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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1895
Page
6
A fragmentary poem excerpt describes an orchard beyond the sea and the speaker's longing for a true love. The passage mentions true love, home, and a nest built in the beloved's heart, attributed to Gilbert Parker in Chap Book.
The passage portrays Charlie Nelthorpe’s domineering control over Eva Carrington leading to a crisis after Lord Dolly courts Eva at Lady Brown-Jones’ ball. Eva’s defiance and Charlie’s wounded pride escalate the conflict, ending with a strained reunion on the veranda as tensions flare.
Eva explains she plans to accept Lord Dolly Dashwood despite Charlie’s engagement to him. She cites recent trials and human limits, insisting she must be true to herself and to be fair, even to a former lover, while Charlie collapses in disbelief.
The passage notes Sir Walter Raleigh as the most romantical of Elizabethans, praising his gifts and fortunes while criticizing the incomplete成果 of his many schemes and his self serving motives. It recalls his Virginia colony, the myth of an Indian court, and the Roanoke survivors who perished after Drake’s departure, returning to England on July 28, 1586.
The New York Advertiser notes that seal rings were common across Egyptian classes and persist today in fashion. Some contain keys linked to jewel cases, reflecting ancient customs. The piece traces seasonal ring styles and suggests wedding rings began with Romans, iron to symbolize lasting contracts.
A brief quip recorded in the New York Recorder shows a cautious dialogue about knowing Marjoram. The exchange hints at familiarity through a playful mispronunciation and careful phrasing.
Four Hebrew clerks tricked Bartram by loading a sealed 700 pound case with nails in the bottom. Bartram bet he could lift it, tugged hard, and lifted a portion of floor instead. He took the wager, reproved the clerks, and left as the box collapsed. The clerks paid an $8 carpenter bill.
Assistant Chief Goode of the United States geological survey toured Oregon and identified a 1000 square mile tract between Roseburg and Coquille as the wildest region in the nation. Dense pine and fir forests hide vast wildlife including elk bears mountain lions and deer with rivers rich in trout. He penetrated ten miles into the area and described its immense, unmapped vastness and the challenge of living there.
The Liberal party faces a choice between Leonard Courtney and William Court Gully for the speakership. Gully, Carlisle MP and grandson of famed pugilist John Gally, is a queen's counsel famed for courtly presence. His sporadic attendance prompts peers like Sir Charles Dilke to question his suitability.
Judge Baker of the United States court at Indianapolis faces a trust case and notes doubt but resolves it to avoid countenancing the creation of combinations or monopolies. The remark underscores a judiciary bent toward curbing trusts.
A businesslike remark notes a Kentucky woman failing with preferred liabilities of 108000. Other liabilities and assets are not disclosed. The Tampa Times states this shows the woman is modern and up to the times.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer notes the weary grind faced by a Brooklyn hand organ manufacturer who took his own life, reflecting on justice arriving after hardship.
The Marquis of Lorne has drafted an opera libretto which may amuse him but is met with tepid reception from listeners. The quip from the New York Recorder hints the work may be more trial than triumph.
The Florida Times-Union notes a Napoleonic craze spreading to boarding houses with landladies offering guests a bong park, reflecting cultural fascinations of the era.
A Long Island farmer recalls clever woodchucks learned from civilization to evade hunters. He describes brutal methods to drown, trap, and finally crush an old, wary buck of a woodchuck clan after years of losses to clover fields and ducks.
The Madrid episode saw Mme. Calve lose a satchel with money and talismans, including a dried flower from her father. Newspapers later carried word that the thieves returned the relic in a packet with a polite note asking the rider to keep the money as a souvenir of a charming vocalist.
A group of subscribers led by Kate Field urge New York to acquire John Brown's farm as sacred ground and a state park. They note nine of twenty subscribers have died, name supporters including Mrs. Watterson and Isaac H. Bailey, and call on Henry Clews to execute the deed transfer to state ownership for preservation and a commemorative tablet at the grave.
The Newcastle Journal and other provincial papers condemn American arbitration as unfair. They argue Britain loses money from Alabama surplus, Bering Sea inquiry costs, and seized sealing vessels, urging safeguards against further losses.
A Washington Times item recounts a short post election exchange between Congressman Covert of New York and Amos Cummings, who became subway commissioner after an election defeat. Covert sent a mock hand shake drawing and a red palm message. Cummings replied with a hand extending in the opposite direction and a champagne glass motif.
The term Lent derives from the Saxon lengthen tide signaling spring. English lore recalls Jack o Lent a puppet figure mocked like a scarecrow, paralleling later Guy Fawkes reactions.
Representatives from Sonora led by Governor Rafael Ysabel and ex Governor Ramon Corral meet Governor L C Hughes of Arizona at Nogales on the boundary Feb 26. Mayors of Nogales Sonora and Nogales Arizona greet the governors and exchange friendly welcomes.
Miss Cora Hull of Steubenville Ohio awoke yawning and dislocated her jawbone. Doctors pried the bone behind the ears for about two hours to reset it. The jaw then closed but facial swelling followed and lockjaw was feared though she is recovering, with caution urged for future laughs or yawns.
The giant rudder for the International line steamship St Paul, sister to St tae, nears completion at White Stone Landing NY. Weighing 29,290 pounds, it measures 14.5 feet thick and 42 feet 7 inches long with seven iron arms. It will be shipped to Cramps shipyards in Philadelphia after 200 workers spent six months forging it.
Dr Homer E Smith reports a Norwich boy with color transposition red appears green green appears red blue looks yellow and yellow blue white brown reversed. The child signs his name with eyes closed and suffers micropsia while chromatopsia can invert colors and even make books readable only upside down.
Dancing men grow scarce as assemblies and balls fill their engagements. A gilded youth was asked to lead the German at a ball next Monday night and he declined due to a prior engagement. He offered to lead the German next winter instead, but the governors said they already had men engaged.
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