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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1899
Page
2
The market for general merchandise shows firm demand and widespread price increases. Kerosene and linseed oil costs have edged up, white lead and zinc rise, and iron based goods surge several percent. New factories rise while old ones reopen, signaling healthier business conditions.
A collection of editorials and notices discuss tariff impact on wages and commerce. Arguments praise protection, warn against European boycotts, and note sugar trusts and Havemeyer’s stance. Also included are an Excursion ticket sale by Pennsylvania Railroad and a Cranbury station theft report with minor losses.
A vivid sea poem describes bridal vessels gliding from the harbor beneath a tropical sky. Black drapery ships, a fiery high smokestack, and thunderous chimes frame a scene of warlike doom as six brides and six horses meet fate on the open sea. vultures circle above.
A narrator recalls Dobson, a zealous High Church curate, and Fenwick who seeks his aid for a political aim. At a Surrey parish doorstep an inebriated woman is ejected by the maid as Dobson, anxious yet dutiful, watches, while Dobson’s friend and the narrator discuss influence and strategy in a rustic, moralizing scene.
In Fenwick and the narrator plot to test Dobson’s celibacy by coupling him with Amy. The plan hinges on Dobson falling in love, while the narrator slyly counsels patience then contemplates revealing his own feelings to Amy if Dobson delays too long. The scene ends with the narrator anticipating delicate moves at Fenn Hall and a race to influence Amy’s heart.
A narrator reveals his love to Amy in a garden while managing Dobson, a meddling elder. Dobson plans to declare, Amy resists, and the narrator hints at a hidden engagement. Meanwhile, Dotton travels to Smyrna, catching fever and dying, as Fenwick questions propriety and Amy's future with the narrator. A New York barroom fable ends with a failed request for a messenger to drink with the thirsty man.
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