02 Sep 1837
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Newspaper
Tarboro Press
Location
Tarboro, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1837
Page
1
The Than YWarborough Press advertises George N Howanrh with weekly republication at Teg Dollars and fifty Cents per year if prepaid. Subscriptions may be discontinued with notice. ads under 16 lines at one rate, longer ads charged per square, and letters to the editor must be post paid.
The speaker compares aging to a weary man clutching at small trifles, as time withdraws. Feeble hands hold little playthings, while a world emblem lies once more on the brow. Old age brings sorrow at Time’s call, yet cling to fragile trifles as life ebbs.
A good fellow differs from a clever fellow in manners and temper. The good fellow is quiet and easily led, agrees with others, and is kind to all. He is sociable, forgiving, and generous, cares for nobody yet serves everyone, and remains oblivious to his own family.
A narrator contrasts the “good fellow” with the “poor fellow,” describing how society pitys the latter with teary smiles and stale compassion. The piece shifts to a satire of marriage norms, proposing harsh fates for wrongdoers in unions, blurring morality with social rules.
The piece proposes clauses to amend the late act against clandestine marriages. It suggests that thoughtless young fools who marry without means to support themselves should be deemed petty larceny, and begins to describe the implications for a young man who marries.
A Boston Post snippet recounts a countryman asking grocers for egg prices. After each market meeting grocers cut their offers from 17 to 12.5 to 10 cents a dozen, while the hens also hold a meeting and refuse to lay eggs for 10 cents.
The Weekly Messenger editor records a Hartford interview with Geo. Goodwin, aged eighty three, the oldest practical printer in America. He has setting type for the Connecticut Courant for over seventy years and shows no sign of retiring from his beloved trade.
A correspondent of the Ohio Register in Cincinnati reports that our landing occurred yesterday and describes the event in concise terms. The note reflects a dated newspaper tone with emphasis on the arrival and immediate context.
A Louisville hackman named Porter ferried a seven foot six inch young man into town. The man, age 22, towers above all and seems still to grow. Bystanders, including steamboat guards, gape at the extraordinary figure as locals nickname him a developing phenomenon.
A Jackson Mississippi letter writer urges that a thousand New England industrious Yankee girls be sent west this fall to wed Mississippi men. He claims twenty thousand New England maidens would be welcomed by Mississippians and promises husbands for hundreds. The note cites Boston Traveler as source.
A regional remark recalls a breakfast offer in Alabama where corn bread and common trimmins cost 25 cents, while wheat bread and chicken fixins run up to three bits. The speaker asks for the chicken fixins.
A ship recently sent eight missionaries and one hundred hogsheads of ardent spirits to the Sandwich Islands to aid in converting the heathen, a voyage noted in the period’s maritime dispatches.
An English cockney hero in a seaside village recounts a humorous scene at a hotel. The wailing maid Manny seeks aid as all beds are taken. Jack consents to share space, but North Sea trader Van Slush interrupts with a comic plea for a “commodazun” as he sleeps around, leaving Jack perplexed.
A garbled phonetic quote shows a speaker asking for aid with basic supplies and planning a trip, mentioning a bicycle, tobacco, whiskey, candy, and water. The fragment hints at a casual domestic conversation rather than a news event, with no clear dates or proper nouns identifiable.
A Lynchburg Virginian report describes Dr Jivel J Echols of the courthouse being fatally wounded near Berger's Store while attempting to intervene in a neighborhood disturbance involving William Bennett. Bennett was jailed to await trial after the incident.
Last week in the Valley near the old Boston road Mrs Curtis while gathering blackberries for Salem market faced a rattlesnake at close range. She used a small stick to pin its head and shoulders, then tied a string around its neck and carried the creature home in triumph.
The Buffalo Journal of the 1st claims a secret coalition of flour dealers and manufacturers is buying up the market despite high grain yields. It cites discounts totaling at least 140,000 dollars by banks for wheat purchases and alleges bank control by monopolists across several states with agents active in purchases. The piece also implicates multiple Michigan and Ohio banks and questions future bank discount reductions.
The passage records a call by official figures to deal rigorously with western banks and to spur them into action, warning they will not align with certain measures and urging oversight of their speculative practices.
A intoxicated fisherman attempted to provoke an adder by sticking out his tongue and using a red object as bait. The snake bit him severely, causing his mouth to swell and protrude, nearly killing him.
A Yankee peddler offered prime northern strained honey as a comfort item in the county. Grocers and families bought it, but it proved to be a chalk soda molasses compound manufactured somewhere in Vermont.
A noted author cites a famed reporter with exceptional endurance for wakefulness. He supposedly never slept more than four hours in twenty four for twenty years and even completed a 100 night day stretch in 1534 without lying down. The account notes he slept only in fits while in an arm chair and asks if he is married.
The passage presents a dialogue where a creditor demands a debtor’s money with urgency. A confrontation arises as a French gentleman is challenged about honesty, with the debtor accused of bending the truth and a quick retort about lying being denied. The exchange captures sharp wit and social tension in a compact street scene.
A boy questions if it is right to strike back after being struck. The father affirms self defense as lawful. The boy then vows a playful jab at his father, framing the point with humor about a future counterstrike.
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