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Newspaper
Barre Evening Enterprise
Location
Barre, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1808
Page
3
A Detroit Free Press item recounts a man end his engagement after his fiancée’s superstition. He explains he proposed on Friday and claims a string of bad luck events forced them to part to avoid the hoodoo. He notes the engagement ended after he revealed he was born on Friday under an unlucky star.
A Calcutta correspondent reports an eye witness account of a tiger captured during a royal hunt. Captors maimed the animal by clipping claws and crippling legs, then used a sliding cage door to trap its head before killing it. The tiger was released and baited by dogs, maimed further, and shot when exhausted.
A Cleveland area funeral ends with a pastor’s remark that the departed “has gone a long journey” prompting a cousin’s quip about travel as an “addicator.” The page mixes jokes from Strand Magazine and other humor pieces about social improprieties, flirtations, and wordplay.
An eighteenth century French soldier in India converts to Brahma worship by gazing at a temple eye of a brilliant diamond. He steals the eye, sells it to an English captain, then a Armenian merchant, and it passes to Catherine the Great and Count Orloff with power, marriage, and political intrigue surrounding the famous gem.
The writer notes salmon appearing near London Bridge as Thames water improves through county council sewage treatment and Thames Conservancy efforts. He cites annual fish returns, recalls porpoises at Hammersmith during Gladstone’s home rule rejection, and ties early signs to cleaner waterways and revived aquatic life.
Skeat notes on the evolution of the phrase dressed up to the eyes and its variants. The piece then highlights a U.S. postal service curiosity: 60 cats in New York’s old post office prevent rat damage, cared for by clerks and fed with biscuits.
The London Daily Mail figure Alfred Unraoworth argues for independence in journalism. He questions public fixation on size and price and criticizes illustrated and party journalism while praising hard work and travel.
A fog shrouds a trench duel between Gambetta and M de Fourtou on November 21 1578 at Plessis-ignace. Both miss the seconds and doctors as bullets fly with no injuries the duel ends with all satisfied and a remark that it was near a skirmish in the dark.
A bored Bowery youth staying at the Hotel Lafayette in Philadelphia asks the clerk for the first train. He intends to go to New York, noting trains run in all directions, and leaves orders to have his rail call to a Bowery address. A bystander jokes that Philadelphia is connected to Gotham by rail.
In a schoolyard note, students discuss reading during form with a thin cheap volume. The Red Rovers of Mexico is favored for its light paper and cover, priced at a penny, and shared among upper fourth form readers despite skepticism from some.
The New York Sun notes how fish in a tank form lines with heads aligned, resembling a platoon or section of men. Most fish stay in schools, but occasionally all but one align forward while the lone fish faces the opposite direction, evoking a rear guard image.
A recalled childhood sapling bridges past and present as two old friends greet after years apart. Their conversation shifts from nostalgia to doubt about truthfulness, amid quotes from Pearson's Weekly and the Chicago Post.
A garbled dialogue compares political types and motives with a critic noting deceptive appearances. The Washington Star quote mentions parties, rivals, and public figures in a satirical tone while referencing observers and readers.
Montagu Williams recounts a breakfast clash with Sir Hardinge Giffard now Lord Halsbury during an election petition at Shrewsbury. Williams hides a cigarette in a snowstorm while Giffard’s punctuality and politeness fuel a witty dispute over breakfast and smoking before court.
Aged debate and rhetoric tradition are contrasted with contemporary postprandial speakers, likened to professionals who perform public talking after meals. The piece notes a shift toward表 entertaining oratory, with critics labeling it a distinct professional class similar to clergy or actors.
Garbled reminiscence traces Sylvester Graham a Puritan preacher promoting vegetarianism and temperance, claiming his doctrines led to Graham flour fraud and boarding houses. It notes his anti tea coffee butter and bread stance, with references to Crettin boarding houses and a bride, in messy prose.
In a dining room tale from the Argonaut, Lord George Lentinek rebukes a fellow diner defaulter. He commands the waiter to bring the bill to him and declares that men who issue captain orders should pay their debts of honor.
A jumble of 19th century text fragments includes social chatter about Enid Tekall and Horbuit, a Chicago News tidbit, a military expense note, and several patent medicine ads. The miscellany shows transient dialogue, product pitches, and brief notices in a period style.
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