Fortune Telling Beggar and the Bookish Harlequin
Harley meets a lean barefoot beggar who explains his shift from honest labor to fortune telling. The beggar details a brutal past including jail fever, a ruined barn, and constant displacement, then reveals how he survives by learning others secrets and predicting happiness for a fee. A passing moral hesitation ends as the beggar pockets Harley’s coin via a streetwise trick.
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Harley
larley
Virtue
Philosophical Hoax and the Rise and Fall of a Judge
A narrative recalls Judge Brackenridge the elder and his hostility to philosophical societies. It recounts his 1785 campaign for Pennsylvania's Allegheny seat, a dramatic against provincial money, and his banishment from the American Philosophical Society. The tale includes hoaxes he played on the Society, notably a bat wing made from a grandmother’s fan and a soot-stained Bramin shirt, leading to satirical debates and a monarch’s fateful reflection on ambition.
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democrats
Democratic party
American Philosophical Society
Buffon
Goldsmith
Madagascar
Bramin
The Weth and the Ming Moth in the King’s Study
A young king about to assume his throne notices a moth circling a light. He warns the moth to retreat, puzzling over its persistence as it repeatedly hovers nearer to the flame before he gently swats it away.
If Everyone Were Honest and Open About Education
A long list of maxims argues for honesty, focus on things, and education. It urges less gossip, fewer novels, and more thought, endorses classical schooling for a child regardless of trade, and ties education to moral and religious betterment. It ends with paying the printer to avoid debt.
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Bill
Tom
Nan
Freemen urged to oppose secret aristocracy in Adams county
Sydney decries Freemasonry as a bloodstained relic of oppression and urges voters to unite against its grasp at the next election. He cites Morgan and Miller as martyrs and calls for a political test to bar the order, urging loyal citizens to support anti Mason candidates and defend liberty.
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Mr. Mippterox
United States
Royal Arch
Washington
Paul
Jesus
order
Morgan
Miller
Ireland
Adams county
Adame
SYDNEY
Reformation or Deformation Described by Bishop Horne
The quotation argues that reform efforts often disguise deformation or create new problems. It reflects on historical patterns where advocacy for reform proves superficial or self-serving, trading one fault for multiple unknowable slights while promising improvement.
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Bishop Horne
Letter from Maj Downing on Bank War and Politics
Maj Downing writes from Washington on the Bank War, Congress, and cabinet shifts. He laments treasury strain, pet banks, and party conflict, urging practical relief for the people and urging Squire Biddle to lend to aid the economy while preserving stockholders.
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Maj. Downing
WASHINGTON
Mr. Dwight
New York Daily Advertiser
Cape Haterass
Congress
Uermataga
United States
treasury
U. S
Squire Biddle
Donaldson
pet
Gineral
hermitage
Zekel Bigelow
Wall street
Bank of the United States
Post Office
Secretary of the ‘Treasury
U. S. Bank
Department
Europe
Bank of
U. States
stotkhollerd
Bank of the
Squire
J. DOWNING
Downingville
Fire at Bangor Destroys Up To Forty Thousand In Property
A devastating fire at Bangor destroyed property valued between 30 000 and 40 000 dollars. Separately, Thompson, convicted of murder in Dayton Ohio, has been found guilty and sentenced to confinement in the penitentiary.
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Bangor
Thompson
C. G .con Ea
Dayton
Ohio
penitentia
Bloody murrain blamed on leeches in cattle illness
The Niagara Courier reports the deadly cattle disease stems from cattle licking leeches when streams dry. A live leech was found in the cow's liver, nearly perforating the organ, as the condition has troubled the region for years.
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the
Niagara Courier
Rhode Island Constitution Convention Called in Providence
The Rhode Island Legislature approved a bill to convene a constitutional convention in Providence on the first Monday of September. Rhode Island has no state written constitution, operating under a charter granted by Charles II about 170 years ago. Estimates project Southern gold mines producing 2.5 million dollars annually. A bridge across the Wanlington Channel will have a 68 foot draw in the southern span and 35 feet in the northern span.
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Rhode Island
Providence
Charles the Second
England
Tone
Wanlington
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