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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1891
Page
8
MacNeil of Barra sought to test Rob Roy MacGregor as the famed swordsman defended his title. The duel at Buchanan ended with Rob Roy wounding MacNeil in the sword arm, leaving the Barra chief confined for months.
In 1889 a narrator visits Europe and returns to find his famed friend Frank writing dialogues for the press at a conservative inn. They share drinks and laughs until a friend reveals Frank died two months earlier, buried on June 25.
In Water loo township a dead man prompts a preacher to invite remarks on the dead man. Silence ends when an old farmer pivots to the sub treasury topic, illustrating local talk turning to politics amid a funeral.
A French landed proprietor and a Colonel of Dragoons quarreled, leading to a duel challenge. The dispute was so heated that only blood could wash away the insult, reflecting a harsh code of honor of the time.
In Ceara two duelists drew lots after a staged challenge. The winner faced retirement while the loser would shoot himself, but the colonel faked his death, remaining alive to reveal the bluff with a bright quip about missing himself.
A Connecticut master catechises his family on Sunday evenings and vows to flog a slave who forgets the sermon. The slave is tied up, pleads for mercy, and wistfully recalls a line from the minister saying this much may suffice at this time, pleasing the master.
A fragment from New York Weekly shows a playful exchange where a young woman requests George to distract an older woman at a social event so she can speak privately with Mr. Hansom. The dialogue hints at matchmaking and social dynamics in a bustling city setting.
Two Krupp workers argue whether the cannon’s hole or the steel matters more. One insists the hole is essential for use, the other counters that without steel the hole is useless and cannot kill. The exchange highlights a grim humor about weapon design.
An uptown dentist displays a barrel of teeth and reveals selling teeth to skeleton makers for a dollar a quart. He notes full skeleton value and a shift due to cheaper French skeletons, urging heavy tariff protection. The Bradford quicksilver mine near Calistoga, California, and surrounding lands were sold for a large sum.
The article notes uncertainty about which race first claimed tobacco invention. It cites New Guinea practices where natives roll dried leaves into crude cigars without Havana wrappers and differ from pipe use, with Goldthwaite’s Geographic Magazine remarking on perceptions of pipe use marking inferiority.
A Hartford man proposes government control of liquor via a nickel in the slot system. Public outlets would employ turnstiles, coin slots, and locked bottles to dispense drinks supervised by a cashier and a police presence to bar minors and intoxicated patrons.
The Eastern city socialite Mrs Malaprop, famed for causing embarrassment while calm, misnames two sisters as bright and handsome. She later, at another dinner, defuses apologies with a wry remark about having eaten worse meals in her life, calmly noting she has eaten some very bad dinners.
The Worchester Gazette reports a farmer’s sow and four mature pigs roam an orchard. The sow shakes low branches while the pigs feast on fallen apples. A pig then climbs the sow’s back to reach higher limbs and harvest more fruit.
Government and Canadian tests rate Royal Baxine Powper highest in leavening strength. Officials declare it pure and reliable, free of alum and phosphates. Endorsements from Edward Love Henry Mort and Ws. McMurtrie emphasize purity and quality.
A mystery woman known as B 148 hires J L to teach safe opening. He agrees to train her in a Dalston workshop and demonstrates lock techniques, sharing a model and promising future lessons amid plans for second hand safes and a new invention.
A woman finishes a long workshop session and plans to question J. L. at the Essex Road cabstand. J. L. accompanies his mysterious employer to a four-wheeler, then returns home introspective, having ignored the model for hours. TO BE CONTINUED.
Harper's Weekly explains soda water as an American drink using marble dust and sulfuric acid under high pressure. It notes dangerous handling, Bramah’s concentration method, and past drug-store explosions, with marble from Fifth Avenue Cathedral contributing to huge production.
An anecdote recounts a tragedian crediting Nature for acting insight. He explains how observing a friend’s face and a five pound loan revealed the exact surprised expression he sought, noting the danger of a bad note and his return of the loan the next day.
In the valley of Blarney near Cork a castle houses two stones claimed as the real Blarney Stone. One dates to 1708 and rests 2 feet square, while the other on the roof dates from the castle’s 1446 construction and is reached by lowering a rope from the top.
A travelogue notes oversized cigars in various regions. Philippine islanders light foot long and thick cigars, Burmese 6 to 18 inch cheroots, and Anglo-Indian trichinopoly varieties from 10 inches to 2 feet, reflecting smoking customs across locales.
The New York weekly notes a saying about millionaires and illness. It quotes the idea that extreme work leads to sickness and suggests a general observation rather than a specific event.
A Woodbury New Jersey seller promotes German Syrup as a cure for sore throat cough cold hoarseness chest pains and lung troubles. The testimonial from G G Green sole agent in Edom Texas claims six years of successful use and urges others to try it.
The tale concerns Mr. Bethell and Mr. Rolt in a court dispute. Bethell, famed for classical training, muttered he was more classical than sensitive when Rolt mispronounced a legal term. The exchange highlights Bethell’s sharp wit and pride in linguistic precision.
Sir John Macdonald, famed for light quips that stirred local chatter, visits his Albany Club headquarters in Toronto. He finds an eighty year old gentleman, recently engaged to a younger wealthy lady, facing social scrutiny. His gentle remark: “Well, boys will be boys.”
A venerable Paris judge, consulting two colleagues, proposes a seven year sentence after considering their opinions. The scene contrasts with his own restraint and benevolent approach as he weighs punishment. The fragment ends with a stray ad line about Dr Bull’s Cough Syrup.
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