The Witch Ann Jones and Beelzebub on New Haven's Rocks
In a Strange case in New Haven, Ann Jones is accused of witchcraft with Beelzebub as her husband. A staged search fails to find her, and years later she reappears in Vermont recounting escape via a hidden kitchen closet. The tale links Mrs Byers and minister Davenport to aid a cave-dwelling man, tied to GOFFE the regicide judge.
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The Witch and Ann Jones in Colonial New Haven
A historical vignette recounts Ann Jones born in New Haven around 1709 with remarkable linguistic talent. Her mother and townsfolk spark suspicion of witchcraft, a warrant issues, she is jailed briefly, then acquitted, yet public fear endures as authorities seek explanations for her abilities.
I Was Dead and Brought Back From a Winter Lumber Camp
A tall one eyed lumberman recounts surviving a tree accident in January near Whitcomb creek. He describes being buried in a coffin and revived by his mother and doctors seven years ago, then vowing never to swear again.
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Oshkosh
Watertown
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Miscellany on virtue and steady rhythm
A terse reflection comparing the human soul to sea water, praising justice and regularity over speed. It urges that liveliness of mind counts little without fairness, and likens true balance to a pendulum that remains steady rather than rapid.
Motives Behind Crime Outweigh Actions, Says Adage
A reflection notes that people drift into crime more from motives than from deliberate acts. It states men do more evil than they intend and plan less than they believe they do good. The saying contrasts intention with outcome and warns overconfidence in moral certainty.
The Blindness of Understanding and Eyes
The passage compares the pity of mental blindness to ocular blindness and states that losing one’s way is not laughable or criminal in either case. It reflects on human error and humility without assigning blame.
Truth and the mind beyond mortal form
A meditation on identity. It asserts that the true self is the mind, not the body or outward appearance, urging perseverance in pursuing truth and inner essence over transient flesh.
Do Not Let Us Lie At All
A moral exhortation urges absolute honesty, warning that even small falsehoods create ugly residue. It calls for cleansing the heart with unwavering truthfulness and no regard to which lie is biggest.
Rugged life tests forge the truly educated man
The passage states that true character comes from life's hard trials not pleasant experiences. It argues discipline arises from hardship and joy, rudeness and smoothness, blending into growth. The successful man bears marks of struggles on his brow, distinguishing him from merely an animal.
Silent Influence in Daily Life and Community
A Congregationalist editorial muses on the unseen impact of personal conduct. It asserts every action thought and feeling quietly shapes family life and the wider community, for good or ill, as people influence one another beyond direct interaction.
All trades are good to good traders
A speaker urges sensible work across all trades and rejects pride in chosen craft. He argues that fear of dirt or hard labor harms bread and butter and mocks chasing an easy life. The piece notes even improbable feats as fairy tale exaggeration until real improvement comes.
It Does Not Pay to Drink and Live a Life of Duty
Gough argues alcohol fails its cost in pain and ruin and urges duty as the paying path for men. He compares past and present, praising steadfast conduct, and contrasts salutations across nations from Salem to the Ottoman, describing reverent greetings and status displays.
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Gough
Slow and steady wisdom from a cautionary tale
An editorial fragment argues against haste urging deliberate action in work and life. It extols slow, measured labor over rapid rushes, notes running and exhaustion harm health, and praises quaker calmness and thrift as enduring virtues.
Strange bread trick leads to drowning victim in Detroit river
In Detroit a man fell overboard and drowned while searchers failed. An Italian junk buyer claimed quicksilver bread would locate the body and prompted them to drag a marked spot. The bread loaf spun and drifted, guiding workers to pull up the drowned man at the dock.
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Detroit
Flowers as disinfectants by ozone emitting flowers
Professor Mantegazza notes ozone is produced by strong smelling flowers when exposed to light and atmospheric oxygen. He cites mint, cloves, lavender, lemon and cherry laurel as examples and says perfumes correlate with ozone output. He advises planting fragrant flowers around homes in marshy or malarious districts to use ozone’s oxidizing action to improve air quality.
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Mantegazza
Nature
Saturday Review
The Rattle of Empty Wagons Parody
A wry local quip compares men to wagons that rattle most when empty, offering satirical reflection on vanity and purposeless chatter.
Take your Home Paper
Editorial urges readers to support the local newspaper as a reflection of town vitality. It compares papers to churches, notes the need for liberal backing, and argues sustained local press benefits the community and individual interests alike.
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Telegraph
New York
Wooden drains touted as cheaper farming improvement
Germantown Telegraph notes that wood drains treated with carbolic acid may outperform tile drains in cost and durability. Boards cut from perishable logs could be formed into square drains and installed on farms, potentially lasting generations and rejuvenating lands by draining at a fraction of tile prices.
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WoopEn
Germantown
We gain nothing by falsehood but the disadvantage
A quotation reflecting on truth and belief. The line warns that lies yield no real gain and only harm the speaker by losing trust when the truth is told. It emphasizes integrity over deception and the reputational cost of falsehood.
Idleness is Jamaica’s great curse observed in laboring people
A visitor notes that idle time harms Jamaica while the island’s poorest work from dawn to dusk. Women repair roads and coal carriers in Kingston prove industrious, earning low daily wages with night shifts and songs that lift their spirits.
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Kingston
Moses
Simple starch remedy for chapped hands described
A plain home treatment advises grinding common starch into a fine powder, storing it in a tin box, and rubbing damp hands with a pinch of starch after washing. The method reportedly soothes and heals rough chapped skin, reducing pain and preventing further cracking.
Man with Three Arms Stirs Curiosity on Southbound Train
A passenger on a southbound train, William Jacobs of Otsego County New York, displays a third arm growing from the right shoulder blade. The limb hangs along his back can be moved at will and is sturdier than his other arms. Jacobs avoids public exhibitions, says he stayed home to help his wealthy farmer father who ran the farm.
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Press Dead Heads and the Press Burden
The article critiques dead-heading of the press as a heavy burden. It argues press outlets must serve many roles for diverse groups, providing aid and cover without expecting pay or thanks. The piece condemns expectations of reward and highlights the press as essential yet overworked.
The Local Paper as a Traveling Agent for Advertisers
The Local Paper argues that a newspaper visits families weekly to maintain contact with customers. It claims advertising signals ongoing business activity and urges merchants not to withdraw ads even in hard times.
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