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Newspaper
Shepherdstown Register
Location
Shepherdstown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1850
Page
4
A speaker rejects city life in favor of a humble mountain home. They long for trees, rivulets, violets, and Acacia, Lip and Rose, valuing quiet health and happiness over wealth. The verse contrasts city pomp with rural freedom and peace.
A correspondent in 1848 describes San Jose climate as unequalled and lush vegetation across California. She notes yellow wildflowers like gold in sun, white blossoms resembling snow, purple lupines on hills, heliotrope along roads, and abundant wild fruit. Leaves and tender branches are rich in organic elements and manure value, with roots drawing minerals from soil and air, supporting ongoing vegetation. Farmer's Herald
The text describes iron wire fencing methods with posts ten feet apart and tight weaving through half inch holes, claiming low cost and durability. It then shifts to a mock moral quip about husbands and wives, and a jumble of unrelated lines about marti notices and a biblical bachelor.
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