Newspaper Triptych
Von Wise
*All text comes from articles published in the Clinton Democrat between 1851-1852.
July 29, 1851
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The memory of the “oldest
inhabitant” runneth not back
to the time when our town was
busier than now. Every branch
of business is paying
better than it has done
before. Our gentlemen of leisure
have caught the infection
of industry and the impulses
of enterprise move
the once stagnant blood
of the body corporate.
February 17, 1852
Receipts and Expenditures
For 2 town lots to erect jail upon $350.00.
For making a plan for jail $15.00.
April 27, 1852
Gone Down
Two of those majestic
walnut trees which skirt
the river bank below
the canal and constitute
one of the chief summer
beauties of our town,
have fallen into the river.
The late flood sapped
their foundations
and their tops now droop
sadly enough
into the water.
Von Wise received his BA for Creative Writing and Linguistics from Carnegie Mellon University and his MFA for Creative Writing from Florida International University. He teaches English composition and creative writing in Philadelphia, where he lives. His most recent work has appeared or is forthcoming in From Whispers to Roars, Lucky Jefferson, Inverted Syntax, Fatal Flaw, Islandia Journal, Red Ogre Review, and Lost Pilots.