Stranger at the Wade home becomes minister’s guest
Mr. Wade, a plain farmer, and his wife host a cold stranger who seeks shelter for the night. The visitor turns out to be Mr. N-, the new Presiding Elder, who later delivers a moving sermon about loving one another and reveals the couple’s earlier harshness. The community learns of the humbling episode years later through the elder’s recounting.
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Jane
Wade
Jones
New York
Sach
New Jersey
Mr. Wade
Roe
Uts
Guinea
Mrs. Wade
Mr. N
Grace
Charley
Brother Wade
Sister Wade
Autumn Comes to the City in Mourning
The Cin. Chronicle laments the passing of Summer as disease and loss sweep through the city. Autumn brings sorrow for bereaved families and communities, with hearts heavy as songs fade and flowers wither under the toll of illness and death.
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Cin. Chronicle
Terrifying Plains Graves Report from Fort Laramie
A Fort Laramie letter to the St. Louis Republican recalls graves on the plains where wolves dug up remains and scattered body parts. The writer notes many unidentified graves and states sickness did not follow the trains westward.
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Fort Laramie
St. Louis
Washington name links patriot, writer, painter in ink
A correspondent notes the coincidence that Washington names mark both the nation’s top patriot and soldier and its leading writer and painter. Washington Irving and Washington Alston are cited as examples in Nut. Intel.
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Washington
Washington Irving
Washington Alston
Intel
First Steamboat Enterprise Opens the Mississippi Era
The Enterprise became the first steamboat on the Mississippi in 1815. At around seventy tons burden it took 28 days from New Orleans to Cincinnati. Passage cost $130, and modern trips average seven days. The stern wheel vessel was a notable marvel of its time.
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Mississippi
Enterprise
New Orleans
Cincinnati
Woman Confesses Poison Plot To Marry Wealthy Older Suitor
The London Times notes a young woman in London poisoned her husband to wed a nearly seventy older man, motivated by desire for greater wealth. The piece frames this as evidence of a deteriorating world.
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The
London Times
Reading woes in South Carolina blamed on lack of books
A reflective quip notes 60,000 in South Carolina cannot read, arguing the state has little worth reading and offering a sharp social jab from a column in the Jour.
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S. Carolina
Hoof-ail in Cattle Affects Open Winters and Muddy Grounds
Albany Cultivator notes hoof ail in cattle often occurs in open winters or when animals stand in mud. It causes lameness, toe inflammation, and fetid discharge. severe cases shed the hoof. Contagion possible, isolate affected animals. Treat early with blue vitriol then soap wash. long cases require hoof trimming and corrosive sublimate ointment. Keep dry and bandage if sore.
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Albany Cultivator
Cultivation of Madder Proposed for Virginias and Carolinas
Norfolk Herald reports Mr. Hector Gilgam urges introducing madder culture into Virginia and North Carolina as a dye plant trade booster. He notes his Holland cultivation background and argues the maritime counties suit madder production for U S manufactories dependent on foreign dye supplies. Also notes Arkansas seed experiment mixing morning glory and cypress traits in vines.
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Hector Gilgam
Norfolk Herald
Virginia
North Carolina
Maritime
United States
The
Herald
Gilgam
Holland
A Good Succession in Gardening and Horticulture
The Rev. Mr. Choules urges a general passion for Gardening and Horticulture noting beauty at homes, childhood memories shaping future years, and plants and flowers as ornaments of life and grave. Flowers bring smiles to people and gratitude to God.
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Choules
Paris Beauties Avoid Water in Daily Toilets
An American lady in Paris reports that many Parisian women keep their complexions by avoiding water. They rub with a dry towel and wash faces rarely, treating water as a skin spoiler and sparing it from their routines.
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Paris
Turpentine Odor Warns Against Moths In Woolen Drawers
A turpentine odor is described as deadly to moth larvae in furs and woolens. Placing paper smeared with turpentine in drawers is said to prevent the ravages of destructive insects.
Lead Ore Specimen From Arkansas Mines Noted
The Little Rock Gasette reports receipt of a lead ore specimen weighing 1250 pounds from mines near Little Rock, broken from a seven ton lump as described by the paper.
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Little Rock
Weather Prediction by Salt and Brass Scale
A brass pound weight against a pound of dry salt on a balance predicts rain or dryness. If rain is coming the salt side sinks, while in dry weather the brass side rises, using a shelf to keep the scales level.
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Scientific
Amer
Lord Elgin Prisoner at Monklands Barricade
The Lord Elgin, Governor General of Canada, remains a prisoner at Monklands with the mansion fortified by heavy planking and loopholes for musketry. Guards patrol the perimeter and he is not allowed beyond their range. Cholera deaths in Southern cities are estimated at 10,000.
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Lord Elgin
Canada
Monklands
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Andrew M. Gest
Arthur
van Buren
Arkansas
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