27 Feb 1858
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Newspaper
San Andreas Independent
Location
San Andreas, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1858
Page
1
A tribute poem celebrates a western hillside as a guardian of freedom and memory. The speaker salutes a sublime landscape, its storms and sunsets, and the valley’s molding influence on diverse peoples. Dated Murphys Feb 20 1858, noted as written before the Big Tree was cut down.
The piece centers on Miss Fernley, a precise elderly woman whose quiet life hides a past romance. Her nieces discover letters and a newspaper fragment revealing a love story with Francis Lucas, a soldier killed in battle, and the faithful heart Aunt Jeanie kept as part of her history.
A Nashville Banner summary recounts the life of Haskell of Tennessee, a gifted poet and orator who rose to national service before drink and drugs ruined him. The piece notes his temperance lectures, later relapses, and a career marked by eloquence and decline. Also includes brief items on a Mud Springs justice swearing in a Chinaman and a boy at a funeral remark about finances.
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