Flowers as symbols of life and death in early verse
A fragment from Washington Indiana 1800 presents poems on flowers praising their silent eloquence as messengers of life and mortality. It laments fleeting youth, beauty, and the grave while elevating flowers to sacred signs, with a brief note on belief and redemption.
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Indulgent Merriment and Old World Etiquette Notions
The column lampoons modern manners with mock phrases about how people now indulge in merriment avoid eating, bite at foods, and walk by promenade. It notes a Berlin dinner on February 22 hosted by Gov. Wright with Washington’s Birthday honors, and remembers Sen. Adams and Baron Humboldt in attendance. An ad promotes Dr Easterly of St Louis medicines, claiming high sales and wide trust across western states.
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