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Newspaper
Bluffton Banner
Location
Bluffton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1894
Page
10
In a humorously antiquated essay, William Nye laments hen intellectual decline and chronicles a duckling’s fatal plunge into a well. He jokes about Sir Francis Drake the drake and critiques modern science while praising classic ornithology texts.
A Scottish Duchess outwits a pretentious suitor at a supper party by replying to his boast of understanding Scottish with a sharp line about a turkey wing. The amused trick is noted in Youth's Companion as the North Tweed cavalier performs the service.
A hotel landlord playfully sizes up a visiting young widow by calculating eligible men and women in his mountain resort. He touts perks like no malaria or mosquitoes and ample scenery, then jokes about arranging a quick engagement for romance before the train leaves.
The Arizona Kicker notes the absence of its weekly Horse Notes column as a replacement editor departs for Milwaukee, leaving topics from landslides to rattlesnakes and town booms unsettled while the editor seeks new subscribers and makes personal calls.
The KICKER staff recounts a staged confrontation with Colonel Jim Taylor at Hed Creek, the editor fleeing into a ravine after a brief exchange. A second tale shows a cousin of the editors arrested with a mule, the crowd and lawmen removing the stranger. A street scene ends with a hungry tramp and a ham bone, revealing the crowd’s sympathy.
A Forsyth Street memory recalls Confederate guard Leyden’s artillery detail watching Union prisoners. A Yankee on duty swapped muskets to visit his sweetheart, prompting a prank that amused officers and avoided punishment. The tale ends with a note on reunion humor and a Rochester whist hand report.
A London Globe note recalls Sergeant Arabin speaking to a criminal with bold phrases about robbing his master and the court sparing harsher punishment. The Harvard Lampoon quotes George and Amelia debating whether love is blind and keeping the gas burning.
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