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Newspaper
Whitewater Register
Location
Whitewater, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1857
Page
4
An illustrated verse scene depicts a youthful Selina by a lake admiring a vase and a pond fair. A tale of desire and folly unfolds as a jeweled prize gleams, prompting longing, struggle, and a wry moral about gold and seduction.
The article reports sightings of a terrible comet near the circumpolar region observed Friday with a telescope by Tate and CG d’uttle at Harvard University. It compares the comet’s orbit to 1452 and 1661, notes its aphelion beyond Jupiter, and warns it may bring meteorological effects and drastic weather patterns.
Report from Siozopore Straits describes the Peruvian ship Carmen sailing from Swatow March 1 with 200 coolies and passengers. A mutiny near Natunas led to flames, boats launched, and crew abandoning ship after coercion and attempts to quell the revolt. Captain Louis Camosti and fourteen others escaped in boats, most aboard later presumed lost with the vessel. Fourteen crewmen held on deck with armed convicts, later compelled to surrender, and many coolies killed or wounded during the riot. The Gulnare also faced a deadly mutiny near Swatow, with numerous casualties among crew and passengers as fire and fighting raged aboard. The scene shifts to commentary on Jewish Sabbath disputes in Baltimore, noting no such movement exists and describing a single Reform congregation in Bern as the only true example.
A comic tale of Squire Tobin who dodges a merchant Brown for months. Joe Harkine disguises as a striped blanket to collect a small debt leading Tobin on a fruitless chase through streets while Brown’s collectors loom. The scene shifts to a New York train car where a colored woman pleads for fare amid a bustle of passengers and a cheeky conductor.
An excerpt portrays a chaotic street moment with a wandering consoler and a passenger Dinah joking over fare disputes. The scene shifts to a courtroom anecdote referencing Wirt and Corwin, with commentary on witness credibility and literary satire.
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