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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1885
Page
5
This compact piece presents Bill Nye as a figure shaping a thoughtful critique of science topics. It outlines key features of his approach, emphasizing clarity and accessible explanation. The language signals a reflective, period-appropriate tone.
A speculative piece explores a creator's journey through diverse volumes before confronting a younger generation's attitudes. The narrative frames shifts in taste, power, and cultural impact, noting evolving responses from readers and critics.
A reader submits a satirical lecture on evolution delivered to the Academy of Science and Pugilism at Erin Prairie. The piece jokes about ignorance, competition, and the future of paid positions, ending with a warning to critics. It also includes a humorous aside on Ruskin and American ruins, imagining a budding ruin trade.
A Philadelphia Record Washington letter recounts regional views on possums and hunting. A Georgian and Virginian discuss possum tastes, coon hunting methods at night with dogs and torches, plus a traditional Thanksgiving possum tale with a laughing darkey and a surprised elder.
A New Haven woman sold her baby for 60 dollars and mothers in Connecticut circulate a trade circular offering babies sent by mail postpaid on payment by check or cash. The notice promises stock, warranties, and non COD shipping, with cautious wording about inspections and business principles.
A lively Nebraska girl recalls visiting near Bosting and learning manners in Boston. She says they taught etiquette and refined behavior but could not make her ride in a side saddle. She insists she would rather not ride at all than use a side saddle.
A demure woman in a Woodward avenue dry goods shop asks to see clerk Green. The floor-walker explains Green is busy but offers to take a message. The woman says she will be married an hour before he arrives and insists he need not come tonight.
Veteran reminiscences recall friendly picket exchanges during the Civil War. Soldiers from both sides traded coffee, sugar, tobacco and newspapers while on the trenches, avoided harmful information, and occasionally shared meals and jokes. A grim episode on the Rapidan ends with a federal trader's crossing thwarted and a fatal river mishap.
An old tow horse named Old Buttercup is described as highly intelligent and loyal by a conductor and stable staff. He has served sixteen years, knows the schedule, and guides cars on Castleton Hill, sometimes pulling heavy loads while other times content to eat and roam between stalls. He taunts handlers, enjoys lunch interruptions, and reliably returns to his place at the front platform.
The piece mocks poets who chase rhymes and verse, urging education and hard work over sentimental jingles. It blasts student vanity and rhyming excess, calling for a dictionary excluding rhymes and praising disciplined, nonpoetic learning. The author satirizes lyrical excess and urges youth to focus on productive study rather than verse.
A somber man enters a life insurance office seeking policy options. The awkward exchange reveals cheaper rates, safety, and prompt payment claims, amid a misdirected conversation about death and marriage. The clerk directs him toward a policy, while the man writes a note to his girlfriend canceling plans.
In Chicago at the Grand Pacific a brown bearded man named H. Gillespie, once a $40 monthly tacker, now worth in the Aspen mines a half interest sold for $500,000 cash. He holds funds in Chicago banks and would sell more for $400,000. He is modest and plans to keep earning about $20,000 monthly.
A loquacious woman visits a physician who, unable to interrupt, instructs her to stick out her tongue so he may speak. The patient complies, and he then asks her to keep the tongue out until he finishes delivering his advice. The anecdote highlights a humorous exchange from the Schwarzwalder Bote.
A woman stands accused of attempting to poison her husband. He received prompt medical aid and attended the trial. The judge asks the prisoner for her defense as the case proceeds, with the courtroom tense and officials proceeding to hear the arguments.
A recounting of the Matterhorn ascent by Edward Whymper in 1866 and related Alpine dangers. It details guides, their bravery, and the fatal outcomes from crevasses and rockfalls, with cautionary notes on rope use and Alpine practices. It mentions Mont Blanc, Schreckhorn, and the hazards of avalanches and unstable rock, emphasizing the rope as life in mountaineering.
The text portrays sruides as protectors pilots and rescuers whose daily work risks their own lives to save others. It emphasizes their role in safeguarding hundreds of people and the constant danger inherent in their duties.
Detroit readers hear Mr Dunder recounts a comic misadventure at Central Station as Shake, his sharp son, guides him through Baris fashions and cabinet officer illusions. A string of winks, shouts, and odd compliments ends with Shake promising a great change at home.
A Chicago Herald item shares a West traveler tale of a farm bull famed for violence to book agents and lightning-rod men yet surprisingly peaceful to a debtor approaching with nine dollars. The story praises the bull as highly perceptive and capable of distinguishing between danger and honest payment.
John Burroughs recalls the owl as the birds’ greatest foe. To deter them he placed a large stuffed owl in a cherry tree, triggering a panic among orioles and robins who mobbed the branches, stealing many cherries and leaving the author amused and rueful.
At an Indiana prayer meeting the deacon asks for a hymn but no one responds as Brother Bedloe is said to have rushed out after hearing wheat had risen two cents a bushel in Chicago. He is described as trying to fix a shortage.
In Newman Georgia a church dispute between two Black brothers centers on forgiveness. One says the Lord has forgiven him and asks for reconciliation, while the other demands proof or certificate of repentance before restoring fellowship. The exchange invokes John the Baptist requiring evidence before baptism, highlighting a conflict over genuine repentance and religious authority.
A superintendent at a state insane asylum describes a patient who believes he is the motive power that runs the world. The man is harmless, but holds a grandiose notion about the world being bent by his influence.
A brief social vignette from the New York Sun with Young Mr De Lyle offering a bud to Miss Societie in a conservatory. Miss Societie blushes and thanks him. A Fairy of the household enters saying the flowers are rented for the evening, and papa might disapprove of picking them.
A humorous exchange from Fliegende Blaetter where a young housewife asks the cook how much eel to prepare for a party. The wife estimates ten yards of eel will suffice, highlighting comic overstatement in a domestic menu discussion.
A historical note on royal signitures referencing William of Germany and the ceremonial method of placing the royal signature on official documents with emphasis on the formal style and Latin marker marci.
A New York exhibition features a quilt made by a man, valued at 3000 dollars. The narrator humorously notes the man himself is not valued at 3000 dollars, underscoring a playful misread of the price.
Three men in an uptown restaurant recount tales of dreams and spirits. A bank teller describes a precognitive dream that saved him from paying a forged check tied to a customer named Jones. Another tale follows a race bettor who trusted a dream about a cross eyed pool seller and won big.
A patchwork of humorous poems and brief sketches from period magazines, including lines about a penniless heir, a seaside love song, flirtations at college, a wary suitor at a bank, and playful exchanges with pets. The pieces reveal social mores, romance, and comic misadventures characteristic of late 19th to early 20th century humor.
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