10 Dec 1853
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Newspaper
Sunbury American
Location
Sunbury, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1853
Page
1
Readable fragment notes Slaymaker and Haslett on a Columbia mouse tale with Cheatin Street reference. The Philadelphia board charged $1.50 per day. Mhilo. May 28, 1893.
WM. MCARTY, BOOKSELLER on Market Street Sunbury advertises a fresh supply of Evangelical music for singing schools and a large assortment of books across poetry history novels science law medicine school and children's texts Bible bindings and engraving options. New titles include Pardons Digest of the Law of Pennsylvania 1851 edition and Blackstone's Commentaries in multiple volumes at sale prices. A Pennsylvanian land estates tract by Thomas P. Deine is offered with discount, and Travels Voyages and Adventures also available for cash or specie.
A fragmented old column recalls Charlotte Dunn, a milliner from Rogton Square, on an Easter holiday train ride. She sits between two men, a prank leads to noses being bloodied, and a humorous warning ends the tale with a monkey subplot and a swift moral about not kissing in the dark. It shifts to notes on Sir Charles Napier in India, praising his leadership and a dramatic anecdote of a siege, ending with a reflection on his death and a horse’s lament.
A fragment fuses Sir Humphrey Davy’s praise of firm religious belief with an old Connecticut history note. It recalls a Mil ford settlement dispute where townsfolk debated expulsions, voting that “the earth is the Lord’s” and that “we are the saints,” leading to Native evacuation and transfer of possession.
The narrative recalls Sir Charles Napier and Lady Napier on Mahableshwar Hills. He tests her obedience by sending her to fetch help while feigning danger from four jungle eyes. The couple later camp near monkeys where Lady Napier’s purse vanishes in the night, possibly by nimble simian theft.
The text notes General Washington as a major landholder with 1796 receipts of £1000. Mount Vernon measured about 9000 acres, yielding 10000 bushels of corn and 7000 of wheat annually. The following year included 200 lambs 27 bushels of flaxseed and 700 bushels of potatoes. He halted tobacco planting to model domestic use and his households of nearly a thousand people produced woolen cloth and linen.
The Petersburg Virginia paper recounts a boy who, after his father’s death, writes to his Redeemer for help. Postmaster William N Friend discovers a letter addressed to Justin Christ and funds the request, illustrating faith, hope and charity in a touching act.
Col Thorne of Washington Hollow Duchess County imports a prized English bull for five thousand dollars and a cow of the same strain for three thousand plus passage expenses. A two month old calf costs seven hundred forty. A South Down sheep set is praised as valuable. In Brownsville litigation, Massen vs W Alling sees a landmark bond filing for two hundred thousand on appeal after a verdict of twenty five thousand dollars in damages.
Washington McLean of Cincinnati and partners under Washington McLeod & Co contract to build a five hundred mile railway from Fort Wayne through Lavon to Council Bluffs. The project is valued at between sixteen and eighteen million dollars.
In the Martha Washington case tried at Columbia a dispute arose over whether an officer may break a letter seal under any circumstance. Judge McLean stated that any person who opened a letter under any pretense could be prosecuted under post office laws. He added that suspicious letters should be sent to the department, as neither the postmaster nor marshal, police, or court had authority to open them.
The Clarion Democrat reports a pigeon roost near Tionesti in Venango county where millions of pigeons gather for the season. Evening flocks darken the air and their wings’ noise is heard for miles. People visit to witness the sight as Canada mushrats fortify homes, signaling a harsh winter.
The Salt Lake mail reports Captain Gunnison and part of his exploring party were killed by a band of Indians while surveying near a Mormon village. Four others escaped. provisions were seized by Cheyennes. Captain Morris was sent by Governor Young to attempt recovery of the lost property. Mr Gallegos, a congressional delegate, has arrived in Washington.
The steamer Prometheus brings the famed Patriot Juan Mitchell his wife and six children from abroad. Accompanied by P J Smythe, they land in excellent health amid huge crowds and artillery salvos. Mitchell is escorted to his mother’s home through cheering followers as reunions inspire deep emotion.
Female cloak and mantle makers in London form a union against the American sewing machine. They held a meeting to oppose its use in wholesale houses and seek signatures on a petition to employers. They argue the machine cannot fully finish garments requiring precision and warn it could drive women to lower‑status work.
James Quis, the boatman linked to the Mahall Wiggins murder on a canal boat at Nanticoke dam, was arrested in Toledo, Ohio by Marshal Cobleigh. He was brought to Wilkesbarre jail and placed in custody for trial on the crime.
The New Berlin Ster reports a recent family gathering at Hun New Mippleswanra in Beaver. Present were the old Patriarch and his wife, 11 children (4 dead), 80 grandchildren, 1 great grandchild, and many neighbors.
A poorly dressed boy stood in front of the Western Hotel when a younger man addressed him with the question Does your mother know you're out The boy looked surprised then answered Sir my dear mother is dead with tears forming in his eyes
An 1860 1955 dated fossil hunt lists musk oxen 110, deer 169, hares 486, grouse 198, ducks 29, wolves 2 and bows 4 totaling 1065. Deer were lured by silent listening and baited by distant circles. hunters noted deer ran after wounds and mused on hounds.
Henry Aseiin of Jackson county Georgia aged 106 years died October 26. He was born in Pennsylvania and joined the continental army in North Carolina. He served with Count Pulaski during the siege of Savannah.
The Newark Advertiser describes a new grave stone featuring a daguerreotype of the deceased at the top. The device offers a novel memorial style, preserving the person’s likeness for visitors and potentially enhancing cemetery interest and the tombs of notable figures.
Astronomer Mr Bird at Bishop's Observatory London reports the discovery on the 8th alt of another brighter planet than a ninth magnitude star. It is the 9th found since 1846 in this systematic search and the 27th in the Taurus to Mars-Jupiter group, located two degrees south of the ecliptic. Death by own action noted in Herkimer Democrat for Lewis A Emery aged 21. He believed in spiritual mediums and was himself a medium. Cannell coal found near Ebensburg Pennsylvania.
A vivid account describes Ren James Williams noting natives in the South Sea Islands crafting lime from coral, applying whitewash to skin and infants, and reacting with laughter, dancing, and shouting. The scene shows social splintering over cosmetic use and party rivalry as whitened bodies and garments become a central spectacle.
In New York City a voluntary subscription has raised 125000 dollars to enlarge Broadway Hospital and the Tulane Asylum at Bloomingdale. Leading donors include James Lenox with 25000 dollars and Joseph Sampson with 10000 dollars.
gibberish OCR excerpt hints at a 19th century journalism note naming Dickens and Cobb as possible national candidates for powder and vice presidency. mentions Empires and levee. The legible parts imply speculative political pairing and regional dynamics.
The notice marks the death of John R. Remington in Galveston Texas on the 18th of yellow fever. It cites his fame as the inventor of the Remington Bridge and other new mechanical branches. The column also reports astonishing potato yields near Alonll with up to 400 bushels per acre and 300 bushels as average, valued at 25 to 30 cents per bushel. It mentions political shifts in Mississippi’s Senate race and Foote, and notes apple from 1822 preserved by Morton. Other items include liquor law controversy in Talias, a U S Senate appointment in Arkansas, Concord U S Senator Williams, a new anthracite furnace at Hopewell, Vermont legislative debates, Union Canal Company loan, Newburyport physicians’ dues, and poultry exhibitions in Cincinnati and Charleston.
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