05 Oct 1877
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Newspaper
Columbus Democrat
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1877
Page
1
A satirical piece urges kind speech at home and in public plus humorous notes on daily life. It cites bargaining with a tailor and vendors and ends with a comic image of a man perched on a fence making animal noises as night falls.
A jumble of notices and dialogue notes includes Francis M. Perry and Jane Joy barred from an annexation document by a clerk’s notice. It also proclaims Joseph E. Bowers as Indiana’s tallest man at six feet eight and a half inches with measurements available at Snyder and Drybread’s store.
The piece rails at political parties as organs of idle men and bondsholders while praising the working men and the Workingmen's Party though noting many are not workers. It then shifts to a lecture on health, longevity, and strength, arguing muscular prowess does not equal health before retelling a London Examiner tale of a battle steed with a sponge stone found in its intestine after war service.
The article argues wind alone cannot explain tornado effects citing bending iron rails, air blasts, and moving logs. It urges preservation of physical evidence and cautions scientists to avoid theory-driven distortions while contrasting New York Sun commentary on Hayes and the 1876 debates in the Richmond Enquirer.
The piece portrays the editor as a figure who must pierce the bloom of life to reveal its flaws. It notes the toils and moral compromises of the newsroom, where suspects seek dishonorable loans and even high community members may approach for questionable favors, leaving the journalist jaded.
The Cincinnati Commercial accuses General Grant of impudence for chatting with a Herald reporter in Scotland and claiming Sumner lied. It notes Grant lobbied for the San Domingo job, met Sumner as chair of the judiciary committee with John W. Forney present, and criticizes his claims about not meddling in the senate. It mocks his presidential vanity and suggests oblivion would better his fame.
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