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BOUND VOLUMES, May 23, 2013 200 YEARS AGO The King of Bavaria, with the intention of meeting the extraordinary exigencies of the state without increasing the amount of debt, and without obstructing the payments of the different services, which are made with the greatest regularity, has ordered that the voluntary loan which had been opened through the medium of a lottery, should be converted into a forced loan; in consequence of which all the inhabitants of the kingdom who possess…

BOUND VOLUMES, May 30, 2013 200 YEARS AGO Among the ten provisions of a village ordinance adopted on May 21, 1813 is the following: Be it ordained by the Trustees of the Village of Cooperstown, that one-fifth part of the street on each side thereof be appropriated for sidewalks, and that no person shall lay or deposit, or leave any wood, timber, wagon, cart, sleigh, wheel-barrow, or other obstruction whatever, in or upon the said sidewalks, under the penalty of…

BOUND VOLUMES, June 20, 2013 200 YEARS AGO (Ed. Note: General Zebulon M. Pike, a hero of the War of 1812, was killed at Sacketts Harbor on March 27, 1813 when a British powder magazine exploded, propelling a large stone into his back. Pike’s Peak in Colorado is named in his honor.) It may not be amiss, perhaps, to notice a humble mark of respect offered by the Managers of the Baltimore Theatre, a few evenings ago to the memory…

BOUND VOLUMES, June 27, 2013 200 YEARS AGO Indian Cruelty – A gentleman at Cleveland, writes under date of the 19th, inst. that the savages had made a descent on a small settlement call Cold Creek, about 50 miles from that place, near Lake Erie, and took 13 prisoners, 3 women, 9 children and one man; and that they killed and scalped one woman and three children in a most barbarous manner. They were pursued but not overtaken. Fourth of…

BOUND VOLUMES, July 11, 2013 175 YEARS AGO In the wake of several steam boat tragedies and injuries or death occasioned by other means involving steam-driven machines, the Secretary of the Treasury is directed to prepare and hand a report to Congress on the first day of the next Session, containing all the information that can be obtained as to the use of steam engines in the United States, and the accidents and loss of life or property which has…

BOUND VOLUMES, July 18, 2013 200 YEARS AGO British Monsters – Excerpt of a letter from Captain Cooper to Charles K. Mallory, Esq. Lieut. Gov. of Virginia – “I was in Hampton with my troop; that place having been evacuated in the morning by the British. My blood ran cold at what I saw and heard. The few distressed inhabitants running up in every direction to congratulate us; tears were shedding in every corner – the infamous scoundrels, monsters, destroyed…

BOUND VOLUMES, August 8, 2013 200 YEARS AGO Elopement – This may certify that my wife Sophia has run away from me for the truly honorable purpose of not going to Ohio & her friends have been so friendly, or rather devilish, as to advise her to quit me; and have kept her, and the children where I could not find them for some months. This is therefore to forbid all persons trusting or harboring her at their peril. Henry…

BOUND VOLUMES, August 15, 2013 200 YEARS AGO Ran Away – From the subscriber on the night of the 30th, Henry Yagers, an indented apprentice about 17 years old, very large of his age, about five feet eight or ten inches high, thick set, his hair short and naturally curled. Any person who will return the said apprentice to the subscriber in the Town of Burlington, in the County of Otsego, or secure him in any Gaol and give information…

BOUND VOLUMES, August 29, 2013 200 YEARS AGO To Supervisors – As it is believed that much inequality has hitherto existed in the system of Taxation in this county, owing to the disproportionate rules which have been adopted by the Assessors of the different towns in the valuation of Real and Personal Estates; and, as the time is now arriving when our taxes are likely to be so much increased as to render it more necessary that their weight should…

BOUND VOLUMES, September 12, 2013 175 YEARS AGO Advertisement: On Teething – To Mothers & Nurses. The passage of the teeth through the gums produces troublesome and dangerous symptoms. It is known by mothers that there is great irritation in the mouth and gums during this process. The gums swell, the secretion of saliva is increased, the child is seized with frequent and sudden fits of crying, watching, starting in the sleep, and spasms of particular parts; the child shrieks…