The Cincinnati miscellany, or, Antiquities of the West, and pioneer history and general and local statistics. Volume II, Part 77

Author: Cist, Charles, 1792-1868
Publication date: 1845
Publisher: Cincinnati : C. Clark, printer
Number of Pages: 370


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Customs, 101.


Churches, 229. Documents, 6, 82, 219.


Pittsburgh Fire, 226, 235. Poetry, Christmas Anthem, 97. Cherish thy Friends, 211. Good Night, 101.


Sea Boy's Farewell, 224.


66 Sleeping Wife, 129.


Spirit of the Age, 244.


66 Song for the Sabbath, 101.


Woman's Sphere, 235.


Primitive Times, 203. Prince Albert, 256. Pork stories, 128, 135, 172, 198. Powers, Hiram, 187, 192. Powers and Kellogg, 189. Profane Swearing, 47. ..


Quaker Ingenuity, 108.


Rail Road, Baltimore and Obio, 260. Rattlesnakes, 17.


Recollections of a voyage to Italy, 23, 55, 84, 116. Relics of the Past, 18, 30, 123, 150, 174, 189, 267. Revolutionary Anecdote,


Incidents, 143' 208. Recollections, 142, 186.


Reviews, 34, 63,83, 96, 262. Ross, General, 13.


Sagacity of the Horse, 248. School Mistress abroad, 230. Scraps, 129, 152, 176. Sentiment, 15, 147. Seven Asiatic churches, 155. Shays, John, 20.


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66 pathways, 143.


66 politics, 60.


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Sheriff sales of property, 270. Ship building at Marietta, 205. ..


66 on the Ohio, 234. Short articles, 271. Sitting for a portralt, 232. Spencer. O. M., 46. Stephenson, George, 44. Street Paving, 220.


Temperance, 102, 200, 208. Texas, 164. Theological Debate, 202.


Transcendentalism, 192. Twistification, 167. Thunder, 18.


Ups and Downs of Life, 157. Usury laws, 166, 175, 188.


Wanderings of Intellect, 68. Want of Faith, 199. Washington, 49. 6. Fashions at, 178. Wayne, Anthony, 92.


Weather East and West, 170. Webster, Noah, 179. Western Heroines, 263. 66 Lard, Literary Journal, 62, 120. Whaling business, 130. Widow's Mite, 96. Wise men of the East, 206.


Yorktown, S. B., 94.


CONTENTS OF VOLUME II.


Academy, Pleasant Hill, 344. Adams and Clay, 37 Adopting a white man, 184 Adventure, 307 66 Indian, 83 with a bull, 259


Advertising, 176,348


Albert and Victoria, 348


Alligator killing, 3-16 Anecdotes, 360 Authors, dress of, 351 American Artists, 288 Ancestors, our, 243


Ancient Bills of Lading, 234 Andre, capture of John, 337 Andrew Jackson, S. B , 165 Anecdotes, 176, 199, 239, 240. 340 Antiquities, 65 Appleby's the man, 201 Apologies and excuses, 283 Armstrong, Col. John, 15, 16, 42, 67 Artesian Wells, 126 Assistant Editor, 197


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Bailey, Dr., 184 Ball Exercises, 265 Bank Note Engraving, 54 Baskets, the two. 304 Battle of Waterloo, 28 Beadle and Countryman, the, 296 Bear, ferocity of the, 16 Belmont Co., Ohio, 285 Benefits of Matrimony, 211 Bicknell's Planing Machine, 130 Black Jim, 207 Boone, Daniel, 133, 141 Boot making, 358


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Growth and Improvement 17,81, 154, 165, 172, 182 189, 289, 303, 306, 328, 331,337


Grocery Trade, 353


Historical Society, 52


In 1794, 157


In 1816, 25


Literature, 287


Settlement of Kentucky, 157


Border Incident, 237 Boston Wit, 54 Brother's Love, a, 200 Brick making, 358


Bubble of 1837 and 1838, 129 Buchanan, Dr., 265 Buckeye, the, 91 Buenos Ayres, 261 Building in St. Louis, 225 Business signs, 182 Bustles, 154, 265


Calhoun, John C., 222 Calla Ethiopica, 104 Cantatrice and the Empress, 336 Careful Spouse, 136 Cemeteries, 85 Census of 1845, 270


Chapter on Dunning, 75 is Human Life, 141


Changes of Fortune, 66 Human Life, 81


Charlemagne, 181


Chronological Table, 263, 270, 280, 283, 296, 303, 311, 320, 328, 336, 341, 348, 360


Churches East and West, 285 Church Livings, 280 Cincinnati, Almanac and Picture of


320 and Pittsburgh, 100


.6 Artists, 341


Building for 1846, 352 Business, 857


.4 Bartlett's Com. Col., 335


Boot and Shoe manufac- tory , 244


Cincinnati, Brass & bell foundery, 299 | Columbia, church at, 192


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64 Building operations, 72 Churches, 56, 128 City Council, 115 6. Officers, 51 66 Solons, 71, 134, 154 66 Watch, 122 College, 316 66 of Dental Sur- gery, 103 Color Factories, 122 Common Schools, 52


Confectionaries, 20


Convention, 360


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Cooking Stoves, 271


Coolidge's Factory, 126


Dignitaries, 108


= Early Business, 172 Jails, 152


60 Records, 124, 132 Eclectics, 120, 275 Fifty years ago, 53, 65


Fine Beef, 227 Fire Engines, 245, 259 66 Wardens, 116 First Church in, 41, 74, 169 Flour Mills, 265 Fuel, 245


Device, a new seal, 355 Diamond cut Diamond, 143 Diplomacy, 256 66 of the U. S., 278


Dishonesty, 160


Disinterested Legatees, 120 Domestic markets, 223 Drunkenness, 359 Duelling, 88, 314


Early Bridges, 26 66 Militia parades, 28


Manufactures of, 347 Markets, 340 .. Statistics, 139, 156 Masonic Hall, 315, 326 Mechanics' Fair, 164, 172


Mill Creek Bridges, 56 66


66 " in 1798, 37 Modern Building. 15 New Churches, 116, 321 Nuisances, 145


Pearce's Factory, 113


66 Planing Machines, 44, 48 Pioneers, 22


. Printing Ink factories, 109 Progress, 73, 184


Property Investments, 60


64 Public Halls, 253 St. Peter's Cathedral, 177 Sash Factory, 174


= Scenery, 45 Sidewalks, 153


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Street Lighting, I11


66 Sugar Mills and Engines,


66 Taxation, 158


Vine Street Hill, 76


66 Value of Property, 353 Citizens and Strangers, 228


Clay, C. M., 120 Clerical Eccentricity, 264 66 Witness, 29


Coal, 257 Coal mines of Penn. 288


Soda Water and Putty Steamboats, 72, 208 Stove and Grate Manufac- tory, 148 Strawberries, 21


Fable, 129 Faculty, the, 341 Fairy Story, 236 Fancy Drinks, 60 Farmer's Progress, 320


Fireman's Fair, 253


Flatboatmen of the West, 332, 342 Flattery. 283 Florida Bill, 216 Force of Habit. 144 Fort Washington, 85 Free Translations, 116


Friend's Testimony, 155 Frontier figures of Speech, 134 Fruit, 107 Fuschia, the, 175


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Columbus, 174 Coffee Bags, 349 Commission, a, 104 Consolations, 207 Corded Skirts, 168


Corrections, 184, 295, 296 Cotton. 83


cloth, 330 Country Seats, 70 66 Covington, 310 of Justice, 35 Bridge, 317 66 and Newport, 85 Cultivation of the Grape, 102, 113, 150 Curiosity, 344 Cuvier, 161


Daguerreotyping, 127 Dayton Limestone, 109 Definitions, 215


Derivations, 282, 293, 310, 311, 349 Detroit, 112


Settler, an, 48 Steamboats, 284


Eastern Periodicals, 33! Eclectic Stories, 124


Edgeworth, Maria, 228 Elliott, Robert, 173 Emphasis, 246 Emigration, 170 England, things in, 23 English Language, 144 Evils, choice of, 192


Epitaph, 160 Equivoques, 282 Erratum, 360 Errors of the Press, 209, 272, 311, 332 Escape, remarkable, 129 Etymologies, 279, 286 Excuses, 150 Existence of the soul, 84 Etiquette, 198


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General Assembly of Preg. church, 12 George III, 304 Glossary, 326 Gluttony, 168 Going West, 295 Good Breeding, 29 Good credit, 336 Governors of the States, 16 Great Britain, steamer, 179 Greek Slave, Powers', 239 Growth of our cities, 358 of the West, 189 Guarded Answer, 200 Guest, the, 344


Habits of Sheep, 32 Hamilton and Burr, 22 Hard witness, 341 Harmar's Campaign, 105


Harrison, General, 341 Harvest, the, 54 Henry, Patrick, 339 Herring pie, the, 86


Higgins' Blockhouse, 36 Hints. 83, 210 Historical Fact, 279


History and Tradition, 175 Hobson's choice, 111 Hood, Thos., 88


Horace Day and the Tunis Bey, 174 Howard the philanthropist, 69 Hospital, tales of. 356 Hudson, John, 280, 292, 300, 316 Hughes, Jesse and Elias, 9 Human Life, 174, 251 66 Nature, 40, 80 Humor, 341 Hunter, Iron S. B. 311


Ice, 243 Ignorant Voters, 123 Impregnable safe, 276 Indian Portraits, 272, 282


Mounds, 189


66 Traits, 13 Index, valuable, 218 Infirmity of purpose, 31 Ireland, Letters from, 168 Iron Manufacture in the U. S, 287 6. Safe, 293, 358 Improvement, important, 190 Irish Advantages, 3:8


a bit of real, 135


6: Friar, an, 60 66 Ingenuity, 176 66 Wit and Humour. 179, 211 Isaac Shelby, S. B, 136


Jackson, General, 133, 229 Jefferson, letter of, 287 Jews, 149, 168, 193 Johnston, John, 233, 241, 249, 260, 268 297, 305, 3:3, 324, 329 Jones, David, journal of, $04, 212, 230 Jungmann, John G, journal of, 178, 185, 193 Juvenile Balls, 216 Jokes, piling up, 192


Kentucky, 33 Kindness, 160


Landscape and Map Engraving, 225 Last Supper, the, 189 Latin, Englishı, 112 Lakes, the great, 352 Laving a culprit, 135 Lawyers opinion, value of, 58 Law abiding citizens, 1:8 66 Literature, 3 2 Students in Alabama, 64 Lawyers Portraits, 235 Leeching, 287 Legal Ingenuity. 318


Legend of North Bend, 73 66 ofthe War of 1812, 187 of Kentucky, 6?, 69 Legislative Wit, 3 1, 344


66 Statistics, 353 Letter Balances, 159 Life in Florida, 308 Lightning Rods. 70 Lion, the first, 24


Literary, 209 Literature, Western, 348 Little Miami Railroad, 276 Locomotive, the first, 117 Logston, Joe.S90 Lost Boy, the, 339 Lost child, 254 Louisville, 185 Luxury, 312


Main chance, the, 338 Mammoth Cave, 34, 44, 46 Manners. 216


Managing a Husband, 199


March of Mind, 58 March of Science, 336


Marriage Licences, 38, 71


Marriages and Deaths, 40. 41, 56, 64,


80, 88, 128, 136, 144, 152, 248 Married by chance, 1.8 Life, 326 Mayor of New York, 59


McColloch's Leap, 155


McConnell, Felix G, 39 Memphis Corvention, 219 66 Reunion, 270 Mesmerism, 114, 276 Methodist Preacher, 271


Mexican Ladies, 324 Miami University, 66 Valley Settlement, 147


Mind your business, 184


Mississippi, life in, 319


Mistake, a, 341


Modern poetry, 157 Relics, 237


Moustache, the, 227 Music, 216


Name, what's in a, 286


Narrow Escape, 135 Nautilus. 156


Naturai History, 171


Navigation of the West, 224


Negative compliment, 214


Negro resolutions, 255


New Orleans, battle of, 349, 354


New route East, 52


Newspapers, old, 188


Newspapers, history of, 253


New York, 110, 271 £00 years ago, 159


Nomenclature, 116, 345 Nuisance, 145, 209


Obituary, John H. Jones, 152


Observatory, 25 L


Ohio. State Bank of, 145


One man may do, what,


One at a time, 311


Organs, '44


Orthography, 98


Oysters and the Mails,


Pardoning Power, 50, 103


Paris Joke 319


Penn and Symmes, 61 Pennsylvania Dutchman, 110, 262


Perry's Victory, '81 Period of Lives. 3.8


Perseverance, 79 Pertinent reply, a, 328 Pharmacy. 3'


Philanthropy 82, 116


Philosophy, 146, 215


Pickled Cockles, 214


Pioneer Adventure, 269, 273 Ilistory, !86


Libraries, 19


Mothers, 121. 131, 142


.6 Preachers, 155


Recollections, C24


Pocket Picking, 235 Poetry, A love song, 112


A Beau Ideal, $96


Cat Latin, 44


Common schools, 53


Epitaph for Thos. Hood, 212 Little Willie, 280


Mary, 109


New Zealand Melody, 24


= Our Faith, 248 Passing strange, 215


Poetry, Saturday night, $15 Shed not a Tear, 29


The Backwoodsman, 296


The Beaten Path, 100


The Blind Girl : o her sister, 199


66 The Jewish Pilgrim at Jerusa- lem. 62 The Memory of the Past, 256


The Rescued Treasure, 107


Thoughts of Heaven, 284


To Harriet, 192


66 To My Wife, 271 Poisons and their Antidotes, 21 Popping the Question, 248 Population of Indiana. 158 Pork, 272 66 Packing, 187, 318 Portrait Painting, 72 Posers, 136 Power of Music, 64 Powers, Hiram, 203 Predicament, a, 176


Prejudice, Agricultural, 192


Price of an Opinion, 116 Problem in Physics, 64 Professional Etiquette, 291


Hit, 256


Ideas and feelings, 23


Punning, 200


Railroad to Xenia, 103


Railroad to the l'acific. 220, 225, 239


Railroad Anecdote, 336 Railway speculation, 293 Randolph, John, 159


Rats, 180 Raising the wind. 79


Readers, to, 152, 239, 288, 308, 328, 348 Recipes, 136, 298 Red brethren, 2:6 Remarkable Incidents, 198


Retort, 296 Reverence for the Sex, 212


Responsibilities. 235 Revolutionary Patriotism, 49 Review, 101, 206, 240, 263, 264, 272, 302,303. 332


Riches, 153 Rising glories, 211


Rivalry, 326 Rise of eminent men, 80


Relic of the Revolution, 242


Reformers, 262


Relic, anti-revolutionary, 170


Royalty, 255 Romantic, 126


Sangfroid, 200 Sausages, 283 Science of Sound, 59 Scott. Sir Walter, 60 Scraps, 40, 64, : 08, 215, 295, 996, 299, 320, 37,344, 353, 360


Scripture Quotations, £56


Shoal water. 192 Shakspeare and the Bible, 311


Shoulder Arms, 32 Shut the door, 28 Sleepy worshippers, 234 Small Pox, 3 2 Smart Boy, 328 Steamboat Travelling, 252


St. Clair's Defeat, 30 S. B. buildingin the West, 1845, 304 Staff of life, the, 226


Squeezing the hand, $00


St. Clair, General, 180


Spitting, 125 Stultz, the tailor, 166


Steamboat Life, 167 Star spangled Banner, S. B. 71 Statistics, 104


Street Loungers, 123 66 A Long, 349 Sugar crop of Louisiana, 245 .6 Refinery, 345 Story, a dog, 187 Steel Bells, 354


Tea and Toast 240 Temperance, 120, 283 16 Mess, 251 Theatre, recollections of the, 235


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Theological Debate, 111 Thunder and Lightning, 32G The way Americans go down hill, 266 Titles, 287 Tossing in a Blanket, 279 Tobacco Chewing, 101 Touch not, handle not, 112 Tough Goose, 276 Trade, a Razor Strop, 259 Trandscendentalism, 262 Tricking a landlord, 248 Tricks of the Trade, 72 Trifles in Verse, 193 'Tripe, 2 0 Trysting trée, 2'0 Turkish Punishment, 312


Vote, the German, 187 Value of Property, 18. Vicissitudes, 348 Vencers, 17 Verdict, Strong, 211


Wallace. John S .. 217 War of 1812, 1814, 18, 58, 57, 77, 929 Washington, officials, 30, 47 scene at, 112


66 Correspondent, 223 Wayne's Expedition, 55 Letter of, 194 Western Simile. 2.9


Mails, 257


Western Poctry, 209 $6 Farmer and Gardner, 61 Whittemore, Amos, £46 White Water Canal, 158 Wig, the missing, 159 Wheat crop of 1845, 938 Woman's earnings, 84 Wonders of art, 41


Yankee, an Anstrian, 360 Yankee Tricks. 308 Yankee Story, 335 Young Men, :08





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