26 Aug 1845
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Newspaper
Wisconsin Argus
Location
Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1845
Page
1
A poem from the United State Journal laments the dead, describing moonlight on bells, lonely graves, and forgotten names. It contrasts memory with mortality, noting many lie unnamed while God remembers every soul and time moves on.
A fragmented verse gazes at bliss and mercy, hinting at inner joy and longing. The archaic spelling and mangled phrasing evoke a poetic lament of desire and restraint amid throbbing emotion.
A mosaic of historical anecdotes and notices recalls famous deaths and final moments of poets and scholars. It weaves vivid scenes of Petrarch, Chaucer, and Godfrey Kneller with odd rites, Osage ceremonies, and a primer on early U S coinage processes at Philadelphia and branch mints outlining the authority, machinery, and steps from ore to finished coin.
A traveler drunk and lost in a cold Ariiungis town collapses in an empty wagon shed. locals, milder than cruel, share warmth and comfort the stranger by forming a living bed around him to stave off frost. morning finds him misled, sure he is at a tavern, until he wakes to a hog’s bristles in a surprising encounter.
The interior towns of Madison Prairierieville Watertown Geneva Mak von ega Troy East Troy and other communities inland from Milwaukee show rapid growth. Villages like Manson Janesville and Racine counties expand with mills, water power, and new stores as emigration and cultivation advance across southern Wisconsin.
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