Moses the Lass Or the Disguised Duke
A serialized humorous tale opens with a young lady Elizy in a Boston parlor recognizing Moses the Duke after a long separation. Moses pretends noble birth, fights pirates, and returns to Elizy. The piece blends satire on lawyers and stage melodrama with comic dialogue and overripe 19th century diction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moses
Bacon Street
Ingine Kumpany No
Elizy
Jane
France
Amerika
Pirut
S. J
Boddy
Moses the Sassy
Bosting
Hisself
Orleans Dynasty
Borebones
Fernest Lim
Eliza
Durin
Polck
Pirut Capiin
Tride
Messrs
Giddings
Wise
Enscoin
Endeweun
Rother
Desert
Sarah
Adoo
Luther Martin
Maryland
Aaron Burr
Senate
United States
Martin
Annapolis
Supreme Court of
Mr. Martin
Baltimore
Eloquence of Henry Clay and Butter Making Tale
A vivid reminiscence contrasts Henry Clay with Webster and Calhoun in court and public speaking. The author recalls Clay’s charm swaying jurors and a Kentucky fair appearance, then shares a butter making recipe and critiques overcooked vegetables and Brussels birds.
Cotton Crop 1858 59 Reaches New Peak Record
The annual cotton statement reports 3 851 481 bales for 1858 59, exceeding the prior record by 323 636 bales. Exports to foreign ports rise with over two million bales sent to Great Britain. domestic consumption reaches 927 651 bales, up from 595 562 last year. The season opens with expectations of a still larger crop.
Humorous Exchange Between Priest and Peasant
A priest chides a peasant claiming he is better fed than taught. The peasant retorts that he feeds himself while the priest teaches others, turning the insult into a witty defense of practicality over learning.
Phrenological farce and town news mix in local columns
A humorous note recalls a blind phrenologist testing a bald judge’s head after removing a wig, then shifts to satirical items about unpaid subscribers, a horse collar improvement, Pekin farm daughters, Mount Vernon upgrades, Bermuda market garden exports, sewing machine proliferation, and a memory-impaired Exeter man who hasn’t paid for boots.
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Warren Mail
E.cowan
Vance
Brown's
McConkey and Shannon
Barney & M
Conkey
Reed House
French Street
Erie
Thos
M’conkey
Garfield and
Logan
Sugar Grove
Warren Co
Garfield
Adams Robinson
Warren
Pennsylvania
Johnson’s Exchange
Second Street
Carver House
Yates and Dewey
Columbus, Warren Co
D. A. Dewby
Schnur
Offerle
Warren County Bank
Water St
N. Schnur
Geo
Tanner
N. Eddy
Court House
High Street
Big Bend
Kinzua
Smethport
Olean, &c. Glade
L. R. Geer
C. W. H. Verback
Carver
J. H. Hull
Water Street
Warren County
General
Hackney House
Second and
Liberty Streets
Warren, Warren Co
American Hotel
Independence Hall
Chestnut Street
5Th
Philadelphia
Wyatt & Hecuines
Wetmore and Clark
Johnson
Brown’s
L. D. Wetmore
Clark
Scofield and Brown
Liberty Street
Glenne W. Scofield
WM. D. Brown
A. Morrison
Front Street
E. M. Pierce
Nesmith and Keller
Exchange Building
R. D. Bartlett
Orr & Henry's
Wates Street
A. Finger
Stranahan & Randall’s
C. W. Rathbun
Point Breeze
D. M. Williams
Goaler
Chauncey Hulburt
Sara, Murray & Co
Great Pennsylvania
Market Street
Church Alley
Lewis Arnett, & Co
Exchange
M. Waters
Hazeltine & Co
Variety Hall
P. Johnson
L. W. Tarbell
A. Hall
Yron Waters
Hunter & Waters
New York
Cowan
R. D. Bennett
Justice Blanks
A. Brock
Sunshine
Earth
Elaving
Moses the Lass
Duke
Ili
Pirot
Great Eastern
William F. Davidson
Beaver Township
Lawrence Journal
Henry Clay
Mr. Clay
Webster
Calhoun
Clay
Jackson
Old Hickory
Mammoth Cave
Alther
Ashland
Kentucky
John
Scientific American
New York Tribune
Brussels
Albany Mapress
Xpress
Express
Boston Journal
Wge
Meniaces
Pekin
Niagara County
N. Y
Samuel Roberts
Salina
Buffalo Express
Mount Vernon
Washington
Bermuda
England
Gar
Exeter
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