15 Jan 1879
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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1879
Page
1
A prose poem recalls twenty years of married life, youth, and endurance, with reflections on love, change, and contentment. It leads into a humorous tale set around Parson Williams and a legendary racehorse Tam, whose antics expose pride, hypocrisy, and community gossip in a rustic New England parish.
A humorous travelogue describes a woman occupying two railroad seats with many bundles and a book, facing criticism from other passengers. A bold man on the Lake Shore route challenges the seat by piling his own belongings beside her, prompting laughter. The piece concludes that no one has a right to block a seat without paying for it and that standing passengers deserve available seating.
A playful column proposes the moon as alive with an active volcano near Mare Varum, implying a change in its reputed immortality. It jests about lovers sharing umbrellas in rain versus married couples, noting the man’s indifference to wetness while the woman bears the brunt.
A writer explains Westminster’s great clock in Pulac hard London, detailing four 22 foot diameter dials with iron frame and opalescent glass, 2 foot high figures, and a 11 foot long minute hand. The pendulum weighs nearly 1000 pounds, extends 18 feet, and a single ounce shift can alter its rate. Windings demand 4000 turns of a heavy winch, with historic methods preferred over automatic systems.
A polemical piece denounces bees as laboring insects, mocks their hexagonal wax cells, and questions their intelligence. It railes against the beetle like Watts and urges mankind to reject bee emulation while noting a method for reproducing drawings and listing multiple reprint editions of Dickens, Bunyan, and Defoe.
A reflection on moral curvature vs. straightness in society. The author critiques flexible standards, calling for unwavering honesty in public life, condemning self serving policies and urging restoration of absolute rights and upright conduct as a guiding line for progress.
A well ordered farm with stock, buildings, garden, fences, shade trees, and neat orchards adds more value than cash saved. Draining wet land yields 50 to 100 percent yearly. good fences and gardens save or earn rapidly, making farm improvements the best investment for comfort and wealth.
At an exhibition in Falmouth England a patent check till is shown claiming to monitor every penny, detect missing cash, show how much should be in the till, prevent tampering, and even count customers waited upon. The device supposedly operates without opening the till and works on a half-penny daily cost.
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