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Newspaper
Delphi Dollar Journal
Location
Delphi, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1855
Page
1
The Delphi Dollar Journal lists office on the public square and announces daily publication with a one dollar annual subscription. Shorter terms than three months are available.
A reflective poem urges gentleness toward others. It weighs grief and sin as common human burdens and cautions against judging fellow hearts. The speaker calls for leniency, recognizing hidden faults and past misdeeds behind every person.
A tale follows Hugh a deformed boy mocked by crowds until a gentler view aids his rise. He endures toil in a cobbler’s shop, finds purpose in a gentian’s gaze and a kind girl, and becomes a respected preacher whose soul is judged not by his appearance.
A country preacher, aware of a jockey’s schemes, warns a buyer at an inn about a broken winded horse. The jockey objects, but the parson notes he would have preached only if the jockey had been in the state prison last Sunday.
The Sun reports two oddly phrased signs found in Philadelphia. One proclaims Shirts Retailed Here in red italics, likely a wink at bachelors. The other reads Hands wanted to work on bosoms, prompting questions about its target and purpose.
An east coast farmer, in a nightly routine, asks his sons to verify all livestock before he counts again and retires. The exchange underscores a habit of meticulous record keeping even in rural life.
A perfumer's knack for crafting refined extracts inspires a cod editor to blend scent of precision with code. The joke ties fragrance craft to editing skill, implying elegance in both fields.
The Hickman Argus reports that the wife and daughter of David Crockett traveled through Hickman last week bound for Texas. They pursue land donated to heirs of Alamo defenders. The widow is about sixty five, plain and sensible. the daughter about thirty five. Crockett had three sons. two became noted lawyers and politicians. One son, J. W. Crockett, died in Memphis two years ago after a respected career in business and public life.
The London Globe notes spikes four inches long shaped like a tobacco pipe head flat with a spring barb. The spike is pressed into a gun touch-hole and locks in the chamber, resisted by hard steel. It requires drilling to remove, a difficult task, but the weapon can be activated by a simple palm tap.
The passage reflects on aging with nostalgia, cherishing home, friends, and firesides. It contrasts fading youth with enduring harmony of the heart and hopes that peaceful social ties keep sacred feelings bright in the evening of life.
A Dutchman in Canada involved in a Great Western Railway accident dispute exclaims about pay to relatives of the killed. In a heated moment he jokes about receiving $5,000 or even $50,000, prompting his wife to challenge his claim and result in a tense exchange.
Washington correspondent notes the House Committee on Commerce will report a bill barring foreign passengers lacking a consul certificate. The rule requires prior jail or Workhouse status and four years without non political crimes. Captains failing to obtain certificates face fine and imprisonment. ships may be forfeited.
A Buffalo paper recounts a friend with an exceptional canary famed as a superb songster who has been offered large sums. Waking from a nap, he curses the bird, and since that moment the canary has fallen silent, prompting reflection on instinct and affection toward pets.
Mrs Partington reads an account of a railroad accident and is surprised the locomotive left the track by a switch. Ike explains the locomotive has a tender behind, prompting the old lady to resume her paper and continue her lesson.
Nehemiah, known for tapping objects while talking, returns from chopping with a hatchet and dents a farmer's fine table during a neighborly visit. The farmer strikes him, calling the act an incident, while Nehemiah apologizes, claiming it was an accident.
The text argues that wealth cannot bring true enjoyment and portrays a simple, modest household as better satisfied. It contrasts a large monetary heap with misery and describes a compact homestead with a wife, dog, cow, pigs, and three children as fulfilled living.
A man in Troy caused a stir by sprinting through town until two o clock, grabbing two crullers and a doughnut before being stopped. Authorities cite his stamina as the reason consuls raised an additional fee by nine and a half units.
A quainter ancient author warns against arguing with ladies. While spinning yarns among silks and Latins, a man risks being worsted and twisted. If worsted and twisted, he may consider himself wound up.
At death the estate shows debts totaling 135 230 89 with personal property valued at 28 582 10 and real estate appraised at 89 500. Administration charges amount to 2 500.
Iskander Bey a prominent Turkish officer in the Eastern war remains very active at age eighty three. He is said to do as much hard service as any of his juniors.
Professor Larrabee has been appointed president of an Iowa college and accepted the post.
A fragment notes that in Shanghai one peck is used to describe a swallow of corn. The sentence contrasts counting grain with a quick bite, reflecting a humorous or archaic measurement usage.
Darry was hanged in Buffalo on Friday for the murder of his wife. Dressed in a white frock with a black crape sash and a fatal cap, he cried out to God for mercy as he faced the scaffold. He claimed his wife wronged him and said rum caused his crime, showing little penitence before death.
Madame Pfeiffer travels from Java to Sumatra and into the interior among the Baitaker cannibals. She speaks with them despite daily threats of being killed and eaten, maintaining composure by joking that she is an old woman whose flesh would be tough.
The Boonville Observer notes Col. Wm. Ainslee died heroically at Alma while raising the allied standard. He was the youngest brother of Jno. Ainslie of our town, who drowned in the Missouri during the great rise of ’44. The piece links Anglo Saxon lineage to shared sorrow across continents.
The Evansville Journal quotes a humorous yet pointed summary of local woes. The canal is full of water, streets muddy, and business scarce as the river rises and whiskey declines. Christmas fades as year end signals chaos in town and country.
A couple eloping near Amherstburg Canada overturned their sleigh. The woman died instantly from a broken neck while the man sustained a leg fracture and is being cared for at a local hotel as his wife fulfills her marriage vow.
A writer who 'professes to know' asserts that wheat sown in drills will yield ten percent more than broadcast sowing and require one fourth less seed. The claim frames drills as a more efficient method.
The public printing for Congress and the Departments at Washington costs over five hundred thousand dollars per annum.
Former governor Morehead dies at his Covington residence on the 30th ult in a regional obituary note. The brief entry records the death with minimal biographical detail.
A clipped, fragmentary line describes admiration for a tall pretty girl with sweet features. The text lacks context or full sentences, offering only a fleeting impression rather than a complete report or narrative.
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