20 Jun 1857
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Newspaper
Tipton Advertiser
Location
Tipton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1857
Page
1
A fragment from The Mail Bag blends sentimental verse on letters and longing with a dramatic Olympia, Washington Territory panther encounter describing Mr Stockend’s valiant stand against a six foot seven inch predator. The notice blends literary homage with frontier adventure and stage anecdote from early frontier life.
A humorous scene follows Joseph Phelps, a bachelor, as he frets over a waking infant. He experiments with a basque to lull the child, recreates a Southern tableau, and is caught by sister Migs Mayes who helps with the baby, while a theatre anecdote and a curious Putnam County birthday pattern close the piece.
Wendell Phillips recalls a New York public speech recounting a Vermont mother who pleads with her son to avoid drink. The tale traces the son’s global travels and lifelong abstinence, and a former ship passenger who, touched by the story, rises to success and seeks the speaker’s help, illustrating the influence of one utterance.
A quixotic ramble urges bold feats from dip to Gibraltar while urging no from a woman who has decided she will not. The text fuses whimsical boasts with playful hyperbole about weather, tools, and stars. It reads as a dated, tongue in cheek meditation on courage and restraint.
Three young boys on Front Street yesterday executed a crude prank at a tobacco merchant. The tallest grabbed the smallest's cap, flung it into the shop onto an open tobacco box with loose plugs, then fled. He taunted a larger boy as he left. On the next block they divided four tobacco plugs between them.
An exchange asks if it harms young ladies to sit in laps of ages. Our opinion is that it depends on the ages selected. Those from 18 to 25, we think are hazardous.
In the Bonin Islands around 1553 Commodore Perry’s visit is noted with a vivid account of a tall wiry Vermonter who fled a whale ship. He hunted turtles and goats, described island geography, and recited turtle laws, while a Salem native served as head-man after years on the islands.
Advice urges active, quick thinking youths to embrace the age of rapid ideas and bold effort. It calls boys to be always alert, plan then act swiftly, and uphold honesty as the guiding principle while pursuing any chosen path.
Detroit Tribune reports Marshall village justice where John Robbins, who ran a house of ill fame, was tarred and feathered and ridden on a rail by neighborhood women after warnings to quit. They blinded him with tar, stripped him, and covered him with tar and feathers in a swift community act.
A sermon warns that language reflects the mind and can corrupt the soul. It urges readers to guard both thoughts and speech, claiming profane words reveal inner spots and inflaming them, with self discipline needed to prevent moral ruin.
The Richmond Dispatch reports a rare incident in which a enslaved man named Albert, employed by Drew & Pemberton, forced an eye ball from its socket while blowing his nose. He was treated by Dr. Hancock and is recovering, with the event deemed true despite its novelty.
The text presents aphorisms on self love, humanity, life changes, solitude, eccentricity, wisdom, courtesy, and architecture. It contrasts theory and principle, notes the value of quiet reflection for thinking, and describes architecture as connecting usefulness and beauty akin to frozen music.
The Mississippi Republican reports a ten year old girl in the county who believes she is bewitched. She wears a gold necklace that allegedly tightens to strangulation if watched. Removing the gold during sleep once caused signs of strangulation. Cutting her hair and burning it causes pain. A drawing of the supposed culprit triggers only distress when fired at with lead, but a gun with silver unsettles her, leaving her calm afterward. The piece notes the case as remarkable and seeks further details.
A historical passage recounts Luther debating the devil and freeing souls, with the devil boasting of schemes against Christians. It then shifts to Washington and a political joke during the debate on the federal army, noting his punchline and the crowd’s reaction.
A mob hanged Barger, left his body on a tree for about three hours, then buried him in a vacant lot. Next day, refiners from the mob set the corpse upright at Cobb's Hotel with clothes and hat, and a note asking for dinner and horse feed. The scene is described as a shocking outcropping of a supposedly decent community.
A night murder occurred in the north western city area near Aspen Grove Cemetery. Mr. R. O. Oster, a resident of the locality, was killed by a couple living beside his house. The man held Oster while the woman used an axe to sever his lead. the suspects have not yet been arrested. Burlington Chavette, Vth.
A Dresden report notes Jenny Lind as wife and mother of a three and a half year old, with singing as strong as ever and hints she may settle in England or the United States within six months. The Fourth Annual Exhibition of the Iowa State Fair at Muscatine opens October 6, offering premiums for crops, livestock, farm implements, goods, musical instruments, paintings, sculptures, and essays on agricultural topics.
Christopher C. Sharp, who killed Dr. Stout and escaped from Fort Madison prison, was recaptured and returned to the same jail. He had fled to Tennessee, where he allegedly married a teenage girl. his former wife learned of the crime and had him arrested for bigamy.
A reflective prose fragment contemplates death and oblivion. It imagines a world moving on without the speaker, noting how business, family, and friendships fade with time while the living forget the dead and life rushes by. The piece contrasts the present with a distant era when people traded with those long gone.
A whimsical warning on domestic duties and gender roles. A young lady’s plea to her mother to shut the door prompts a broader reflection on future responsibilities, from housekeeping to child care, urging men to be cautious in romantic expectations.
A Port Byron farmer recalls arriving five years ago with seven dollars and a family, now owning two hundred acres and a busy farm with a hogs, horses, and stock. Harvests include 335 acres of wheat 59 of corn and 15 of oats with thousands of bushels of oats valued near five thousand dollars. He notes wheat sold at about one dollar per bushel in Rock Island County. This reflects widespread farmer success in the West.
Reported thieves enter a house, chloroform two pigs to silence squeals, then kill and cut them up. The scene unfolds amid fear and unknowns as residents reel from the bizarre crime and its grisly details.
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