iS PUBMSHED EVERY THURSDAY 1848 ADVERTISING RATES
Publication notice for a Thursday issued by William M. Drake and Son printing office at Front Street opposite the Second Presbyterian Church. Subscriptions cost one dollar and twenty five cents per year in advance for village readers and one dollar for mail subscribers, with fifty cents extra if not prepaid. Advertisements limited to 16 lines per square with various pricing for single and multiple insertions and years. December 21 1848.
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William M. Drake & Son
Front St
2Nd. Presbyterian Church
Verm
A Maine Landlord and a Clever French Tenant
A shrewd Maine landlord known for aggressive rents leases to a small Frenchman who later discovers the house is ill suited for living. The tenant, after eight days, plays a trick by demanding a lease for life, paying rent, and leaving with the house in exchange for his life. The tale ends with the landlord’s loss and a humorous moral about grasping truths.
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Maine
Portland
Ze Dam
Boston Times
Magnificent Titan Flower and Giant Peruvian Condor
An 1818 discovery in Sumatra named Ruflisia Arnold praised as the magnifi cent Titan of the vegetable kingdom with a nine foot circumference blossom weighing about 15 pounds. Temple reports Peru flighted condor wings spanning forty feet with eight inch circumference, claimed from recent authorities. Also notes a Western New York Aprte Apple crop failure with poor quality and wormy fruit in Rochester American.
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Arnold
Sumatra
Temple
Peru
N.Y
Rochester American
Fragmentary Trade Exhibit Sparks Curiosity and Debate
A fragmentary report notes a French exhibitor showing sacred relics and a sword. An observer comments on Beajam’s desire for a particular sword, remarking he wished for the one Beajam possessed, sparking cautious commentary on the exhibit.
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Beajam
Cheaper Drive Through Maiden Lane Tale
A Times ghostwritten vignette recounts a tradesman in Maiden Lane who uses a funeral procession as a cheap outing for his ill son. Dr Snooks prescribes daily drives while the family follows notices of deaths in the Sun and attends Greenwood Cemetery. The piece lampoons social pretensions and parade of mourning, ending with a quip about finding a cheaper drive.
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Maiden Lane
Ballance
Snooks
Smith’s
Greenwood Cemletery
N. B
Spirof
Times
Courtroom Anecdote Ends With Laughter And Fine
An 19th century court scene reports a judge declaring the case closed after a lawyer tried to argue against the bench and mocked Blackstone. The jurists and sheriff endured a moment of revelry before Paddy was fined a dollar for slander. The piece closes with wry maxims and a Boston Post editor quote.
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Reas Paddy
Blackstone
Chitty
Paddy
Odd Tidbits and Anecdotes From the Reveille Page
The St Louis Reveille column offers varied snippets including a sleighing tale with Widow Lambkin and Dr Mellows exchanging toll at bridges in a moonlit ride. Other bits feature an Irish woman begging for bread for twins, quips about cavalry officers, reflections on faith and wisdom, plus scattered humorous exchanges and rural slang.
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St. Louis
Lambkin
Dr. Mellows
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Cortlandt Street
West ST. Thomas J
Joseph Annin
Plainfield, N. J
Lowilogs
Market Street
Newark
New Jersey
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A&c
E. Kirkpatrick
Conote & & Letter
Bristol
Wise &c
Wing
Thruth
Boston Post
Ephraim Gould
Boston
Irissi
Sur
Heaven
Pye
Gen. Taylor
Hs Watchen
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