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Newspaper
Shepherdstown Register
Location
Shepherdstown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1850
Page
2
A compact early poem denounces a miser as mankind’s worst foe. The speaker urges the thief of wealth to flee at midnight while good men sleep. Treasure and greed occupy the scene as the miser prays for more, kneeling among his bags and counting his gold.
Summary of grape varieties including Catawba Isabella Elsinburg Longworth’s Ohio Segar-box Norton’s Virginia Seedling and Scuppernong with notes on wine potential and regional suitability. Includes a column arguing annealed wire resists rust based on Mr Grant and personal tests and a navy contrast noting 194 admirals 554 post captains 676 commanders 2353 lieutenants and 671 vessels in the British fleet.
The knight Folliculus, loving father to a newborn son, loses patience upon returning home to find his greyhound bloodied and his child missing. A defending falcon and a serpent threaten the infant, the dog kills the intruder, and the knight, thinking the dog responsible, slays it. Realizing the truth, he abandons arms, splits his lance, and travels to the Holy Land where he dies in peace.
A column condemns reckless slander and peddling evil reports as poison in neighborhoods and churches. It likens the gossiping woman to the Ghoul of Eastern tale and warns readers to read aloud the warning when hearing "they say." The piece ends with a moral anecdote about faith and gratitude and notes Grace Greenwood has begun swearing.
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