmers. A comic scene unfolds with speech glitches and quick retorts about geese and honesty. The episode ends with a wary remark on fairness and prudence.
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