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Newspaper
Plainfield Gazette
Location
Plainfield, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1849
Page
4
A fragment from Blackwood explores fatigue and nature with a father and son. It contrasts toil with divine faith and the virtue of a holy life as the true inheritance, urging moral suasion over precept. It critiques professional ambition and overstocked English professions driving misery.
In Wheezer's dining room a humorous exchange unfolds over wine and a boastful plan. Wheezer feigns devotion to a benevolent charity while revealing a lucrative coal contract, exposing vanity and hypocrisy amid drunken rhetoric.
In a country tavern a vain young man with a watch bragged he could win by forcing others to drop coins. A sharp old farmer finally challenged him, matching with one copper and then, after two drops, proclaimed he had no more and conceded, allowing the winner to take all and treat.
A boy under ten was seen chewing tobacco and asked by a bystander why he chews. The boy replied with a puzzled justification about tasting and enjoying the chew, prompting amusement from the observer.
A young woman recalls two regrets from her life, one being that she did not eat more cake when her sister Fanny married. The remark reflects lighthearted nostalgia and family celebration.
A Pekin Visitor item notes an incident where a man tried to walk on both sides of the street, a curious maneuver that the writer and others narrowly avoided.
The account notes air at forty degrees below zero with no wind, claiming this calm is harsher than a breeze at fifteen below. It explains mercury would freeze in the cold and describes how quicksilver freezes, used to ram through a gun barrel, with rooms cooling water to ice and stoves turning water solid.
A tale recalls Josiah the hungry helper on a farm who craves beans. When the supply dwindles he dives for a bean to satisfy his appetite, and from then on is never without food. The piece then reflects on temperance and calls for improved virtue, charity, and mutual aid.
A reflective note on sunrise and morning scenes, praising the first tear in the awakened eye and the beauty of flowers, breath, woodland sounds, and a brook. The speaker finds sweetness in nature’s opening light and the feelings it stirs.
An 1849 advertisement for Sears publications promotes subscriptions to Sears' Magazine and accompanying works. It details low annual prices, bulk club offers, premiums including the Pictorial Family Annual with engravings, and special incentives for post offices and agents to recruit subscribers nationwide.
For sale 1212 acres of land with seven acres cultivated and fenced, located near the main road from Basking Ridge to New Market Depot. Price $200. For further particulars apply at this office. December 1848.
Job printing of all kinds at short notice and on reasonable terms executed at this office.
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