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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1886
Page
6
A storytelling tale by Mr Rockaway uses a bean pole and potato hill to show that appearances deceive. A scarlet bean climbs the pole and mocks the potato plant for idleness while the potato quietly grows unseen tubers until harvest reveals the truth. The story ends with the lesson that some people and plants do their work out of sight.
C D Graham ferries a 7 foot by 33 inch drum cask down Niagara river in a single run. Towed to start, the craft somersaulted and rode eddies before surfacing below Lewiston with Graham only slightly bruised. He quips about the journey.
The piece ridicules a man who died after attempting a Niagara Falls stunt in a cask and mocks those who imitate dangerous feats. It mentions Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a medical ad and criticizes cranks risking life for fame while calling for authorities to prevent such dangers.
Advert claims Ely's Cream Balm relieves catarrh colds and hay fever instantly with easy topical application. A testimonial from C S McMillen notes nasal sores healed after ten years of ailment. Also mentions an American in London grieving a lost dog and a note on Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil for rheumatism lumbago and cramps.
Delaware politicians say Secretary Bayard is tired of leading the State Department and would welcome a seat on the Supreme Court. Critics warn against turning the nation’s highest court into a refuge for political incapables. A Norristown Herald report claims a western man seeks a pension after a rebel ram attack, but the facts show he was rammed by a Confederate officer’s aged sheep. A Baltimore housewife found a living frog in a bottle of chow chow, said to have grown in confinement, with the tale vouched by a Baltimore newspaper.
In Cartersville Georgia residents praise Joe a highly intelligent dog famed for grabbing corn from a field shelling kernels and luring a rat into a trap by retreating to a rat hole before striking.
A Wayne County resident, nearly 95, recalls her father's version of the Bigfoot encounter, insisting Andrew Poe fought the Indian while Adam Poe shot the foe. She narrates the pursuit from a white settlement to the river, the gun mishap, and the drowning of Bigfoot, with Andrew wounded and later recovered. The piece mixes frontier lore with desert drought notes and a closing quip about the Chicago baseball club.
The piece blends quips about flattery and vanity with a New York pioneer anecdote. A neighborly wool anecdote contrasts fleece making from old beds and dog wool, followed by a village trek to view two sheep and a note on novelty products. Also mentions Hauls Vegetable Sicilian Hair Reviver and a giant Halifax timber raft bound for New York. Farther, plantation news reports peach trees planted in Barnwell county and expected melon harvests across Barnwell and Aiken counties.
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