Dropping a Pebble and Spreading Circling Waves
Poem fragment notes how a small pebble causes far reaching ripples. It portrays a tiny act generating widening consequences and echoes through a broad circle of impact.
21 Feb 1857
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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1857
Page
1
Poem fragment notes how a small pebble causes far reaching ripples. It portrays a tiny act generating widening consequences and echoes through a broad circle of impact.
The article surveys premonitions of death among notable figures. It recounts Ozanam, Mozart, Hogarth, Hunter, Foote, Weston, Wolsey, and others, noting how fear of dying influenced their last works or actions. It also mentions Hunter’s rational explanation of death predictions and a convent incident. It ends with a health cure notice for Holloway’s remedies and New Jersey expenditure of 180,035 dollars.
The Lebanon Courier urges unity and concerted action after a successful Senatorial campaign. It denounces faction leaders, warns against trading with intruders, and calls for broad national principles to carry Pennsylvania to victory next fall. It praises legislature unity and rejects self serving ambition.
The U S House passed bills admitting Oregon and Minnesota as states. Oregon voters will choose delegates in July to a constitutional convention. citizenship and population limits shape statehood. Minnesota will vote in June for delegates to a July convention with census data guiding representation.
An article surveys women’s roles across nations, noting polygamy, slavery, and arranged marriages in China Siam Cochin China and elsewhere. It contrasts harsh practices with calls for Christian justice and highlights a Revolutionary-era remark by Mrs. Greene praising her son Nathaniel Greene.
The U S Senate approved a bill providing seventy thousand dollars annually for the Transatlantic Telegraph and authorized the use of ships to lay the cable across the western half.
A dialogue snippet shows a temperance man scolding a loafing brother for drinking, saying he is not half a man and prompting the retort that it implies being merely a “domi John.” The exchange hints at social tensions over alcohol.
The piece traces the cent's origins from 1781 proposed by Robert Morris and named by Jefferson, notes its early Washington obverse and thirteen-link reverse, and outlines the shifts in imagery during the French Revolution from Liberty to the olive wreath, concluding with the current classic portrait introduced about 30 to 40 years ago.
In Missouri the legislature faced a heated race over Palm of St. Louis nominated as Director of the Bank. Emancipationist views surfaced from several members including Brown and Clover, triggering a pro slavery counter-candidacy. Palm won amid fierce debate. The St. Louis Democrat sides with emancipation as progressive.
A Havine Advocate report tells of a thirty year old man who bet a friend that Fremont would win. The woman chose Fremont, paid the forfeiture, and the winner married her, then they set off on a tour to the East, celebrating the wager as a personal win.
A rough exchange shows Miss and Mr. Jones discussing tallow and boots. The dialogue mentions baking a griddle cake and a character named Margers. The text is fragmentary and reads like a casual kitchen or household scene.
A curmudgeon speaker delivered a toast praising fire engines and old maids, urging readiness and steadiness. The article notes a treasury bill for the relief of heirs and Revolutionary officers totaling two million five hundred thousand dollars, with President Pierce earmarking twenty five thousand dollars.
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