28 May 1859
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Newspaper
Shepherdstown Register
Location
Shepherdstown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1859
Page
1
A poetic piece urges cheer over sorrow and praises nature’s mercy. It contrasts life’s misfortunes with sunlight and singing creation. It then shifts to a love verse describing how gentle words and care won the speaker’s heart and the easing of pain through devotion.
A Cincinnati Inquirer anecdote recounts a man in Seventeenth ward who died after a long illness then revived by his wife’s whispered farewell. He recovered for nearly two years before dying again, with commentary on the soul seeming to return to a living body. A Maryland case from 1820 is also cited. The piece closes with a social critique on frightful nursery tales and advice on parenting and education to prevent sentimental spoilage.
A Columbus Enquirer correspondent reports a Florida Governor recounting travels in the far west. He jokes that Arkansas trees are three feet apart enabling long journeys, while deer horns four feet wide create comic puzzles about passing through. The piece ends noting London street humor about fashionable ladies.
The bark George Striker, Capt. McDonald, arriving in New Orleans from Rio, was twice fired upon by an unknown British man of war sixty miles off Cape St Roche on the Brazilian coast. No warnings were given. shots landed a quarter mile from the vessel before the cruiser broke off. An onlooker described the engagement as seen from deck with colors briefly displayed.
A jumble of verse about Lite Minnie and Cyprus with rhymes on beauty and love skims into a long Oriental Wanderings piece. The column shifts to medical praise for Holloway pills and court decisions on Sunday contracts, plus eclectic items from society to travel and crime anecdotes.
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