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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1885
Page
7
An 1885 publication by Oliver Optic presents a moral tale from the author of The Boat Club Stories and various series. The work emphasizes character building and practical lessons for youth, aligned with Optic’s popular boys literature.
Clipper and Life pursue a deer and uncover a plot as Fordy Gaybreon and his father cross the river hidden by trees. After a tense chase, Clipper returns a pocket book and money to Mr Gaybreon while resolving a tangle over a stolen boat, a long rumor of a city robbery, and a Adirondack trip with Perry Bunse and Tom Little.
Clipper stood a few palnates looking toward the direction from which he had peeped from his rifle. He moved slowly, casting aside a glance that held fear. A tense scene unfolds as a frightened pair react to unseen danger.
Clipper carries a rifle in pursuit of Mr. Gaybroon as Fordy Buck and Life follow. The tense advance to the tree tests trust and safety, with Gaybroon ordering the weapon down and questioning Clipper’s motive while Susans remains with him. The scene hinges on the risk of violence and the mentor like protector role of the rifle.
Gaybreon trembles as his son and the hunter struggle over a rifle. Life and Clipper extract the weapon, Fordy yields, and the party drags deer to the river. They reach Nosey Creek and reunite with Tom Little’s party, boasting trout caught that afternoon.
Ex-janitor Bunsee denies responsibility and refuses to explain the 6 to 7 am vault lapse while Mr Benedict and Mr Gaybron place alibis. Clipper presses, cashier suspected though Bunsee hints at other ideas. Luck Ward returns to camp with Tom Little, remaining at his cabin as tensions rise.
A narrator recounts trying pea soup, molasses, whistling, laughing, and kneading the bowels to cure chronic dyspepsia. After months of failed medical advice, he notes relief once embracing these quirky self treatments, while recognizing the cure’s reliance on staying curious beyond novelty.
The Oklahoma boomers press for settlement of unassigned territory in the Indian Territory, arguing government title grants homesteading rights. They cite law and preemption while facing entrenched cattle barons controlling vast fenced lands. The piece describes land features, climate, and the mix of tribes and settlers, noting tensions with state neighbors and the absence of strong judicial enforcement in the region.
In a Language Club gathering at Columbia, David Dudley Field argued against iteration in legal text noting 800 extra words in a deed and 1240 in a mortgage. He warned Americans pay over $100,000 yearly for recording such superfluous wording. Robert Collyer praised concise sermons, criticizing excess repetition in preaching.
Thomas Mitchell reports his shepherd dog once chased trains on the Shepaug road. The dog leaped at an engine and was struck, losing most of its tail. After recovering, the dog retrieved the tail fragment, buried it, and ceased chasing cars.
A Lancashire band drummer, about five feet tall, wields his drum high. While marching with the group he misses a route change and drums on alone. After finishing his part he discovers he is alone and asks the crowd if anyone has seen a band about here.
A New York Tribune item recounts a London Post Office letter misaddressed to “To any vistas 1088. Pev Down a Close, Edinburg.” A misplaced wooden leg wittily aids the recipient’s identification, revealing how the postman resolved the puzzling, vague directions to reach the intended addressee.
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