Yates County Chronicle in Penn Yan, New York

The Wonderful Guest and the Calhoun Years Echoed

A fragmented 19th century miscellany blends a medieval night scene about an unseen guest at a holy feast with reflections on public figures like Calhoun Webster and Clay. It shifts to a dateless memory of Esquire’s title, a street scene with a hopeful actress, and a long digressive note on slavery era politics and journalism, ending with a tour through poems, old sermons, and advertisements.