16 Jul 1859
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Newspaper
Whitewater Register
Location
Whitewater, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1859
Page
1
A garbled OCR passage presents a reflective religious poem fragment titled My Sleeping Boy. It weaves prayerful lines through imagery of wind, light, angels, and divine protection, with jagged phrases and misspellings across multiple stanzas. The result reads like a damaged historical newspaper clip of devotional verse rather than a coherent article.
Richard Wheeler, a journeyman cabinet maker, underpays Mrs. Thompson for a bureau and uses unseasoned wood. After a church sermon on Christian charity and justice, he faces the moral damage he caused. The bureauowner learns the truth, Richard seeks forgiveness, and he vows to repair harm through honest work and neighborly acts.
Two paragraphs recount the aerial voyage of Mr. O A Gager and companions aboard the Young America. A luminous phosphorescent glow lit the surroundings like a globe of fire, revealing woods by belts of black shading and water by two sheets of mellow light. The balloon plummeted toward Lake Ontario as the craft buckled under stress with the crew bracing for disaster. Mountain, Wise, and Gager faced uncertainty while the balloon barely survived, with only Martin injured by a fall from the craft.
A discourse on respecting religious rights argues against ridiculing others beliefs and urges kindness in disputes over faith. The piece notes that government and magistrates should avoid coercion in religion and defend freedom of conscience while maintaining civility. It then details the March trial of Esnoma Magon in the District of Columbia for keeping a slave boy named Ben and related colonial-era provisions, outlining Mason's slave wife and children, purchase, and displacement within Marlborough, Maryland, and Washington. The article highlights cruelty and the legal context of slavery in the era.
A mid-19th century report recounts Emanuel Mason accused of harboring his enslaved son Miss Fargest’s property. Police seized Mason, he faced trial, was jailed forty-nine days, then released. In February a court ordered $1900-$2000 bail, Mason later convicted, with a heavy fine and costs totaling about $200, plus extensive jail time. The piece laments harsh justice and calls for a humane legal code.
Aluminum is described as a remarkable metal with a specific gravity near 2.7, lighter than silver and about 1.5 times that of water. It is stated to be ductile, malleable, and can be drawn into wires, beaten into thin plates, or fused with ease, with an odor akin to iron when heated. The article notes its excellent electrical conductivity, high melting point, and potential for wide industrial use, predicting large future production and circulation in manufacturing despite high current costs. It also mentions its resistance to corrosion and its crystallized compounds forming in clays and sapphires, highlighting its promising properties for diverse applications.
A dismissive tale contrasts Lunar a man of integrity with a petty thief who steals under his coat. The narrative veers into a debate on honesty and a warning about tricksters. The column also reports a prisoner escape on a railway, a set of gold samples from Pike's Peak, and a dramatic case of a woman defending a boy from a brutal beating, ending with a proverb about spending wisely.
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