Pocopson Families

Article #138 - Pocopson Literary Asociation

 

         Decbr 5th 1850

 

Which would benefit society the most in general to support Pocopson Literary association or to

establish a school for the cultivation of music

            This question at our last meeting was refer[r]ed to me to answer. The difficulty of the

answer did not appear so great at the time as it does upon coming to answer it, and it is so from

Article #137 - Year 1850

 

Answer to the Question; to what half of the 19th century does the year 1850 belong?

 

The first fifty years being the first half of the 19th century,

it is evident that the year 1850 belongs to that half.

 

[But the author, A. Darlington, goes on to say the Chinese have a different method of computing time, according to which 1850 would be in the latter half of the 19th century. He concludes, though, that the opening statement is correct.]

 

Article #134 - Temperance

 

[A fragment,”to be read by Frank Darlington,”  promoting education and

opposing drunkenness. This is page 9 of a larger paper.]

Article #133 - Nature

 

A ramble in Autumn

 

[L. A. Vernon, the author, recounts a fantasy when a walk through autumn woods brought thoughts of mortality: “The nestling leaves in their falling taught me the important lesson of the shortness of life and the certainty of death.”]

 

Article #127 - Whistling

 

 

 

For the Pocopson Literary Association

                        June 23 1852

 

            The Whistling Individual

            I do not remember of any period of my life in which I could not whistle. The first

prognostication of my future was that I should die whistling, and as if to verify that prediction,

I whistle on all occasions.

Article #123 - Reading Novels

[The author was distressed at a Lyceum meeting when someone said “novels weakened the mind and diminished its capacity for useful exercise.” Since some attenders do read novels, the author wants some of them to offer “a few remarks illustrative of the nature and benefits to be derived from reading some, or all kinds of novels.”

Article #122 - Education

 

The Locust Grove Journal

 

[The author says that, for members to gain the greatest benefit from their reading, they must speak and discuss what has been read, not just swallow it whole. “By thus trying every thing by our own judgement, the mind gradually becomes stronger and more certain in its conclusions.”

 

Article #121 - Nature

 

Why will water boil at a lower temperature on a mountain than in a valley

 

[A. E. Baldwin answers this by explaining the difference in atmospheric pressure. Dated Locust Grove, March 1st, 1851]

 

 

Article #120 - Westtown School shed subscription

 

Subscription Paper for building school shed

 

3rd Mo 30th 1811  It was Agreed by a Number of the owners & Employers of the West Town School on the Chester Road Where the Marlborough Street Road Crosses the Same that a stone Shed be Built Twenty four feet long & twelve feet Wide with A Necessary To Accomodate [sic] the School & Covered with Oak Shingles. & it was further Agreed that Caleb James Abner Hoopes & Joseph James was appointed to Carry the Same Into effect as Soon as a Sufficient

Article #119 - What is the Probable cause of the Rochester Knockings?

 

What is the Probable cause of the Rochester Knockings?

 

[The author, F. Darlington, finds himself unable to decide that any arguments, pro or con, are convincing. The piece is dated Sept. 27, 1817--most unlikely.]

 

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