The Boa Constrictor and a Candidate's Charms
A reporter recounts a boa constrictor’s feeding display with rabbit capture and swallowing, noting jaw elasticity and rapid ingestion. The piece shifts to a satirical, phonetically written critique of elections, candidate appearances, and public folly, ending with a clipped signoff by Carl Pretzel.
Do You Know What Bulldozing Is
A man asks an old farmer about bulldozing. The farmer explains he thought he understood, but the bull was not dozing and moved quickly, forcing him to race across a forty acre field to reach the fence.
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Indiana Fish Protection Law Amended in 1877
The 1877 act amends section 1 to ban fishing by net, gig, spear during certain months and in all lakes, ponds, rivers, and streams. Violators face fines from five to twenty five dollars per fish, with exemptions for small minnows, legal fishing with hook and line, and river fishing from the Ohio and St Joseph rivers after May first. Also includes old cold remedy and damp towel treatment notices.
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Quotations on fools vs doctors and a caper misread
A fragmented critique notes that many people doubt medical cures while some claim to outwit the press and execute a scheme. The abrasive line blames readers for overestimating their own cleverness and mocks sensational misreadings of current events.
Forgiveness as a military reform in a garrison town
In En gland a regiment's confinement of a drunk soldier named Mowbray prompts a chaplain to urge forgiveness as a new incentive to virtue. The colonel pardons him once, and the brave, scarred man returns to duty, guiding others away from vice. two years pass with no charges.
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Maggots in Figs Aboard Ship and a Widow's Fortune
A ship voyage recalling imported Smyrna figs infested with large maggots aboard. The crew endures nightly infestations as drums of figs pile in cases below deck. A page from Once a Week mentions a bachelor couple, a widow worth £40,000, and political musings about democracy and upcoming 1880 concessions.
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Electrostatic wonder and a Detroit tea chest scam
An early inventor touts a device called the electrifaco using light wave transmission similar to Bell’s telephone, while a Detroit incident describes a laborer returning a chest of tea that turns out to be only sawdust, leading to a blunt rebuke and a shaken grocer. The column then covers frontier skirmishes near Rat Creek, freight travel, and a series of assorted notes on culture, industry, and local curiosities.
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