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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1883
Page
3
A narrator recalls visiting Somerset Station and Grandmother Ellis, meeting David Alcott, and sharing a growing romance amid family warmth. The scene shifts to a picnic where Lorehen faces jealousy from a college friend, tests of trust, and the pull between love and duty, set against a memory-filled Ithaca land and a legacy of Renwick Moody deeds.
A second day discussion on solar theories at the National Academy of Sciences in New Haven examined Holden and Hastings reports on the May 6 solar eclipse. Hastings questions sun atmosphere theories, Holden cites Vulcan conjecture, and both challenge established solar ideas noting atmospheric pressure limits and comet observations. The debate touches on the limits of current knowledge and parallels with philosophical shifts in explaining natural phenomena.
A correspondent records Rev Philip Barr describing Leo XIII at Cashel Cathedral. The Pope, tall and slender, with ivory skin and intelligent eyes, speaks many languages and upholds a simple lifestyle. He rises early for prayer, says Mass at six, breakfast at eight, receives officials, dines frugally, walks the Vatican grounds, and often chats about flowers with visitors in the garden. He shows gentle authority and quiet piety as he blesses the Irish visitors and prays for peace.
A grandfather recalls a child’s playful craft with a criss cross cradle and a door, as the child imitates a cradle then asks where she learned cat's cradle. The speaker reflects on summers past and the child's kiss brings happiness to the weary elder.
In a parlor tale a girl named Winnie explores a chest of keepsakes and pretends to be a grand lady. Her mother and grandmother watch as discipline and imagination collide, leading to a ride to Clifton Park and a confession that inspires future good choices. The story ends with Winnie resolving to retell the history lesson to her siblings.
The piece notes that the electric telegraph proved insufficient in war and peacetime without a universal sign language. It highlights tribal silent codes among Sierras tribes as a practical model, used by all and capable of conveying full ideas quickly, even among strangers near Indian camps.
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