Tremor Seizes Bastards All Readers Cry Victory
Fragmentary lines describe a tremor and shouting readers proclaim victory as a conqueror’s day dawns on the site.
26 Dec 1877
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Newspaper
Cambridge City Tribune
Location
Cambridge City, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1877
Page
1
Fragmentary lines describe a tremor and shouting readers proclaim victory as a conqueror’s day dawns on the site.
The New York Evening Post warns that food adulteration is common with flour and bread, including older meals, chalk, bone dust, and barytes to boost weight and whiteness. It notes alum and copper sulfate as harmful additives, describing tests and health risks from acidity to poisoning.
In New Jersey the annual Sheep Day gathers township committees to hear farmers sheep owners complaints about dogs killing sheep. Losses are paid from a dog tax fund based on a 1546 act, with further equitable sharing if funds run short. Taxation yields fifty cents per dog over six months and one dollar for each extra dog, with possible local levies up to five dollars.
The passage argues that a woman's love thrives on kindness and fidelity rather than fame or prominence. It claims men fail domestically when egotistical, while truly devoted partners find happiness in tenderness and attentive love, contrasting great men with ordinary ones.
The text portrays Julius Caesar as a prodigal spender who valued friendships highly, buying favors from Laecius Paulus and Curio. It notes debts before office, then wealth after accessing the treasury, gifting Servilia a $200,000 pearl, and Mark Antony incurring and later paying debts. It also mentions Antony swallowing a pearl and Caesar spending public treasure.
Reports from Elmira New York describe a swarm of ants resembling sugar ants with wings flying from the northeast. The group stretched fifty to sixty feet and passed between the Catholic church and Sisters' Academy on Market Street. Families found ants on washing lines in their yards as the swarm rested and rejoined the moving column. The origin and destination remain unknown, though the event covered much of the city and stirred local superstition linking flying ants to possible cholera warnings.
An Iowa correspondent warns home stead settlers and land-owners that Poor ink at Washington has faded land descriptions from U S patent deeds making records illegible. Only outside State Office filings reveal names towns and ranges. The issue requires rechecking Washington records and may trigger new patent issuance increasing error risk.
An amiable witty French countess, Bonapartist in conviction, suggests not dissolving the Chamber but dividing it. Republicans would sit on Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays while Monarchists occupy Tuesdays Thursdays and Saturdays. A friend notes such actions would be undone daily like Penelope's tapestry, delaying any resolution.
The passage explains making Stilton cheese by adding cream from the previous evening to new morning milk with rennet. It describes separating curd from whey without breaking it, resting the curd in a slove until firm enough to fit into a hoop, then tightening hoops as the cheese dries and turning daily until it reaches the proper consistency.
A description paints the sea mousa as a radiant creature living in mud at the ocean floor. It is noted for shimmering colors and graceful movement, with a silky fringe that shifts from one tint to another as it breathes and glides like gold through fleece.
An English sheep breeder sheared 125 Lincolnshire sheep under fourteen months old producing 2.2 pounds of wool each. The fleeces weighed 1,201 pounds for sixty sheep and 23 244 253 and 30 pounds for four others.
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