A gentleman at Lansingburg, N. Y. has discovered that tobacco can be so cultivated there as to be equal to the best cultivated in Cuba for segars, simply by pulling off the leaves when only partly grown. The Genius of… Continue Reading →
A centennarian with ten years to spare, died at Lansingburgh yesterday. Susan Hornbeck, better known as “Aunt Susan,” was her name. She had attained the age of one hundred and ten years. The deceased was a colored woman—born a slave… Continue Reading →
☞ THOSE ICE HOUSES, on the Lansingburgh road, just North of the old toll gate site, are conspicuous objects to horse car passengers and travelers in general. They have risen like gold during the past three months—but their condition is… Continue Reading →
☞ A GOOD COMMENCEMENT.—For years past, the inhabitants of Lansingburgh have been pestered by that intolerable nuisance—furious driving through its avenues. Although the ordinance is very severe in regard to this offence, what is everybody’s business is nobody’s, and the… Continue Reading →
☞ PECCAVI.—The editor of the [Lansingburgh] Gazette can take our hat: he deserves it for his defence of local institutions. It is enough—we recant. “Know all men by these presents” that the Fair Grounds, which by a lapsus pen-gue were… Continue Reading →
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