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Newspaper
Dixon Sun
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1882
Page
7
A fragment from Carson on Farm in the Silver Land recounts a rural court scene. A bold youth challenges Justice Carey after a horse theft sentence, leading to a brawl that ends with the judge fining time and returning the remaining money. The tale closes with a moral about heroic yet reckless pride.
Mrs Templeton vies with her cousin Hetty Morris over luxuries, eyeing diamonds and social status. A church scene exposes envy, husbands, and a dramatic bet as burglars steal the jewels. the tale ends with truth, forgiveness, and lessons in vanity amid a small town.
A London Times correspondent praises a small corps of 360 mounted police in the Northwest, crediting their restraint and justice with keeping peace amid tens of thousands of Indians. He cites arrests of chiefs, an assassination case at Blackfeet territory, and Indians seeking police help to recover stolen horses as proof of their effectiveness and authority.
In Tokyo the kami kudzu hiori, a beguiling rag-picker, rivals New York’s scavengers in notoriety. An elderly rascal, masked and armed with bamboo tongs and a large basket, secretly robs a dog of its master before a quick police intervention restores the animal.
On a slow going railway a passenger stops the conductor and asks why the train doesn’t speed up. The conductor retorts that they run fast enough and tells him to walk if he dislikes the rate. The passenger replies he would, but friends won’t meet him until the train arrives and he’d wait two hours at the station.
Dr. Lacassagne reports 1,333 tattoo designs on 378 subjects in the Second African Battalion and prisons. Designs cover patriotic, erotic, fantasy scenes, animals, flowers, and mythological figures, with large pieces on the chest and back and prices from half a franc to fifteen francs.
The Norristown Herald notes the New York Commercial Advertiser suggesting preaching pays more than humorous writing but jokes that humor is not as unhealthy as preaching. It adds the humorous writer need not endure a three month annual vacation or a European tour for health.
An Indian girl educated at Hampton College laments losing her cherished homestead illusion as she returns to a log hut and faces the stark contrast of civilization. Her sister mirrors the pain, crying over western fashions she cannot adopt, while the father contemplates returning her to the East to prevent further “nonsense.”
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