16 Feb 1856
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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1856
Page
1
A longing speaker pleads to be carried back to New England to rest beside loved ones. The verse invokes a child’s homeland, the sea and rocky coasts, a mother’s voice, and a peaceful grave in a distant land, expressing weariness and desire for quiet earth.
A Philadelphia Daily article lambastes high fashion spending by American women. It cites lace scarves worth 1500 dollars, gowns costing 100 dollars routinely, opera and rail trips, and bills averaging thousands yearly, arguing such waste harms families and erodes intellectual and domestic virtues. It warns that in cities and country alike vanity shapes society even as numbers remain small.
The biographical sketch of the poet Rogers in the London Times, written about five years ago in anticipation of his death, notes that his biographer has been in his grave for three years.
A Foot Artillery corporal returning from Canada seeks his birthplace to learn if family remains. He discovers a mother and couple in a Cheviot village who misrecognized him as a wanderer before the prodigal returns home and the mother dies blessing him. A Pittsburgh journalist notes a man sails to Russia to oversee St Petersburg ordnance, earning 5000 dollars yearly. The New Orleans Delta reports Louisiana’s state council backing Mr. Fillmore for president.
Aart asks his father about the material of the board health, a curious inquiry from a young observer. The exchange centers on wooden composition and practical details of the item in question.
The Petersburg Kaupress critiques the fashion of oversized skirts that fill sidewalks and dwarf wearers. Describing women as moving bells, the piece mocks towering hoops and crinoline, noting perfume, bonnets, and heavily rouged cheeks. It laments the loss of the figure and jokes about domesticated “better half” remarks.
On the seventh birthday a pig mistaken for the infant was unveiled by amused ladies who praised it as the child. The piece then shifts to home management, urging steady service, consistent style, and calm hospitality when guests arrive unexpectedly.
A group of young men traveling from Columbus to Cincinnati grew noisy. A man with a white cravat tapped one and warned them they were on the road to hell. The reply quipped that he had bought a ticket to Cincinnati but boarded the wrong train.
A mother and her children discuss first sight impressions. The mother notes she often forms accurate opinions of a person at first sight. The child asks what her opinion of him was when they first met, prompting a back and forth at table.
A British Quarterly Review example shows a $5 iron bar turned into items worth vast sums including $1050 shoes $355 needles and $3 285 penknife blades. It states 31 pounds of iron yielded over 111 miles of wire and part of it was used as substitute for horsehair in a barrister's wig.
An English visitor recounts sharing dinner with Mr Place when a wandering Hindoo mandolin player sat on the verandah. He sang familiar American tunes such as Old Dan Tucker and Oh Susanna in perfect spirits, despite not understanding English, remarking on the surprising cross cultural exchange.
A New York Herald correspondent recounts Col Richardson’s digs at Mr Rives and his wife’s playful verdict on looks. It also describes microscopy’s sharp contrasts between nature and art, from razor edges to bee stings and silkworm webs, ending with a Newark Times joke about a compositor inquiry.
The Supreme Court overruled the California Circuit Court and affirmed the decree in favor of Col. Fremont on the Maraposa claim. The Interior Department will issue a patent next week for 45,000 acres, among the world’s most valuable tracts, representing a vast value for the United States.
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