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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1886
Page
1
Poem fragment reflecting on friendship and grief. Speaker addresses a close companion about shared mortality. Describes silent coffins, reading words in dust, and a plea for reassurance and farewell in sorrow.
A nostalgic tale recalls Belisarius the elephant at an French Jardin des Plantes who befriended a keeper who rose from gardener to elephant keeper to marry Lucie, the keeper’s daughter. The elephant attends the wedding and shares in the feast with rolls and carrots as a symbol of gentle loyalty.
A Brooklyn writer visits a local chiropodist to learn about corns and bunions, methods of treatment, and the rise of foot care as a city service. He notes soft and hard corns, bunions caused by narrow shoes, and the shift toward professional care and manicures. He also mentions shoe choices, nail growth, and perspiring feet. The piece closes with an excerpt on Canton street life describing crowded, narrow lanes and pedestrian dominance.
European botanists doubt New Zealand seeds sprout before freezing. Bees fear dark objects. white chickens spared. Clifton Tennessee hosts a vast oily mineral deposit costing 60 cents a ton to mine. Magnesium lamps via electrolysis reemerge. Bremen works offer prizes for clockwork lamps. Coal plants show high sulphur acids in ashes explaining low free alkalies and sulphates form.
The dish is described as a Spanish produce based stew using garbanzos chirizos peppers garlic and vegetables with bacon and beef. Vegetables line the bottom of a deep dish while the beef rests center with liquor from the pot poured over the top.
Prisoner known as Chicken Welch who escaped last summer imitates former inmate Harry Jennings by rearing about six rats in his cell and at the shop. The vermin ride shoulders and heads of the con vict, while others keep canaries, and descendants of Jennings mice are common in the jail.
Mr James F Latham promotes a $100 fourteen foot canoe from Waukegan noting it carries a week of provisions and can convert to a bank. He contrasts canoeing with bicycling as nature and intellectual pursuits attract enthusiasts, describing long voyages, scenic pauses, and scientific amusements along the way.
The Madison Democrat argues the country press, though less glamorous than metropolitan dailies, holds far greater influence. It reflects community opinion, acts as a reflex of the people, and can guide public mood without driving it, wielding twenty times the power of city papers.
Algy asks Angely if her father will consent to their marriage. Angely says he will be sad to lose her but she asks him to consider that he would gain a son. They joke about the situation as they note the father has three similar boarders and is touchy on the point.
A collection of maxims and humorous snippets on wisdom, conscience, humanity, sunshine in life, and social quips. Includes reflections on virtue, happiness, old friends, labor, and various light anecdotes about manners, sayings, and a few jokes.
A Wyoming Territory correspondent describes Mountain Sam a hunter who uses a pack of twenty five pure bull dog and bloodhound cross dogs to hunt mountain sheep in the Big Horns. The dogs track divide and circle forcing sheep to a central point then slay the largest and push bodies to ledges for Sam to claim.
A Wilmington Delaware delegation of prominent citizens told Lincoln they represented Delaware’s solid men. He quipped that with all from New Castle and Wilmington there was danger of tipping the state during their absence. The tale, from the New York Sun, recalls wartime humor in Washington.
The article explains that a gem is flawless while a diamond’s value varies widely by size cut and color. It notes that light, refractive power, brittleness, and carbon composition affect diamond quality, with rare black stones and examples including John Rice and Tremont House referenced in the piece.
The piece argues that a man with ears projecting forward is likely tractable or eager to learn while ears pressed back indicate intractability and inattentiveness. It notes the latter may nonetheless be manageable through reason, citing public servants who ignore but endure discomfort. The ear is linked to temperament and behavior.
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