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Newspaper
Weekly Jeffersonian
Location
Jefferson, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1857
Page
1
A fragment from a dramatic wreck narrative describes a ship at sea during a fierce storm. A legend of a ghostly bird portends doom and urges the captain to alter course. The storm rages as crew, passengers, and the ship face peril and possible salvation prayers.
A humorous reminiscence recounts Mary Ann Jones forcing a cheap twelve foot extension table into the home after a misfired auction buy. The couple hosts a grand party, tables collapse, and the staunch wife defends thrift with wit, while the narrator endures a back breaking teardown and ongoing domestic squabbles.
An account recalls Grant and Dawson drifting for days after a shipwreck and enduring extreme thirst and hunger. They were saved by the brig Maury and the bark Laura’s captains, with Dawson later dying on the raft and a rescued Frank severely exhausted and delirious before rescue. The narrative also touches on lore about Jacobites and a satirical London club anecdote.
Readables mix of literary quotes and playful musings on gravity and cohesion. Polly contemplates heaven and ground as a girl notes flowers and angels while a misread letter sparks awe and a joke lands on gravitation versus cohesion. A statistical aside on coat buttons closes the fragment.
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