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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1887
Page
4
A poetic fragment depicts a narrator pleading with a companion over small daily sums. The speaker laments that repeated requests lead to larger perceived shortages, challenging trust as money moves from pocket to partner.
Ellice Gray, a devoted country schoolteacher, returns to Shafton to seek Roy Carlton, now blind after a fall injury and ruined fortunes. She confesses deep love and asks him to marry her, offering to be his eyes and companion despite poverty and social peril.
A touching tale follows a blind man Roy who asks his beloved to marry. She agrees, they plan a two week wait, and he writes hopeful letters promising to see her once they meet. His affection deepens as he cherishes her voice and the faint sight of the paper he writes on.
A brief sketch of Joshua Reynolds childhood showing his passion for drawing, early studies from the Jesuit treatise on perspective, and his eventual apprenticeship under Thomas Hudson in London. The account notes his rapid skill, a controversial dismissal, and later fame as a portrait painter.
The New England Farmer argues small stones aid soil fertility by disintegrating to form a fresh topdressing rich in nutrients. Stones preserve moisture absorb heat and improve lasting fertility. A gravelly loam with abundant stones is preferable to a soil that is stone free.
A brief exchange from the Fos ton Courier notes a young author claiming money from writing, then admits quitting writing and earning by peddling fish, illustrating a humorous pivot in fortunes.
During the Nash ville cholera outbreak the late Dr Bowling tended an old blind man who earned a living by playing flute on street corners. He recovered and played his flute under the doctor’s window all night as thanks, saying this was the largest fee he had ever received. Medical Record.
The snippet blends jokes about dirty borax on a desk and chewing to “dry up” with a quip about warmer climes and a doctor’s remark. It also notes a social maxim about being sociable by heart, and ends with a pun about Adam and Eve’s beauty as the oldest strike on record.
The article surveys British terms and usage differences in clothing, goods, and daily life from trousers to treacle, plus railway jargon and etiquette for travelers. It notes spellings like Labour and honour, and explains station naming and ticket phrases for foreigners.
The piece urges girls to gain financial literacy before marriage, learn banking and investments, follow three golden rules: limit investments to under five percent, demand secure arrangements, and keep records as if facing death tomorrow. It also stresses making a will at 21 and attaining independence through an empowering, self managed income.
Professor Felix L. Oswald extols the Tennessee Mountains from Montvale to Lookout Rock. He notes abundant game near Hesse's Creek, epic views from the Chilhowee ridge, and Clingmans Dome towering over the Unaka range. The piece praises diverse forests, autumn leaf colors, and the unmatched panorama of forest heights in October.
In a nostalgic exchange, Maria asks John to recall their front gate swings under the moon and bright stars. John agrees to try, but Maria judges him a brute for not acting on the memory, ending with her doubt.
A Chicago, Burlington and Quincy conductor recalls stories of curious travelers. An old man asked about taverns in Chicago and another nervous traveler demanded whether the train stops at St. Louis. The conductor replied with a straight face that it stops if flagged, assuring the woman she would get off safely.
A traveler reports on the Columbia River with fishermen losing confidence amid mechanization. He notes a machine catching eighteen tons in twelve hours with labor centered on hauling away the catch, and adds a wry aside about boys and sugar bowls.
The article reviews Agassiz’s continental ice cap theory and Dana’s distinct glacier idea, noting Darwin's western limits on land glaciers and the marine origin of drift. It also briefly describes Amsterdam canal-side mansions and tranquil canal life with vivid urban imagery.
The author describes Leyden as almost deserted at noon with few pedestrians and curious shopfronts. Canals divide the city into many islands, where green water and mossy pavements create a dreamlike, silent scene reminiscent of a city mourning a past disaster and wary of modern clatter.
The article describes an alligator’s unappealing appearance yet remarkable traits such as perpetual tooth replacement and the ability to sleep through dry Florida seasons. It notes how mud and plant growth can create a temporary “floating island” on its back, which once inspired a plover to nest there and led to a dramatic nest raiding by the hungry reptile.
Dr. J. C. Kelly introduces equine dentistry, filling decayed teeth and straightening crooked ones to relieve pain in valuable road horses. The practice, new to the area, aims to prevent long suffering and improve eating and behavior when a bit is used.
A Chicago Herald excerpt describes a morbid student from a medical college who allegedly purchased a dead man, skinned the body, tanned the hide into a bag, and decorated it with violets and forget-me-nots, voicing alarm at the girl's actions.
Dr Worms reported to the Paris Academy of Medicine that among 11175 examined, two could not distinguish any color, three were blind for red, six for green, eighteen could not distinguish green from red, fifteen saw no difference between green blue and gray, and fifty two showed general color vision weakness. Our course of true love never runs smooth, so we may depend upon always having friction matches.
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