31 Mar 1860
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Newspaper
Shepherdstown Register
Location
Shepherdstown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1860
Page
1
Fragmentary verses recount crowded lines of a ballad with names Mary of the Glen and Mary of the Gat. Expressions of longing, love, and return weave through boatloads of rural imagery and repeated vows of faithfulness.
An amusing piece recalls a farmer’s daughters who coerce company for lovers by hanging a sheet from a window and signaling with a cheerfully misread note. It expands into a report on telegraphy by young London women, then moves through various anecdotal items including poems, jokes, and social vignettes praising cheerfulness amid hardship.
A long readable jumble recounts mixed scenes from 19th century life including a dying West Indian planter, a romance in Cuban town Cristangua, a failed engagement due to family opposition, and an attempted suicide linked to love and betrayal. It also mentions a coffee chat ill fated wedding, an advertisement for a wife, a native Philadelphia connection, and a dramatic poisoning incident lamented by a grieving family.
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