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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1893
Page
7
The verse contrasts social classes and wealth with fame and love. It notes how great minds outshine small ones and how money and status shape outcomes. Cupid flits above, then love bends the balance, reflecting on power and passion in society. Published in Cornhill Magazine.
In May 1889 at Berkeley Square an invited Scotch farmer wore odd evening dress and found the ice cream peculiar. Lord Rosebery calmly tasted it, on hearing the farmer’s concern he claimed it was a new frozen pudding and led him away.
Americans receiving letters from Russia are surprised to find a foreign stamp used as a seal on the opposite side from the address. Russians in the United States often continue this practice, annoy ing post office officials. The habit spreads across Russia and signals distrust of the imperial post. Free Russia.
Miss E F Andrews in Popular Science Monthly notes hair loss among youths under twenty with about eighty to seven ratio in favor of baldness. She cites girls often wearing hair loose or Marguerite braids reducing deception and suggests heredity as a major factor, with limited evidence of other causes at present.
Jobbins recounts a man who arrived with $200 and, after two years, is said to be worth a million. He allegedly invested in a tailor's shop and won favor with the town's wealthiest girl, a tale recounted by Somerville Journal.
A Belleforte resident finds a pheasant he shot in the nearby mountains oddly joined as Siamese twins. Both birds are fully developed with a half inch connecting link a quarter inch thick at the front of the wings.
A century ago opals wowed collectors: a round gem owned by amateur Fleury and a vivid one linked to a French financier. Also noted are aphorisms on conscience, a Frenchman’s fatal misstep, a hay saver device for horses, and a forecast that snowshoe manufacture could boost employment.
A New Field of Contest reports on unusual competitions from egg and pie eating to shirt wear and trousers durability. It cites a Hoboken citizen, Sip Dupco, proposing wagers to prove daily feats of gentility, while noting fringe trials from clothing to cleanliness and social poise.
The late John Thomson leaves Charleston a residuary estate likely over $100,000 and possibly double that. The city holds the money in trust, inviting citizen input on its best use, with historic plans for a museum gift noted as superseded by the current will. Also noted are changes in men's calling cards, now larger, prompting guidance from women.
A Detroit Free Press fragment presents a depot police encounter where a man pleads for a loan after claiming a $23,000 cash robbery on a train, and Officer Button declines. The piece also quotes a New York Sun letter about literary rivals and the value of enemies, attributed to Sacher Masoch via a London cor respondent.
In the week ending March 18 two men died at public dinners in Boston. One occurred at a Tam many Club St Patrick dinner around 4 a.m. The other happened at a Women s Christian Temperance Union annual supper where a Presbyterian clergyman fell ill after rising to respond to the toast The Temperance Outlook.
A collection of vignettes describes calm responses to danger and curious tales. An old Quaker woman stays composed while her house is said to burn, then resumes chores and offers guidance. Other passages recount bridges' ancient origins and a Mt. Desert tax collector’s chalked reminders. A dinner host asks about guests, while a Blackwood's Magazine retelling notes witty reactions.
An exchange in court shows a prisoner pleading for lighter punishment while claiming umpire duties. The judge, noting a connection to Washington, grants months of hard labor. The Brooklyn Eagle recounts separate note of Lord Tennyson giving his laureate pension to struggling literary peers.
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