31 Jul 1863
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Newspaper
Whitewater Register
Location
Whitewater, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1863
Page
1
The piece reflects on Good Queen Bess era poetry and modern wartime sentiment. It blends fugitive literature praise with lines about national birtheday dawns, soldiers dying, divine guidance, and hope for a future born of courage. The verse travels from ancient Bethlehem to Vesuvian shores, linking past faith with present duty.
A July Atlantic Monthly excerpt recounts a New Orleans incident involving a landlady, a wealthy judge, and a mulatto daughter. The narrator describes a system of abuse, a public whipping, and a later manumission deed with a $3500 trust, as Gen Butler and Gen Banks confront law, race, and justice during reconstruction.
In a sparsely populated new county a traveling preacher faces rugged life and financial pressure. An elder visits a quarterly meeting and insists on payment, prompting a lengthy collection that reveals strained, improvised support from a scattered rural congregation. The scene ends with a partial, festive burst of fundraising amid talk of overdue wages.
Mabel Richardson recalls her sister Alice who left eleven years earlier, while a hungry beggar girl seeks bread. Mabel aids a sick mother, discovers Alice is dying, and consoles her in a final reconciliation with their mother and father. The tale urges mercy to yield redemption.
A garbled excerpt surveys figures like Galen and Saint Mungo noting long life linked to sparing diets. It cites Archbishops, English workers, and farmers who avoided heavy meals, with contrasting cases of abundant eating and implied health effects, ending with musings on appetite and disease.
An American steamer near Detroit witnessed a dramatic escape when a hippo owned by G.G. Quick broke loose aboard the Caldwell and plunged into the river. Egyptian keeper Ali, aided by a dog named Ali, pursued the animal through Whirlpool and river shallows, finally recapturing it and returning it to shore in good condition. The incident drew a large crowd and highlighted the circus spectacle from Buffalo performing in the city.
A Fragment from Persian lore praising storytellers and the art of narrative. It contrasts Persian storytelling with arithmetic tricks, noting clever but impractical numbers and a famed riddle about seventeen oxen divided among three heirs, solved by a clever turn of numbers.
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