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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1864
Page
1
A vivid wartime verse is reproduced from the Atlantic Monthly September issue. The poem is described as a live piece, illustrating the war’s imagery in concise literary form.
A historical discussion cites Washington Jefferson Madison and others arguing slavery as a curse and calls for abolition. Letters and speeches from Washington, Madison, Monroe, Randolph, Pinckney, Luther Martin, and Patrick Henry are quoted to show early anti slavery sentiment and tension with constitutional property in man.
A compilation of remarks by Henry Clay John Jay John Q Adams Daniel Webster and others defense of abolition and critique of slavery. Also a note on the Kilkenny Cats tale recounting a Hessian era cruelty anecdote explaining the proverb origin and a prank to avert punishment.
An exhortation to teach children to pray, recalling a founder’s pious memory of a father figure and the prayer Now I lay me down to sleep. The piece argues that early prayers soften hearts, shield from temptation, and guide souls toward faith through life. It links parental teaching, sacrifice, and moral growth with religious devotion.
A terse reflection on how small irritants and tiny foes can provoke extreme reactions. The text contrasts a tooth’s nerve, a mosquito’s bite, coral rock’s danger, and a warrior’s mortality facing a worm.
Professor Snell of Amherst College reports a 1st August Monday as the hottest day in 28 years, based on a long meteorological register.
An old local tale recalls Mrs. a Mount Vernon Association agent collecting funds near a house. The householder asks who is Mr Washington and declines, saying they have not yet paid for theirs. The teacher leaves, noting the schoolmaster is abroad in humor.
Ninetieth New York reenlisted as veteran recruits but missed furlough amid business. Twenty two men, detained for a minor offense, were sent to other regiments until their unit returned. At Monocacy one soldier spoke to Grant who, after questions, ordered immediate furloughs so they could go home tonight. A Birmingham paper reports James Buchanan at Regent's Hotel with Mason.
Poetic tribute by P B Templeton to Col Geo A Cobham 11th P W who died before Atlanta in the Civil War with lines praising his courage learning and honor and expressing personal sorrow and memory.
Washington correspondent B I Taylor profiles General Sheridan as a compact, energetic leader with sharp eyes and steady nerve. He praises Sheridan as the top cavalry commander, eager for action, with well trained troopers and keen attention to details, likely to drive a campaign.
In Court square a client complains that Stokes the livery stable keeper charged extra fees. After Daw the lawyer’s advice, the client hires a horse to Dedham for fifteen shillings, returns and pays another fifteen, then pays thirty to Salem via railroad, claiming the horse was only hired to go to Salem. The stable keeper protests the extra charges and demands the horse.
Take half a dozen ears of green sweet corn with kernels split and scraped. Mix pulp with two beaten eggs two tablespoons sugar butter one salt spoonful salt half pint sweet cream or milk with extra butter and one dozen finely grated crackers. Bake three hours in a pudding dish or two hours in custard cups. Use the raw corn.
General Hooker once nicknamed fighting Joe is described as on vacation. A Dalton native of Berkshire County, he married a wealthy Mexican widow in California who left her entire fortune to him on her death. The note implies his motive is not wealth but honor.
At the American Institute Farmers club meeting a curious remedy is described to stop steers from jumping fences. Clip off the upper lip eyelashes with scissors and the animal will not jump until they regrow. Samuel Thorne of Duchess County testisted it on breachy oxen and endorses trying it elsewhere.
The passage lists Cockney dialect choices with humorous spellings like halfter half and 'am sandwiches. It mentions preferred meals such as eggs, venison, beefsteaks, onions, husters, pepper and salt, and vinegar, reflecting playful culinary slang and speech renderings.
A pastor preached with lofty phrases noting critics disagreeing. The next morning a poor woman visited with produce in her apron claiming her husband praised the sermon and said the common taters did not agree with him, so he sent Jersey blues as a gift.
A town schoolmaster passes a neighbor digging a pig trough and jokes about furniture for boarding him this winter. Lady Franklin funds rebel causes and hosts a dinner for foreign leaders, with remarks about northern philanthropy and returning her husband alive.
An elderly woman questions the bride about keeping house and whether she will have a girl. The bride blushes and replies she does not know if the baby will be a girl or a boy.
The text traces lineage from Psnawb of Jonbeel to Jobbah and Hols Ayl through Pedullah Rheet Aylah Kaudphyash to Pshawdee, naming a sequence of forebears and interlinked lineages.
A young girl recounts visiting church where a collection plate was passed for the first time. She notes with innocence that “a man passed around a plate with some money on it, but I didn’t take any,” illustrating a moment of virtue and honesty.
A witty exchange has one man asking his friend how many knaves live on their street. The friend protests, then the first clarifies counting both himself and others, provoking a humorous retort about insult and self-knowledge.
The Osceola Sentinel offers guidance to writers not posted in mysteries of composition. Read finished articles three times and trim them by half each pass, then copy the final text.
Question about biblical names cites a figure referenced before Eve in Scripture and mentions Jenny Sis as part of the inquiry. The source records a reader query on scriptural sequence and feminine figures.
A humorous line noting that the topmost fruit is a tiptop apple, playing on the phrase tiptop to imply quality.
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