The Disenthralled
A biographical poem describes a man fallen to drink and vice and then redeemed by reason and conscience. The turning point shows him casting off poison, standing erect, and reclaiming pride as the light returns. The piece extols inner victory over addictive ruin and spiritual restoration.
The Forsaken Girl by John G Whittier
An 19th century prose fragment explores heartbreak and moral condemnation of trifling with a woman's affection. A narrator recalls the grave of Emily, a village beauty, and reflects on love, loss, and the haunting presence of memory.
Emily and her lover in a tale of love and loss
The narrative follows Emily and her devoted but unfaithful lover. She endures silent suffering as he abandons their vow, leading to her slow heartbreak death and a closing scene at her grave with a haunting farewell poem.
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L. E. Lannon
Emily
Gheber
Earth
Death
Transplanting Trees: roots kept fresh and autumn timing advised
The article details transplanting trees with root preservation, water soaking if roots are damaged, and aftercare. It emphasizes autumn planting after frost, with peach palm cherry and evergreens thriving then, and gives instructions for digging holes, soil preparation, and preventing root contact with manure. It also notes watering evergreen transplants at once.
Russia Gambling Tale Shows Deep Root of Vice
A St Petersburg letter reports a gambling episode involving a former imperial aide and General G. A stake dispute ends with the loss of a calash, coachman, and two horses and the coachman’s family as collateral. The tale ends with a harsh note on human property. An officer vows to raise the American flag on the ramparts the next morning citing orders in his pocket.
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Russia
St. Petersburg
Osey Orpers
Couple in field wind pins as they reel love tale
A puzzled crowd watched a man digging potatoes in a field while a young woman at a wheel worked nearby. It turned out they were in love and preparing to marry, with the frugal wife carrying her reel a mile to the field to wind pins, echoing the old tale of Adam and Eve.
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Adam
Sheriff Sale In Milford Village From Clermont Court
Samuel Perin as assignee seeks public sale under a writ of vendi to satisfy a Clermont County Ohio case against Joseph Williams. The sale on November 6 1841 runs 10 am to 4 pm at the Milford court house door with a brick dwelling kitchen and outbuildings on Lot 42 614 feet front plus back line, cash terms. Edward Frazier Sheriff. October 2 1841.
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Court of Common Pleas
Clermont County
Ohio
Batavia
Milford
Britain Leming
Maria Turner
Joseph Williams
Leming
Williams
D&c
Edward Frazier
George Carlisle
William E. White
Charles J. Steadmen
Newel E. Walton
George T. Layfield
William G. Laycock
Newel
Newe
E. Walton
Tailor Returns to Batavia Sets Shop on Main Street
The undersigned informs old customers and the public that he has returned to Batavia and fixed a permanent shop. His tailor shop is in the building formerly occupied by Wm. S. Patterson on Main Street, one door east of J. M. Brown's Store.
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Batavia
Wm. S. Patterson
Main Street
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A. M. Gest
J. J. Whitti
Esir
Consiernce
Wiven
the Forsaken Girl
John G. Whittier
Ie Hoosier
Mr. Yankee
Hull
Camin
Crowpine
Great Britain
Boston Post
London
Hampton Court
Hanover
Pennsylvania
Nat. Intel
Voltaire
Payne
Gibbon
Pittsville
Wyer
Philadelphia
D. McLaughlin, Esquel
God
Providence
Clermont
J. M. Brown’s