16 Jun 1874
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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1874
Page
1
A W Brewster of Corydon Indiana outlines subscription terms and advertising rates for local notices. Rates include yearly ads and single insertions with minimum charges, plus a liberal yearly advertisement deduction.
The author argues cremation is wasteful and explores quirky, humorous uses of the dead, including planting bodies for crops and salvaging bones for instruments. He jokes about turning remains into gas to light a blind, safe parlor, and suggests a law to reuse dead Congressmen for lighthouse duty.
The article discusses a presumed exodus of 40 000 English emigrants from the United States back to England. It notes Archibald denial of any such coordinated program, calls it a deceit to deter emigration, and covers the impact of posters and fear tactics on migration trends.
A French soldier born near Lyons displays an extraordinary appetite. He eats twenty four pounds of beef in a day at seventeen, consumes frogs cats and small serpents, and swallows a full dinner set including a watch chain while under medical scrutiny. He is noted for explosive meals and extreme gorging.
A collection of wry quips and brief notes on manners, marriage, work, and society. Jests touch on virtue, habits, and everyday folly with short lines and punchy observations. Includes jokes about beefeaters, gossip, and a pig in Jaynesville named Ben Butler.
The piece catalogs boy archetypes from good to bad with humorous labels. It defines the good boy in illness funerals and sleep, the bad boy watchful, the sad boy with tests of virtue, the little and big boys who boss and mischief, the wild boy with spirited energy, and the fast boy in cities chasing cigars and fast living, ending with a preference for the wild boy.
A thirty ton steam hammer is under construction at the Royal Arsenal Woolwich England for forging and welding massive steel guns from coils. The iron anvil weighs sixty tons and rests on widening plates and oak supports. The pyramid sits on piles eighteen feet long with a nineteen foot surrounding concrete and totals hundreds of tons of iron and high cost.
A Lanarka Gazette reprints a dream tale in which a Granger member dies and faces judgment. In heaven he is barred for secret society ties, while the devil offers to sell him two hundred barrels of brimstone at ten percent off for a private hell, without an agent.
A tribute grieving loss of a first born son Charlie Fox by his parents. The piece blends religious consolation with reflections on life, temptation, and heaven. It includes anecdotes about Madame de Stael and the rise of a ragged boy Saunders to prominence in law.
Historic clash at Bennington era recounts Allen’s march through Massachusetts Connecticut and New York for reinforcements. After preaching, Dewey thanked God for Fort possession while Allen loudly demanded being named in the sermon. The exchange highlights Revolutionary zeal and clergy military ties.
A brief complaint notes wig makers as a conceited group always displaying arrogance and self-importance in their trade.
A father counsels his daughter on pleasing others through quiet attentions. He cites Sterne’s idea of small courtesies and tender acts, urging consideration in daily moments at table, in work, and in gesture toward others.
A New Orleans printer saved the exact money he would have spent on drinking with co workers for five years. He kept sickness away, while three of his companions became drunkards. He later bought the printing office and, twenty years on, had amassed many thousands. The tale offers a lesson for every boy.
A contemporary urges that happiness comes from within not outside. He suggests drinking alcohol and eating pickled cucumbers then relaxing on a sofa before a bot fire to test the claim.
A Philadelphia youth has married a girl who previously refused him eighteen times. He now jokes he wishes she had refused him only seventeen. Dentists report they are pulling through the hard times remarkably well.
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