Rural Repository, October 8, 1842: Youthful Indiscretion

Stoddard, William B. [editor]. Rural Repository, October 8, 1842: Youthful Indiscretion; A Semi-Monthly Journal, Embellished with Engravings. Hudson, N. Y.: Wm. B. Stoddard, 1842. First Edition. [9585] An 8-page issue uncut, folded it measures 12 x 9 1/2 inches, opened it is all one sheet. Large wood engraving on front of a frowning woman catching a boy with his hand in the cookie jar, so to speak. Good. Single Issue Periodical. Cover article about a boy caught stealing sweets. "He must submit to as famous a whipping as every naughty boy received - yea, and deserved too; for he has done wrong, very very wrong, and if he be not punished, he will be very likely to do so again." Also, a biography of Martha Washington, by Mrs. Sigourney."The Rural Repository will be devoted to Polite Literature; containing Moral and Sentimental Tales, Original Communications, Biography, Traveling Sketches, Amusing Miscellany, Humorous and Historical Anecdotes, Useful Recipes, Poetry, &c., &c."This