Boston Post in Boston, Massachusetts

Fragmented Victorian gossip and oddities from a 19th century column

A string of brief items includes H W B hinting at venality in New York Radical legislation, Montgomery ladies burning chignons, Philadelphians trimming for strawberries, England’s desire to avoid trouble with the U S, a Nashville courtesan’s funeral cortege, the Thunderer’s complaint over Fenians, Madame Celeste’s 18000 mile journey in 59 days, Detroit negroes seeking school desegregation, a New Jersey farmer fined for poisoning cattle, railways’ financial woes, a New York divine’s gender remark, Circleville election outcomes, a Indianapolis divorce tale and a Brooklyn wife fleeing a Gessler themed charade.