30 Nov 1868
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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1868
Page
1
A jumble of items from a 1868 Indiana page includes notices about advertising charges and legal promos, political commentary on votes in four states, university updates, and local anecdotes. It also contains quirky provincial humor about cats and a preacher hat anecdote.
Reports allege Democratic lists stolen by Radical papers after the election. Gist Goeshwin asked to seek ALe Keer seat if he runs. Newton Morris has 11,000 vote majority in New York Fifth. Boon township wheat thieves jailed four years. escape attempts noted in Brandenburg Circuit Court records.
Fragmentary notes suggest a proposal to publish births under a new heading titled New Susie. Detected alongside unclear references to an Insutuas Act and a phrase about pulling down the blind.
A fervent plea asks divinely guided matrimony with Ruth praying for Ruth and Neomi to bless and sustain a future husband. The supplication seeks long life happiness humility obedience and mutual holiness through shared love and service to God.
A quirky speech incident involves a Chesterfield visitor misreading a pew. A New York paper skewers a famous singer as only capable of a few airs. A French wager on coffee ends with salvation by salt water emetic. The plantain leaf is claimed to curb tobacco hankering. Miss Flutter’s prank earns five dams for her father.
An old trapper wanders into a Western village meeting house during a sermon on The Sheep and the Wolves. When the preacher asks who among the congregation are the wolves, the trapper stands and quips that he will be the wolves to keep the “play” going, leaving the preacher defeated.
A farmer tells his Irish servant to catch an ox while he will manage the other. Pat runs off but hesitates asking which is the orphan and how to tell the animals apart. The tale ends with a humorous confusion over which ox to catch.
The article notes 1868 port wine yield at 40 000 pipes versus 45 000 in 1867 and prior years, with figures from 1864 to 1865. It attributes a late season improving grape ripening in the Upper Douro to a fine summer, making this the first season since 1511 with grapes free from odium. It includes a parable about Saint Paul as a landlady's remark on his character and appetite for plain sustenance.
Troy plans a landmark Methodist church described as the most elegant in the city with construction costing above 100000 dollars.
A jumble of scraps from a 19th century humor page features a tailor’s playful retort with a lap board, a mother and child exchange about dirt, steamboat banter, and snippets of social wables. Lively vignettes include Foote and Josh Billings style observations, flirtatious dialogue, and moral quips on resolve and fate. The piece showcases jokes about language, manners, and misadventures in society.
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