01 Feb 1871
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Newspaper
Connersville Times
Location
Connersville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1871
Page
1
In a rural tale from the city, two sisters with reputations for charm marry two young men after a preliminary gathering. The brides discover wedding certificates in envelopes the next day, prompting questions about keeping the secret or seeking divorce. The incident ends unresolved with the four parties in an awkward situation.
The text presents disordered poetry lines with broken phrases and unclear attributions. It reads like a damaged manuscript fragment containing stray reflections on love, devotion, and memory, with uncertain names and distant imagery.
Obscure lines describe fading memory and enduring love amid blight and storms. Imagery of ivy, peak, and tempest hints at lasting sorrow transforming into renewed fervor and hope. The piece weaves longing with natural symbols to convey perseverance through hardship.
In Wissahicon, a Continental named Warren confronts Tory refugee Delancy on a Paoli night. After a brutal fight with a hunting knife, Warren spares Delancy only to deliver judgment via a grim omen. They enter a cottage where the widow and her two children await fate.
A widow in a Wissahickon cottage reads from the Bible as a Continental soldier seeks vengeance for his brother’s death. The room fills with terror until the widow reads love your enemies and her husband, wounded but alive, returns that night for prayer and thanksgiving.
A Virginia man James elopes with his brother’s wife in Pocahontas County and travels with her across West Virginia Ohio and into the Rocky Mountains. After years of wandering he returns with the wife to face the injured husband. James then flees to Washington as he awaits a possible Spain ministerial appointment.
A laborer with a stammer mispronounces words when asked about potatoes. A neighbor mocks him by asking what he calls the digging. The laborer replies by saying he will fetch them when he wants them. The scene reflects a lighthearted rural interaction from a bygone setting.
A Country Geathoman correspondent describes a simple method to trap red ants. Place a white china plate, spread a thin lava layer, and wait for ants to confront the bait, noting effectiveness in gardens and homes.
Richmond Palladium comments on Gooding and rival Voorhees in a political contest. The piece criticizes their methods, warns of wasted expenses if failed cases draw pay, and suggests electoral reform to require early vote counts. It urges Gooding to temper expectations and imitate past speakers modestly.
The speech by Frank P. Blair, elected U S Senator by Missouri lawmakers, rails against carpet baggers and federal troops. He urges retreat of federal forces from the South and defends Reconstruction as constitutional, hoping support from liberal Missourians to restore self government and end what he calls tyranny.
The 1871 annual meeting on January 12 in Centreville elected officers and directors for the year. D Baldridge was chosen President, J P Smith Vice President, W Q Elliott Secretary, Walter G Stevens Treasurer, Alfred Lashly Superintendent, Joseph W Jackson Assistant Superintendent, with a long list of directors. The next fair starts August 22 and runs four days.
A guest at a Western hotel woke with a missing pillow only to discover it had been absorbed into his ear by a strange sensory event. The tale notes the hotel regulation allows one feather per pillow and two for a pulster.
In Hvansville during the year 1570, authorities notes 907 brick and wood frame houses of various sizes were constructed.
A rural correspondent outlines causes of lameness in horses and worm infestations with cautions on paralysis. It recommends external fly blisters, turpentine oil, and a detailed worming regimen using extract of worm wood, aloes, ginger, and syrups.
Hoof bound results from feet drying after wetting or thrush decay, plus neglect of proper care and overlong shoeing. Cure involves paring the foot to restore shape, softening with moist dressings, barefoot periods or careful shoeing, resetting shoes every three weeks, and pasture rest for six to eight weeks if severe.
A reader asks for a cure for scratches on a horse. Proposed treatment uses two pounds of Glander salts, one pound of sulphur, and one quarter pound of salt peter mixed and fed daily. Also prepare neat's foot oil with tobacco and soap wash, apply oil after cleaning and drying, keep the feet dry and wrapped.
A collage of humorous and moral vignettes, poems, and jokes from a past issue. It includes quips on turkeys at Thanksgiving, a rowdy epitaph, a Connecticut police court anecdote, dialect humor, and reflections on money, honesty, and literature. Notable lines include a mother’s prayers, a boy’s reply about God, and a printer’s near tragedy with a shooting-stick.
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