The Bear and Walrus Hunt and Other Odd Tales
A rough narrative details a bear stalking, dislodging ice blocks, and killing two walruses to feed cubs. It also describes walrus behavior on shifting ice, then turns to a study of the house fly by Emerson, noting filth attracts flies and their role in disease ecology. A moral vignette follows about a benevolent widow, then a cautionary tale of a mechanic suitor.
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York
Fly
Emerson
Mr. Emerson
A Lively Wind and a Quiet Romance
A September hurricane stirs small town lives as Bessie ward loves quietly. The narrator, aware of Bessie and Arthur Blake, notes a tacit understanding between them while Arthur plans to move to London. Suspicions flare as Julia Raymond and Charles Rivers enter the scene, with Arthur returning home to a tense window view.
Wind and Secrets at the Window
A stormy scene unfolds as a young couple in adjacent rooms watch each other through half closed blinds. A scribbled note is blown about by the wind, exposing truths and prompting a dramatic reunion as Arthur Blake confronts Bessie and vows not to leave. The tale ends with reflections on the wind's knowing hand and a hint of moral byplay.
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Bessie
Arthur Blake
Bessie P
Julia
Rivers
Arthur
Miscellany undefined aphorisms on heroism and fate
A compact reflection on finite existence centering on the idea that no death should occur except under a higher purpose. It condemns self indulgence and the notion of heroism as mere avoidance of being men, urging spiritual direction over frivolous will.
Do the best you can whatever you undertake
A terse motivational line urges effort and excellence regardless of task, noting every role deserves full commitment as life’s struggles are acknowledged through a stark, ironic metaphor.
Conscience guides men toward glory as the shortest path
A reflective aphorism states that men pursue glory, but true and swift elevation comes when conscience guides their actions rather than unchecked ambition.
Failing after perseverance outweighed by striving effort
A saying reflects on perseverance after long effort, declaring that failure after persistent striving is more commendable than never trying hard enough to be called failure. It emphasizes grit and persistent effort over eventual outcomes.
The Perfection of Wisdom and Proportion
A reflection on aligning desires with abilities and resources, asserting that true philosophy aims to balance ambitions with what one can reasonably achieve. The passage emphasizes prudent restraint and measured goals over excess or overreach.
Fortune T Bill of Rights Guiding National Policy
A philosophical maxim likens state wealth to the constitution advising prudent enjoyment in prosperity and patience in adversity. It endorses nonviolent remedies except in necessity, implying restraint and measured action in governance and public affairs.
Philosophers Praise Simplicity Yet Rest on Heavy Suppers
Philosophers, like Marmontel’s stoic ideal, extol simple living but often retire to sleep on heavy suppers and down beds. This reflection notes the contrast between ideal virtue and practical comfort.
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Gentleman
Marmontel
Water as a priceless resource yet rarely traded
A reflective note on water's extreme utility yet lack of monetary value in trade, underscoring its essential role despite minimal direct economic price in ordinary exchanges.
Home dullness drives youths to bad company
A critic notes that the dullness permitted at home corrupts young men more than active vice, shaping their social circles and temptations.
Slander and the sweetest fruit of damaged reputation
Those with the harshest slander often prove to be the best people, a view that echoes the idea that the most prized fruit is found where birds have pecked. The remark suggests resilience and the value of virtuous character tested by rumor.
Clear Mind Reveals Its Faults Like Water Truth
A reflective line compares mind clarity to water when a stream shows dirt at the bottom, proving transparency and purity by exposing flaws as evidence of honesty. The analogy frames self-scrutiny as a path to mental lucidity and integrity.
Small Acts Shape a Person More Than Grand Deeds
A reflection on character formed by daily, nearby actions rather than isolated feats. It likens growth to a field’s greenness arising from blades of grass, not trees, emphasizing cumulative influence of small choices.
Neighbors’ Quarrels Erode Social Peace Says Gossip
A commentary argues that petty village gossip, jealousies, and neighborly bickering undermine social happiness more than high crimes like robbery or murder, describing meddlesome tattling as destructive to community harmony.
Hardening infants by scant dress urged by Dr Wight
The passage questions maternal practice of minimal clothing for babies and argues it aims to harden them, calling it cruel and risky. It cites a mother who exposed her newborn to daily snow baths and notes the possible fatal outcomes, quoting Dr J Wight.
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Dr. J. Wight
The Prevailing Hour of Death Observations
Dr. Lawson reports observations from hospitals and asylums on daily death timing. Chronic deaths cluster 8 to 10 am, and least in the evening, while acute deaths from fevers and pneumonia peak in early morning or afternoon. Variations linked to cycles in bodily energy or disease intensity.
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Lawson
Hasty Words and the Harm They Do
A moral warning on rushing speech and its damage to homes and happiness. The piece argues words carry vitality, take root, and reflect temper, urging meek speech to curb anger and envy that arise from not getting all one desires.
Loneliness of the Ocean sober reflections on seafaring
A reflective meditation on the emptiness of vast seas. The author notes that despite myths of global commerce the ocean remains sparsely populated, with ships vanishing beyond the horizon and much of the world’s waters remaining untouched by human presence.
Remarkable living frog found in heart of large Lexington tree
A four foot diameter sycamore felled for butcher blocks revealed a six inch fissure housing a green tree frog. The frog jumped from a narrow crack, revived after breathing, and climbed the glass jar wall. It measures about three inches, with a bright green back and pale blue underbelly, and was still alive singing at last report.
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Lexington
Serenade Mischief and a Farceful Fall at Metcalf House
A letter recalls Peter Lamb serenading a Metcalf girl who leaned from a window causing a fall and a comic misadventure. Lamb leaped away, thinking a bed was thrown, Lucretia retrieved debris, Lamb later married the widow Jones.
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Peter Lamb
Lamb
Metcalf
Mr. Lamb
Old Metcalf
Lucretia
Jones
Noted for One Skill Guiding Society Quietly
Each man stands out for a single skill he does best and others measure their pace by his tempo. Character silently governs the world as surely as a lighthouse guides ships, with thoughts of useful men shaping society in quiet unseen ways.
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Norep
A Helpless Yankee in Paris Shoes Ruse
A traveler in Paris discovers his shoes missing and tries to summon the maid with broken French. A boy arrives, mimics the language gap, and after playful pantomime the shoe delivery is resolved in five minutes.
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Paris
North Pole
Shoosee
Johnnie
Lenox Estate in New York City Real Estate Boom
A historical note recalls James Lenox an early New York merchant who built a suburban farm at 250 dollars per acre and whose Lenox estate near Central Park is valued at 50 000 to 60 000 dollars per acre. The estate, once sold, would have astonished him. after his death thirty years ago the area has become densely built with palaces.
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Janes Lennox
New York City
John Jacob Astor
Grand Lenox
Abyade
Central Park
James Lenox
Earth
Disraeli Compared Cabinet To Extinct Volcanoes
A London member quips that the late cabinet was likened to ancient craters, noting the remark could be misread as a critique of conservatives. He adds the speaker meant volcanic craters as a metaphor for failed leadership.
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Aeter
Disraeli
London
Arrus philanthropist and a well known Renee
A fragmented item notes Arrus as a philanthropist and mentions a well known Renee. The readable text is sparse and presents no clear event or date.
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Arrus
A ‘Wellener
Renee
An Easy Divorce Story From a Polish Count
A Cincinnati girl marries a Polish Count after her rich father balks at a dowry. The Count agrees to $100,000 down and a $5,000 yearly annuity, securing noble title. Panic wrecks the father’s fortune. the Count deserts, and the marriage ends when finances fail.
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Dresden
Chicago
Cincinnati
Kingdom of
Poland
Paris
Adieus
Deceptive Recovery: Old Lady’s Fifteen Year Morphia Habit
An elderly woman in Jefferson county New York became addicted to morphia for pain relief. Her family concealed the drug by substituting potato starch bottles. The physician, in on the ruse, assured her it was safe. She persisted for fifteen years until death, never realizing the deception. When ill, Dover powders failed to comfort her until she took the starch morphia.
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Jefferson County
N. Y
Quiet Goodness Hidden Beneath Harsh Public Noise
A line from a Frederika Bremer work notes that much goodness exists in the world despite a surface of doubt. Bad deeds are amplified through newspapers and society, while good deeds pass quietly, like sunshine, through the world.
Motual Help Across Mankind
A reflective aphorism notes that humanity survives only through mutual aid from birth to death. It asserts that everyone needing assistance has a duty to seek help from their fellows, describing social interdependence as essential to existence.
Fragmented reflection on pride and guilt in rulers
A brief, philosophical snippet contrasts pride arising from deeds with shame over misdeeds. It notes people’s tendency to admire others who have committed mean acts, while true pride stems from awareness of one’s acts and their morality. The fragment hints at moral judgment and personal conscience.
Fragmentary Riddle Exchange Catches Rat in Trap
Readable fragments show a fable style exchange where a rat comments on approaching a steel trap and the trap responds with an embrace, forming a restrained dialogue that hints at mutual pursuit and consequence.
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Steel
The Centralism of Liberty and Imperialism of Equal Rights
An editorial contrasts central government authority with the expansion of equal rights across colonies. It argues liberty requires order and unity while imperial reach must reflect universal rights, urging careful balance between autonomy and shared governance.
Pleasant Creek bathers story from a hot day
A Pleasant Creek News note recounts a humorous fishing picnic in a district town. Hot weather led anglers to seek relief, while ladies walked to a secluded creek, and later the men prepared a surprise bathe by a steep bank leading to a comic splash and puzzling exits.
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Australia
Pleasant Creek
Emerson and the Judge Share a Cynical Joke
Ralph Waldo Emerson, a Concord sage, once told Judge Hoar a sharp joke about killing canker worms with printers ink. The exchange followed Hoar’s unpleasant Senate experience over a Supreme Court judgeship, revealing their wry view of politics.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
Concord Sage
Judge Hoar
Senate
Supreme Court
Complaint and Gratitude in Everyday Weather
An old man notes some folks complain about the weather, yet expresses gratitude for any weather. The piece urges cultivating a spirit of thankfulness, trusting God to bless with more, and avoids ingratitude to keep life peaceful for oneself and others.
Twin Surprise At Sunday Service
A young man, newly proud of twins from his wife, attended church as the preacher urged him to an important responsibility. Startled, the father-in-waiting quipped that he indeed has two of them, prompting amused reaction from the congregation.
Theatre etiquette notice in Paris crowd hats request
A conspicuously posted notice from the manager asks all good looking Indies to remove their hats for the comfort of the audience, while noting the aged bald and plain will not be expected to comply.
Judge Jeffries Beard Conscience Quote
A judge told an elderly man with a long beard that his conscience matched his beard. The man retorted by asking if consciences should be measured by beards, suggesting the judge had none.
Morning Controls Men With Placid Brow and Lip
A fragment notes how morning calmness affects men, describing a placid brow and an untrembling lip as markers of steady demeanor under pressure. The line hints at discipline and restraint shaping behavior.
Public Laws Chapter 494 Amends Statutes on Restraint and Care
An 1875 act amended Title 12 Chapter 68 regarding restraint and care of prisoners. It specifies petitions from a majority of the State Prison Board Inspectors and Providence County jail officials or clerks to initiate actions under the revised framework.
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General Assembly
Board of Inspectors of
Providence County
Rates for Advertising In The Newspaper
Advertising rates shown include one thousand dollars per square for one week and twenty five cents per square for each additional insertion. Notices for marriages deaths are doubled. Transient ads must be prepaid. Yearly contracts offered on reasonable terms with limits for immediate business. Ads due by Thursday noon for the next issue. Obituary and political notices incur special charges.
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Alretisiods
Conepel
Insanity Examinations Under State Court Authority
Supreme Court and Court of Common Pleas in other counties may order examinations for imprisoned awaiting trial individuals deemed insane. If insane, prisoners may be removed to the State Asylum or Butler Hospital, with restoration allowing remand to original confinement. Expenses paid by General Treasurer. act takes effect upon passage.
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Supreme Court
Court of Common Pleas
Butler Hospital
Amendment to General Statutes on Trout Catch Fine
An act to amend section 26 of chapter 134 General Statutes governing fisheries. It states any person who takes any trout between January 1 and January 1 of the following year shall forfeit twenty dollars. The act takes effect on passage.
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General Assembly
General Statutes
State Charities and Corrections Superintendent may file complaints without surety
Chapter 496 authorizes the Superintendent to file criminal complaints in Justice Court without requiring personal recognizance or surety for costs. Passed June 15, 1875. The act specifies the Superintendent may proceed when bringing charges within the court's jurisdiction.
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State Charities and Corrections
General Assembly
Justice Court
Bowling alleys and billiard halls fined under 1876 act
An 1876 act amends Title XIV to regulate bowling alleys billiard tables and shooting galleries. It imposes a 200 dollar fine for first offences and 500 dollars for second offences for keepers in compact parts of towns excluding Providence and Woonsocket. The act takes effect from passage.
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General Assembly
Providence
Woonsocket
Act Amending Title XIV Chapter 84 of the General Statutes Of Birds
A 1875 act amends and adds to the birds statute. It prohibits taking killing or destroying by trap or net wild pigeons from January 1 to September 10 and imposes a ten dollar fine per bird. It repeals inconsistent acts and takes effect on passage.
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General Assembly
Repeal of Statutes Enacted in 1875
An act repeals Section 25 of Chapter 142 of the General Statutes on Manufacturing Corporations and Section 1 of Chapter 269 of the Public Laws. Passed June 17, 1875. The repeal applies to the cited statutory provisions.
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General Assembly
Amendment Act on Jails and Care and Discip line
An act amending an 1875 repeal regarding jails and care provisions. It broadens sections of Chapter 887 of the Public Laws and states the act takes effect on July 1, 1876. The text references Sections 1 and 2 and indicates amendments to timing and implementation.
Act to repeal and revive 1875 Public Laws
Chapter 501 repeals four Public Laws from January 1875 and revives statutes altered by them. Passed June 18, 1875. Section 1 declares repealed chapters as void and revived laws in force. Joshua M. Addeman signs as Secretary of State.
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General Assembly
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Bently
Mr. B
Julia Raymond
Charles Rivers
Mr. Rivers
Raphiee
Vane
Laws OF
Rhode Island
Joshua M. Addeman
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