05 Aug 1834
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Newspaper
Republican Banner
Location
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1834
Page
1
An unreadable fragment from a tale begins with Citophilus advising a despondent woman about royal disasters and famous monarchs. The dialogue explores tragedy, resilience, and historical royal misfortunes, ending with an unresolved note as the narrator references further calamities and a shattered text.
In a ballroom a philosopher nicknamed The Consoler mingles with guests while savoring oysters. A passerby breaks his plate with a waltz an accident sparks a comic exchange between two amused strangers who recognize each other and craft a playful inscription to Time.
A speaker argues country girls are practical and industrious while town girls are vain and idle. She praises domestic labor, farming life, and honest cooking over urban fads. She defends rural women as better wives and mocks town women as frivolous and unrefined.
A poor laborer faced starvation due to high costs and a cow owed to his employer a benevolent Quaker. Tempted to steal hay to feed his family he heard the moral echoed honesty is the best policy. The Quaker confronted the temptation and returned the hay saving the family from ruin. The next day the son delivered a letter and a load of hay to the door.
A Quaker kept a promise to a man who sought help, saying honesty is the best policy and that his cow shall not die. The man asked for aid and received it, becoming an independent farmer through the assistance given.
The tale of Rev. John Ueckewelder recalls an Indian man who learned the value of work by observing birds and fish. He reflects on his own body and limbs, decides to abandon idleness, moves to land, builds a cabin, farms corn, and sustains a prosperous, industrious life.
The account recounts General Putnam’s opposition to dueling and a heated encounter after a disputed insult at a wine table. When a duel was arranged, he fired a musket at his opponent from thirty rods, then threatened to kill unless the foe retreated, prompting the other officer to flee.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions courage, officers, and a long war, noting forbearance to avoid personal combats without identifying people, places, or events.
A moral sermon warns that evil begins with small acts and gradually leads to ruin. It argues young men underestimate dangers of slight lapses such as social drinking and emphasizes the inevitability of habit, loss of character, and the need to avoid early compromises.
Dr Jones of Mobile proposes a carpet covering using glue coated canvass and newspaper layered with house paper patterns, finished with India rubber varnish. The result is a water and grease resistant, glassy surface that washes like marble and can mimic gold or silver leaf. A yard costs about 374 cents in good papering materials.
At the Tuilleries Talleyrand comments on Marmier daughter of the Duke de Choiseul and a newly appointed maid of honor. He notes her attire with the dry quip that her petticoats are rather short, reflecting court fashion and caustic wit.
A man named Lord in New York advertised his spouse prompting a formal reply card from the wife. After twenty years of courtship she says she was induced to wed yet soon observed his true nature and appearance revealing meanness and dirtiness.
A sharp exchange in a newspaper column. a reader accuses the journal of false information about a Mr M being tried condemned and hanged. The editor insists on no retract, joking that the rope broke and the reader remains in good health, underlining principles of not deceiving.
A gentleman suspects a Black neighbor of stealing onions from his garden. After beating the man with a hickory switch the servant returns with a polecat, claiming the offender stole and fled, exclaiming I tole you whip me for nothin.
The Lexington papers mock an accident involving Thomas P. Moore on his arrival in Lexington. A pistol in his breeches pocket discharged near the Hotel as he entered, causing surprise though no injury. Rumors about his friend Brown sparked jokes about nerves and color.
A temperance convention anecdote recalls a Albany grocer who bought four barrels of whiskey from a country seller at about thirty cents per gallon. He stored the liquor, then sold it the next day to the same buyer in a rum hogshead for roughly 75 cents more per gallon, highlighting illicit trade tactics.
The American Republican names Isaac Luken of Uvelan township as the white man who advertised for a black wife. An Englishborn stocking weaver by trade, he has never naturalized and reportedly declared he never would be.
Rev. Dean Burke of Castilebar spoke at Westport urging land reform inspired by American government. He argued for a form of government that would bring happiness and prosperity, mirroring the United States.
Me Wuarte of Louisiana resigns from the U S House of Representatives after being nominated for the governorship of the state.
Elder statesman and jurist Citizen Genet Fonvxo C Grvet, Esq. died at his Scho dack residence in Renseclaer County New York after a two day illness. He came to this country as Minister of the French Republic soon after the Revolution and later settled as a private citizen.
A Lancaster Journal report states veins of gold with large deposits found in Lancaster County. The source suggests the ore could rival southern mines in richness and value.
The act appropriates 50000 dollars to protect a frigate frame to be named the Joneses. Another 40000 dollars funds a store ship. An amount of 870000 is allocated for building one million bug or schooners of war.
The Ques bec Mercury reports 1880 arrivals at the Quarantine Ground this season, matching last year’s total by the close of navigation.
The editor of the Boston Commercial Gazette reports from the American Consul at Campenchs that several hives of bees without stings have been received. The bees are said to be very common in Mexico and are somewhat smaller than ordinary bees.
A French paper reports fishermen at the Seine inlet caught a large sturgeon. Inside the fish lay a portfolio with papers from a naval officer believed shipwrecked recently. The officer's will found there could enrich a soldier who once saved the officer's life.
A 15 year old lad named Charles Shaw was tried before the Oxford Circuit for murdering his nine year old companion. He was found guilty. The motive appears to have been a desire to possess 18d in the deceased's possession.
The Cork Herald reports a likely restoration of linen trade to prewar levels in Ireland. Northern manufacturers will meet English and Scottish mill spun yarn on their ground. Several spinning factories already prosper, with many more advancing. Flax prices have risen, and demand is expected to grow to supply northern mills.
The Boston Editors dispute a New York hoax claiming the bow of the Constitution bears Nebuchadnezzar's headsman. They call the report ridiculous and overly detailed, saying only half the head is removed and accusing the informants of deception.
Dr. Drake of Cincinnati reports to the Democratic Intelligencer that Asiatic Cholera has reappeared on the river both above and below the city. Attacks are sudden and run their course in a day. he urges immediate medical aid for those afflicted.
An inconspicuous mechanic develops a sewing machine on a steel frame basis that forms a straight seam tighter and neater than needlework. If perfected a suit of clothes could be assembled in one hour by one man except for buttonholes and buttons.
A man returns to England after 36 years and is named in connection with a 1798 murder. He is recognized and committed to prison with identity and guilt stated as beyond doubt. Of nineteen conspirators, eighteen were executed for that murder or related crimes, the last was shot while attempting escape.
The English parliament or dom is said to approach the end of a veteran and wary politician's career as he declares intent to return to F in spring 1835. Observers note his assent is stronger than earlier and may bar him from contesting the arena. The leading supporters hand his seat to D. cazes.
A Chambersburg Whig quips that the term wigs for the Wines stems from plans to place wigs over the heads of the Tories, a satirical jab reflecting partisan humor of the period.
Fragments ponder inner awareness and the shining of virtue. The speaker reflects on how self awareness reveals moral radiance and questions the distance between thought and action.
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