24 Oct 1855
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Newspaper
Delphi Dollar Journal
Location
Delphi, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1855
Page
1
The Decent Dollar Journal lists address on the public square as Office ln DEWEY'S Building upstairs on the south side and announces weekly publication every Wednesday morning with a one dollar annual price payable in advance. Subscriptions available for terms shorter than three months.
Poem recalling a boyhood home with fields flowers oak tree wild-wood swing river and hill schoolhouse daisies walnut tree and shared play. The speaker cherishes the landscape and memories and finds joy in leaving for new lands after fond attachment.
A rigid farmer Mr. Winthrop pushes his son Samuel toward arithmetic while Samuel, absent his father’s understanding, pursues crafts and philosophy. Samuel later invents a powerful loom and earns a patent, revealing that different minds have different capacities and that parental judgment must adapt to a child’s true gifts.
A traveling gentleman claimed in a tale that in one country all women with small mouths receive a husband while those with large mouths obtain two. A lady, widening her mouth in disbelief, caused the man to flee in alarm and vanish.
A St. Louis Reveille correspondent recalls Jim Johnson a constable famous for a harsh execution over a grocery dispute He reportedly pursued and killed a neighbor's ducks at length charging mileage and chasing the birds around the house in a dramatic display of authority.
A Tennessee youth captured by the British before the battle is asked the distance to the city. He says it is six miles and rough. When asked what lies ahead he mentions Hickory as the obstacle.
The tale opens with a wry motto about money from many types of people. Wiggans returns home intoxicated and collapses near the cradle. He asks his wife and daughters if they are hurt, then quips that the crash was terrible but harmless.
On the 14th, Rev. John Davis united Mr. John Tyre and Miss Sarah Furst in marriage in this county. The notice notes the bride’s prior energy but emphasizes the new union as recorded by the Wabash Gazette.
A stump speech quotes a woodpecker declaring A Bill for the destruction of worms. The remark frames a playful residency or political jest amid publication.
A Washington Exchange piece rails at shutting down groggeries while citing historic drunkards and rulers from Alexander the Great to Daniel Webster. It argues education and character fail to curb intemperance and warns against luxurious parties and champagne, urging legislative action.
Dr Wentworth writing from Shanghai notes June 7 accounts from Canton of mass decapitations by Imperialists. Lieutenant Jones recalls 150 heads seen in a day and Williams cites a frightening execution rate. He describes nearly a thousand killed in Canton last week and far more at Shanghai.
A man recalls buying a pig that grew fat on dough but refused to fill a bucket after being fed, likening the creature to Oliver Twist as it called for more food. The tale unfolds with the pig swallowing a full water bucket of dough and then shrinking.
Wm Eberlin a St Louis shoemaker stabbed his wife in five places with a shoemaker knife, fled to the river, and drowned himself. A Newfoundland dog aided in dragging him from the water but was killed by his owner. A second suicide attempt succeeded. The wife survived with poor chances of recovery. The couple had been on bad terms for some time.
A ten year old boy sent to school cannot answer who made him. The teacher explains the proper answer and asks again. Hours later the student mutters that he forgot the gentleman's name.
An urchin taunted a cart driver as he sped through the street. The driver halted, while the boy called out that the cart was stopped, provoking a tense moment recorded in the day’s local notes.
Coroner's jury returns verdict calling the man a d d fool after hearing evidence of his death by his own conduct on Feather River California.
In Aaams Co records a single machine threshing five hundred bushels of wheat in eight hours. The quick haul reflects efficient grain processing, with local officials noting the feat as a notable farm operation development.
A pun notes mosquitoes as religio sects, joking they first sir you and then prey upon you with a bite. The line plays on sounds and wordplay without factual claim.
A terse aphorism warns against valuing fortune over merit, urging fair assessment of effort and achievement rather than luck or status. It stresses integrity in judging worth and reward.
A fragment notes the Mason and Dixon line marking the boundary between Pennsylvania and Maryland near the state of Maryland with current survey context unclear.
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