23 Jul 1851
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Newspaper
Wisconsin Argus
Location
Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1851
Page
1
A fragmented reflection on happiness from childhood to adulthood, asking when the heart found bliss. The text muses on youth, beauty, virtue, and romantic ideals, contrasting past joys with present longing, and hints at time’s passing and aging.
An extended, mixed narrative describes a dramatic play and its effects on village society. Gossip concerns Victor, Miss Tuttie, and Peggy, with talk of audiences, moral judgments, and shifting reputations. A toy of social theater, invention wonders, and curious anecdotes saturate a febrile local scene.
A tale of Lawrence Tilghman whose creed is every man for himself in business and courtship. He pursues a rich heiress Helen Walter through deceitful bargains and social gambits, but his selfish appetite at a steamship table leads to a public, humiliating setback.
Addison recounts a dream in which mankind deposits burdens of wealth misfortune and folly on a public heap. A guiding goddess reorders the loads restoring each to its owner, teaching contentment and compassion while noting the folly of envy. The tale ends with a memory of John Randolph proclaiming a blunt moral.
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