Finery and fashion satire in San Francisco noted
A humorous editor mocks San Francisco dress as the Broadway of Gothamites with silk and luxury, recalling old ten cent calico days and a washerwoman encounter, then shifts to political caricature of Pitt and Fox in Parliament with vivid scene-setting and analysis. Several anecdotes, including Henry Clay ink handshake and public notices, follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
California
Broadway
Jockey Club
Saxty
Five Years' Sleep Burden Unbroken by Time in New York
The Ulster Republican reports Corne lius Vroman of western New York who has slept since 1848 with only brief waking. He is a lean, strong laborer fed dairy milk daily, lies on his left side, and has endured rigid muscles and a fixed posture for days. Medical opinion sees a partial brain issue. doctors aim to break the spell in New York.
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Bellamy
Charles Fox
Lord Surrey
Fox
Sheridan
Burke
Pitt
Cicero
Demosthenes
Captain Morris
Treasury
Africa
Iqusius
England
New London Journal
Cornelius Vroman
New York
Vroman
Schoharie County
Genesee County
Cat proof granaries and a tale of drink and theft
A late paper describes a rat proofing method for granaries using cat friendly gaps in wall studs tarred edges and a hard wood door sill to deter rats. It also quotes a Scottish pamphlet on drinking and a Fitchburg Mass theft note about a stolen watermelon and a found $500 pocketbook with a sales hint for more melons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fitchburg
Mass
Let em Die Reformers Wave The Law Of Love
Cayuga Chief criticizes the reformers who oppose strong temperance laws. The piece argues temperance saves lives and property, contending intemperance harms all, causes crime and poverty, and warns against waiting for a future illusion of universal sobriety. It calls for decisive action now.
Beds for children and a 106 year old Indian in Buffalo Republic
The editor cites a Scientific American view that soft beds suit children while hard beds harm health. Reports mention quilts, corn husk mats, or pine boards as dangerous sleeping surfaces. Eminent doctors warn hard beds can injure infants’ growth. Also noted is Black Snake, a 106 year old elder of the Allegheny Reservation who aided a 1787 treaty with Washington. The piece also notes 165 orphaned children in New Orleans in an asylum due to an epidemic.
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Scientific American
Darwin
Black Snake
Buffalo Republic
Alleghany
United States
Washington
Philadelphia
New Orleans
Amusing Anecdote of Gen Taylor and a Door Keeper
A long tale recounts General Taylor’s temper when three ladies visited the White House at an unsuitable hour. The door keeper, a former soldier, disobeyed orders, prompting a sharp courtroom style rebuke and a kicking incident. The story ends with a joke about the old general’s toughness. A second piece reflects on thinking of God at death, urging immediate consideration of faith and mercy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zack
White House
Taylor
Curing Corn Fodder at Beverly Farm
The Beverly farm of Richard P Waters features a corn fodder curing method. After air drying fodder, layer with salt hay, then cut and mix with bran before feeding. The stock reportedly thrived on the resulting mix, per the Boston Cultivator.
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Richard P. Waters
Beverly
Boston
Hippodrome
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Warren Mail
E. Cowan
L. Rogers
H. H. Hunt
Stockton & Fuller
Brown’s
Park Row
Erie
T. C. Spencer
Ffice
Ludlow
Liberty Street
Warren
Johnson & Brown
S. P. Johnson
Rasselas Brown
John N. Miles
Scofield & Brown
Waterst
Warren, Pa
Glenni
W. Scofield
William D. Brown
L. T. Parmlee
Water Street
Carver House
Warren, Warren Co
Carver & Arnett
Exchange
Pennsylvania
D. M. Williams
J. B. Brown
Sugar Grove
Warren Co
Dorwin Greene
Parmelee & Gilman
Lion
Carver
Water St
Z. Parmeler
H. Gilman
Summerton & Church
Water St. Warren
Taylor & Messner
Tanner’s
H. J. Taylor
T. S. Messner
P. R. Bennett
Temperance House
P. Ms Cor
the Court House
J. WH. Hoe
Hickory Streets
Z. H. Eddy
Warren County
Hazeltine &Co
Variety Hall
G. W. Hazeltine
E. M. J. Pierce
Third
Ames & Davis
Benson & Verback
H. L. Towle
Mansion House
E. H. Danforth
Ould
Warren Aid
Dr. Sargent
1Raln
Crain
Hazeltine & CO
J. W. Weaver
T. Buchanan Read
Reapers
Henry Cray
Mike Walsu
Mike Walsh
Henry Clay
Mike
Mr. Clay
Clay
Washington Star
Pitt and Fox
William Pitt
Treasury Bench
Attmospiers
Mobile Advertiser
Royal Agricultural Society
Gloucester
Roteh
Jonathan Throne
Ers
Tle
Niagara
Gen. Taylor
God
Germany
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