Paris Exhibition Glimpses From Our Regular Correspondent
From Our Regular Correspondent Paris July 8 1878 visitor to the Exhibition should focus on the Art Department through the center from Vestibule of Honor to Manual Industry parallel the Military School The British Fine Art Section offers ample seating and notes while English portraits and landscape work show strong skill in engraving lithography and photography A Bust of Baroness Burdett Coutts is praised for humane expression though viewed as less genial
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England
Nual
North West Passage
Burdett Coutts
Hanging for Amusement Court Story of Harnshaw Gouffe
An 15th century English performer known as Monsieur Gouffe displayed hanging as entertainment. John Harnshaw reportedly endured rope play with a fixed knot and supported weights, often losing consciousness during mismanaged attempts. Dr Chowne notes the ordeal mimicked dying with breath lost and paralysis before death could occur.
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John Hlarnshaw
England
Monsieur Gouffe
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Harnshaw
Dr. Chowne
Exchanging livestock to improve farms via advertising
The piece argues farmers should mimic merchants by advertising wants to swap cattle. It cites bull and calf exchanges, warns against converting valuable breeding stock into steer beef, and urges reaching other farmers through papers to trade for better blood and efficient stock use.
Walking Horse Breeding Proposals Stir Debate Over Exhibits
The piece argues for shifting focus from racing style show horses to fast walking draft horses suited for practical work. It notes current county and state fairs favor liberal prizes for speed and sulky competition, alienating farmers, and suggests breeding for walking gait could yield useful, marketable horses capable of five miles per hour and higher usefulness in business hauling. It mentions regional practice in southern states and the potential for uniformity in progeny.
Gambling and betting dominate islander pastime in Asiatic archipelago
The London Times notes gambling as a defining national trait among Asiatic Islanders with cock fighting in Celebes and Lombok, quail battles in Java, cricket matches, nut tests, and paper kite duels. The excerpt also includes a vignette of a market scene with a butcher and a humorous heart request.
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London Times
Amon
Celebes
Java
Lombok
Riches and economy mix in a Hartford tale
The Boston Cultivator notes the pleasure of frugality over lavish spending. A Hartford house owner and a clergy family servant courtship ends with the servant marrying the landlord, prompting a wary Christmas quarrel and a vow to quit. The exchange ends with a humorous remark about Christmas.
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Hartford
Wislower
Public Sale Petition in Stephenson County Court 1878
Public notice from Stephenson County Court Illinoises to defendants John Vocht Ann E Reedy Mary Weigle and Lydia Cole. W Scott Agney administrator seeks order to sell estate land in Dakota village Freeport to pay debts. Summons issued for August term 1878. Clerk Kleckner.
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Stephenson County
W. Scott Agney
Godfrey Vocht
Margaret Vocht
Samuel R. Vocht
Ellen Cearn
John Vocht
Susan Bixler
Catharine Aldenderfer
Ann E. Reedy
Mary Weigle
Lydia Cole
Theounty Court
John Voeht
Ann E. Heney
Godfrey “Voeht
Dakota
Western Union Railroad
Stephenson
Freeport
Ilinois
Ill
Kleckner
Erie Railway expands coast to coast passenger transfer service
The Erie Railway Company announces a new transfer service for second and third class emigrants. From its Jersey City depot, agents will escort passengers and luggage directly to steamships hotels or boarding houses, using company omnibuses and trusted staff at cost price to shield travelers from unscrupulous contact.
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Castle Garden
New York
Europe
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Erie Company
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