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Newspaper
Weekly Jeffersonian
Location
Jefferson, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1860
Page
1
A fragmentary poem narrates the sufferings of the poor yet affirms dignity and enduring beauty. The speaker laments oppression and hunger while praising nature and inner peace, noting streams, flowers, birds, and hedgerows that remain accessible to the afflicted.
Orville Wood and his fiancée Miss Mack planned to end their lives together by pistols after a dispute over marriage. Wood shot himself in the parlor after entering with the pistol to his head. Miss Mack drew a second pistol but was restrained by her sister. The couple’s tragedy occurred Saturday evening per the account carried by the Shaw Paw Free Press.
A reflective column lists a series of probing questions about widows, temperance, slander, and hypocrisy. It asks whether a widow would remarry, a man suffers vice, a widow restrains daughters, a tobacco user desecrates church, a slanderer hates correction, a taper stays moderate, a grumbler acts, or a toady is sincere. The piece highlights moral double standards.
A reflective analysis contrasts the North American scene a century past with the United States today, noting contested colonial powers, pivotal wars, and the emergence of a unified nation. It argues future global shifts will arise from American institutions, expansion, and colonial legacies.
A tale from the Winona Democrat recalls a lender cheated by a country man who used a fake mortgage as a trap. The trick involved a 160 acre near the city, a first mortgage of 3200, a second mortgage, and a plan to foreclose that backfired when the lender learned the land’s title and age of the infant forecloser. Also noted is a Georgia murder case pardon driven by a mother's plea, plus a Sicilian cathedral tale of whispered confessions exposed by an architectural quirk and resulting scandal.
A collage of religious reflections and moral anecdotes. It cites a Scottish couple on parental influence, praises action over learning, and quotes Pliny and Austin on virtue. It notes missionary appointments to China, Seminole legends on race, a Pekin Gazette description, and a blunt Albany justice remark about lacking capital punishment.
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