05 Dec 1857
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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1857
Page
1
An aging bachelor recalls youth when he wooed Isabella Adams and failed to deliver with passion. After parading courage he ends up delivering a formal snuff question and flees in embarrassment, then drafts a contrite note declaring his love. The tale blends romance and comic self analysis.
A Detroit Tribune item recounts a humorous Dickens like tale of an American sea captain who advises a young, highly attractive woman to marry the man who jumps after her. Four suitors dive in. the captain counsels choosing the dry one. The column includes quips about doctors tolls, salted fish, coffee, and editorial notices, all in a breezy old newspaper voice.
A tall tale from Cedar County Iowa recounts a young man who hid his departure in a calf pasture after losing his white garments to calves then fled into bushes until dogs and neighbors reapplied the case and he later married his beloved. A New York hotel violet girl tale follows a family discovering an heiress child.
A German widower and his first love, Christine, reunite after years apart. He married a second wife in Texas, their daughter aided a vagrant memory, and in Cincinnati the pair recognize each other. They traveled to New Orleans then back toward Texas, reuniting with their child.
J G Holland imagines a Vermont farmer life for the Springfield Republican editor. He would farm summers, teach winters, and marry a girl with a spit curl after a century of small town steps. The letter ends with a sigh at those who despise such a life.
Chronology of early Nashville lawyers John Jackson and Dickinson. Dickinson skilled duellist provoked a duel after writs against merchants. Jackson accepted challenge. Duel concluded with Dickinson fatally shot, Jackson remarking before firing. Anecdotes on porter praise and piano dialogue included.
A countryman in northern New York asked why the cow-catcher was attached to the rear car of a railroad. The conductor replied it was to prevent cows on that road from running into the train.
A Western New York farmer writes to a distinguished agronomist, thanking him for introducing a swine variety. He recalls visiting yesterday's fair at a nearby site, noting many pigs of the recipient's breed and expressing surprise at the absence of the scientist at the event.
A conversation recalls Col W as a fine looking man while two friends discuss a past ruse. One man admits he was once taken in by him, and another notes a sheriff endorsement. Punch comments call the whole episode a striking business before marriage and after.
An old notice on a door at a colored ball claims tickets cost fifty cents and warns no one admitted unless they come themselves. A morbid joke asks how a pitcher of water differs from a man throwing his wife over a bridge, concluding one is water in the pitcher and the other pitcher in the water.
A garbled column notes a gold piece from UG in the Lewisburg Chronicle, with aphorisms on enemies and virtue, a hat turned brickyard, a winged feat, a church sighting, and a dentist bold on pain. It closes with casual social observations on women and industry.
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