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Newspaper
Brenham Weekly Banner
Location
Brenham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1891
Page
4
The Weekly Banner reports a Lerver letter traveling worldwide for nine years ending with a reception by the sender. Other items note Mills defeated due to a poor canvass and the grand labor convention set for February 22, 1892 in St. Louis.
State news across Texas reports Lackpee spreading in Weatherford, 25 bales of cotton burned at Sweet Home, sparks from a locomotive set 100 bales ablaze at Navasota, and another fire at a Navasota gunhouse.
A jumble of witticisms and social notes: claims of an herb curing leprosy, weight charts for height, poultry chatter, jail debility in San Francisco, population surges in Argentina, and a Russian prince said to be worth 250 million dollars.
The Morris gin north of Lone Oak and a planing mill at Atlanta burned on Thursday. Smallpox cases rose in Cottula. The Standard Variety Theater in Dallas was gutted at night. Bonham saw a bread wagon robbery and a 18 year old Sam Wily shot Jno Cash near town. A powder explosion burned Mrs. Mattie Sawders at Terrell. Aaron Terry, Houston, jailed 25 years for wife murder. Mack Crook found not guilty at Sherman after a long case tied to Sheriff-elect Black’s murder. Crook faces questions of conspiracy as verdict ends the long trial history.
A city man recalls farm days with 60 cows and a dog churn rigged to a beam. Ponto the mastiff endures harnessing, dodges on churn days, and even feigns lameness before finally accepting work. The tale, from Forest and Stream, blends rural humor with animal stubbornness.
The guide explains that finely bred horses are easily frightened but can be desensitized by exposing them to the source of fear on both sides. It advises letting the horse smell and touch the object, then progressively introduce noises and movements such as paper, umbrella, bicycle, baby carriage, and pistol to make the object appear as a mere nuisance, with repeated lessons to reduce nervousness.
An excerpt discusses the word cash derived from Italian cassa and its misuse in ledgers where chest would be clearer. It notes misbookings in bankrupt trials and cites other language terms for money. The item also shares short vignettes on poetry ambition and an inobservant cat tale, then notes bead seeds used as jewelry in India and the Caribbean.
A New York letter recounts a man and wife dining at a hotel where the check becomes a test of marriage. The wife observes whether the husband pays eagerly, scans the bill, or lets the check sit for inspection. A year after marriage the wife seeks the total, while the husband avoids such questions.
A Colonial era study notes terrapin catching along the coast south of Cape Henlopen. Dredges and nets trap terrapin while winter dives bring them up by tongs. Hunters use noises to lure turtles and sell both terrapin and snapper to markets. sunrise or sunset are prime hunting times. The Washington collection and New York Sun item tie in with curiosities on unusual, unmailable, or antique objects in museums.
A critic notes the ages when renowned authors achieved recognition. Keats, Shelley, Byron, Burns, Campbell, Chatterton, Shakespeare, Hugo, Goethe, Scott, and Thackeray all found fame in early or mid adulthood, with varied timelines from teens to over forty.
A well dressed beggar mother solicits alms from customers at tables along Paris boulevards. Reaching the last, unoccupied table he counts his receipts, then in a tone of importance orders, Waiter, a bock. Park Setter.
The article explains that a sloop uses a mainsail and a jib while a catboat uses only a mainsail. It notes the jib lifts the bow, helps steer straight, and reduces nose-diving, but warns the jib is treacherous. It advises easing the jib during maneuvers and using reefed mainsail with full jib when running before wind.
The Detroit Free Press recalls Chief Justice Peters of Maine noting a farmer Hanscom’s shrinking eyesight. The farmer insists he needs no spectacles, then the judge counters with a joke about needing tongs to hold papers as his sight supposedly fades.
A quoted American mother notes English children seem more childish, while a hotel scene shows a pampered child charming men with gifts until a nurse removes her. The piece also mentions de Bergerac on the Moon, a metal book that speaks without leaves, tall Guatemalan gum trees near a church, Illinois rail mileage, and Justice Field refusing a San Francisco lot at $4,500.
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