Reminiscences of Lincoln and Vermont Meeting Notes
A Utica Herald correspondent recalls Lincoln from Springfield days. He recalls Lincoln as humble, sociable, charitable, and thrifty in meals and markets, noting his wife’s temper and Lincoln's calm demeanor. The narrative shifts to Thaddeus Stevens’ childhood in Peacham Vermont and a sermon-like reflection on humble beginnings shaping future leaders.
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Utica Herald
Eaton
Springfield
Lincoln
Mr. Lincoln
Abe
Abe Lincoln
Washington
Tie
Tam
First Baptist Church
Mr .Lincoln
Monroe Street
Robert
Robby
Irma
Jle
Chicago
Clergyman Seeks Lost Horse in Job Text Twist
Springfield Gazette recounts a clergyman losing his horse on Saturday. After a fruitless midnight search with a boy he preaches on Job seeking where his horse might be and the boy quips the horse lies in Deacon Smith's barn.
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Springfield Gazette
Job
Deacon Smith
Nervous man reports steam boat explosion claim to Legislature
A jittery individual told the Connecticut Legislature a dramatic explosive incident aboard a steam boat. He declared that Spister Meaker and lodges of the legislators, Elliver Ollsworth, had billed her buster.
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Connecticut
Spister Meaker
Elliver Ollsworth
Wry Medical Quip From a Supplicant Minister
A minister questions alarm at the King of Terrors while noting he has lived thirty six years with the queen of terrors, implying a resignation to fate and a humorous take on mortality. The exchange contrasts mortal fear with seasoned acceptance.
Remarkable Calf Calves Multiplying Within One Cow
Abner Fields of Howard township Washington county reports his cow delivered twenty eight calves in a single day. The two largest calves resemble ordinary twins while the next largest is about half size and the remaining twenty five are about rat size. All died except the two largest which survived. Neighbors corroborate the extraordinary birth.
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Salem
Ind
Abner Fields
Howard Township
Washington County
Widower Receives Dreadful News at Connecticut Telegraph Office
A man visits a Connecticut village telegraph office to notify friends of his wife's death and funeral. A sympathetic operator consoles him as he breaks down crying, then quells his grief with a grim metaphor about his wife dying “without a kick.”
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Connecticut
Bright Side of Seventy Faithful Countess Words
An aged God’s servant says he is on the bright side of seventy as Nature fails. A Countess of Huntington at eighty four declares her work done and readiness to go to the Father. A passerby notes a humble believer near another world who replies he does not fear death but hopes in the Lord.
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Congress
Stevens
Thaddeus Stevens
Thaddeus
Senath Jones
Thaddues Stevens
Washington
Congress of the
United States
Senate of
House of Representatives
Senate
Ulysses S. Grant
Army of
Republic
America
Son
Edwin M. Stanton
White House
Secretary of War
Army of the
Countess of Huntington
Montgomery County
Comedic Schoolboy Essay On Dogs
A student submitted a humorous composition praising dogs. It argues dogs are more useful than cats or hogs, noting dogs chase hogs, guard people, and are loyal, while the piece playfully mocks other animals and emphasizes dogs as man’s best helper.
Black eye remark and calf births across years in Pa
A trial witness describes a severe facial contusion and bruising as the prosecutor questions. Separately a Mr. Offutt's cow in Washington township yields nine calves in two years with dates from 1866 to 1868. A juror recalls a ministerial figure giving talks from the pulpit, unsure if charged.
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George Offutt
Washington Township
Lawrence County
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