Village Paper Rates And Publication Note 1848
Published every Thursday by William M Drake & Son printing office Front St opposite the 2nd Presbyterian Church. Village subscribers pay 1.25 yearly in advance. mail subscribers 1.00. Ads 0.37 per 14 lines. two insertions 1.00 monthly. Rates for longer ads listed. December 21 1848. Joux R Swattow of New York authorized to receive subscriptions and ads. Executed with neatness and dispatch on reasonable terms.
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William M. Drake & Son
Front St
2Nd. Presbyterian Church
From the Essex Standard A Grave for Washington Poem
A memorial poem from the Essex Standard laments neglect of Washington’s grave and calls for reverent tribute. The verse condemns disrespect and extols Washington’s enduring fame shown through nature and sea, urging the nation to honor the hero who won freedom.
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Advice to Young Men in Plainfield Gazette
An 1830s style plea to Plainfield youths urging them to build character on truth and justice. It warns that without fixed principles they become mere creatures of circumstance and despised by the world, and argues honesty earns respect and business success. The piece stresses truth as the first standard and condemns equivocation as ruinous.
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Plainfield Gazette
Be punctual in all engagements and keep your word
The passage urges punctuality and honesty in all dealings. It contrasts those who honor promises with those who deceive for gain and stresses industry, reading, and self control as foundations for trust and esteem.
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Ananias
Sapphira
A Night Rescue From A Midnight Assailant
On a fall journey near N a horse stopped at a house. Inside a young hostess and a perilous midnight assault unfolded as a bold stranger, a bandit from Virginia, entered the chamber to murder the sleeping woman. The narrator intervened, killing the attacker and saving the household. The rescued woman later became his wife and told the tale to their children.
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Villian
Desdemona
Reappearance of a Stump Orator Noted by Western Editor
A Western Editor describes a returning stump orator rising as if alive. The figure stands with a bald head and hands in his breeches, recalling earlier political venters and rhetorical style. The observer notes his posture and aura as a sign of renewed public speaking vigor.
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Roe
A Cutting Retort about Pride and Poverty
A collection of vignettes on social climbing and ostentatious poverty. A widow Brown with six daughters is ridiculed for aspiring to marry a doctor, while neighbors warn against keeping up appearances without means. Other items warn against pride, note literary parodies, cholera impact on mail steamers, and a cartoonish mis-spelling of a local school.
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