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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1886
Page
4
A minister and his daughter walk amid May blossoms as the child ponders Eden and the fall. She asserts blossoms are wicked and imagines a world without the Garden of Eden, while the father bears a pained, reflective silence.
A speaker derides dancing and claims to educate a daughter to be a wife through a ball room life, then contrasts with seeking a wife via prayer. The excerpt shifts to a tramp's humor about misadventures, a barn encounter with a horse, a dog bone episode, a circus clerking job, and a steam organ mishap from the Detroit Tribune.
A Chicago Herald excerpt recalls Western soil fertility as a backbone against tornadoes. A Westbound traveler questions philosophy while a farmer extols practical religion and the Bible’s enduring influence.
A traveler visits a Dakota settler, noting a hired man on the small farm. The settler jokes he keeps the man to boss him, then to boss his wife. He ruefully explains that Sary would require a standing army to enforce any bossing.
In Montgomery Alabama a preserved 1851 American Bible Society volume bears on its fly leaf the oath of office sworn to Jefferson Davis by Howell Cobb on February 18 1861 at the Capitol’s front portico. The Bible remains in use to swear in Alabama governors today.
A cat bears six kittens each year for three years. In the first two years the master destroys three kittens each year, while in the third year only three are brought in. Later the cat is seen with three kittens in the hay-mow she did not bring indoors. The reader can draw his own conclusions.
In a Philadelphia Call item a barkeep questions a cautious patron about wormy ice. The customer suggests poisoning the ice with whisky, sparking a terse exchange over health fears and drink safety.
In a Harper's Young People piece, spring awakens with millions of flowers beneath the earth as Crocus Narcissus Hyacinth and Violet promise blossoms amid winter’s hold. The passage contrasts the shy underground chorus with the future blooms, while a side note recalls elephants in ships and their antics for fresh water and sugar-cane.
The article describes African and Asian elephants, their habitats from India to Burmah, travel habits, herd structure, and taming. It recounts a pet baby elephant stealing fruit, episodes of mischief, and the bond with humans, plus their memory and potential for defense and usefulness.
The thistle’s legend dates to Dunbar’s 1503 poem for James IV and Margaret Tudor. Danish invaders trod a thistle, cried out, and alarmed the Scots who repelled the attack. The plant became Scotland’s emblem with the motto Nemo me impune lacessit, and the thistle badge marked the sixteenth century order.
A country schoolmaster asks the boy how many hens he has. The boy replies one died and the other didn't live. The master concludes none, but the boy adds we have six that aren't hatched yet.
A Mississippi River landing scene aboard a boat near Baton Rouge ends in an unintended marriage when a roustabout from a colored couple is wed by a traveling clergyman aided by passengers. The groom, already married to another woman, denies knowledge and escapes with a stern captain warning, leaving a shock of scandal and laughter among the crowd.
A Honolulu Press retelling describes Pele a royal heiress of Hawaii and Alpha a foundling raised in Pele's family. Their bond and a prince's scheme end in tragedy as Alpha dies and Pele’s hair is preserved in Pele’s hair shrine atop Mauna Loa. Aloha blossoms as a flower symbolizing love remembrance and welcome.
A dialogue notes the doctor plans to apply ice after a milk and wine regimen and electrical treatment, with a punchline about the ice cure. A horse age trick leads a man to judge age by teeth, but a horse hunter rejects an aged horse. In Burmah Britain’s new territory, forty rice varieties and other grains including Job’s tears are grown.
The piece argues that intensive short study harms boys, praising balanced daily learning and outdoor strength. It cites Emerson on word memorization and the New York Herald’s view that future systems must build real strength rather than wind-filled knowledge.
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