Miscellaneous notices and oddities from a 19th century paper
A compilation of varied items: a jury of six feet two inches tall man sought debt payment, a Puwtusket neighbor sued over hens, a Brooklyn girl dies after ear piercing and illness, a trick with naked-lamds in a barrel, Irish milling venture in Cork, land deals near Fermoy, a gift of land and salvation debates, a young couple elopes, a peddler case, a fireplace accident in Michigan, comedian Harry Bascom’s fall into poverty, and President Turner stating Mormon totals in Utah with Salt Lake Tribune comments on polygamy.
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Turner
Mormon Chuch
Utah
Mormon Church
Wealthy Heiress Found After Long Disappearance
John Eroy left a fortune for his daughter Margaret under shipbuilder Joh Roach. She vanished for nearly nineteen years, was placed with an orphan asylum and later with contractor McMahon. Roach traced her via a charity sister, paid the legacy with interest, and she now becomes a wealthy, admired young lady.
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John E’roy
Margaret
Joh Roach
Roach
Iim
McMalon
Rouch
Discovery of Gold in California and a Divorce Scatter
The article recounts early California gold discovery near Sutter’s Fort in 1848 with Marshall’s sample gold and a spread to multiple forks of the American River. It also notes a New Jersey man’s marriages to Moore and Maynard, annulment, death, and competing court opinions on the legitimacy of an infant, with two courts delivering opposite decisions.
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California
Sutter
Dorado County
San Francisco
Marshall
Suttor's Nail
Attraction
Coloma
Colluma
American
Weber Creek
Hangtown Creek
Cosumnes
Mokulumne
Tuolumne
Yuba
Father River
New Jersey
Moore
Maynard
Gossip for the Ladies and Coquette Roles
Gossip for the ladies notes the coquette as social centerpiece and lists attitudes toward flirtation, cards for money, and gambling among women. It recounts a Saratoga card party with $2000 in play and references poker as a favored game among ladies during leisurely Sundays.
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Leas
Saratoga
Grand Union
Congress Hall
Indies
Europe
London
Central Park
Women and their dogs and horses in romance and life
The essay explores how women form deep bonds with pets and horses, contrasting with men's attachments. It notes women’s unique affection, animal personalities surpassing human dullness, cites Kingsley White-Melville Ouida, and describes a bond that nears romantic attachment yet remains friendship.
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Lords of Creation
Kingsley
White- Melville
Katerfelto
Ouida
Women and tact in social clubs debate continues
A discourse on gender difference and tact argues women struggle to suppress irritation and form cohesive groups in clubs and social settings. It praises male tact in maintaining life roles, noting clubs succeed when men can unite diverse interests without conflict.
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Indica
Fashionable smiles and facial control in 1900s style notes
The New York Graphic says the proper mouth should show a constant mild smile with lips closed and corners drawn back. It warns against artificial coloring and overpuckering. Women can alter much of their facial expression, except the nose, which resists change, and many avoid natural laughter publicly.
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New York Graphic
Hemins
Tris
Decayed Nobility and a Ghostly Cupid in Cornhill Magazine
A Cornhill Magazine excerpt recalls poverty among once noble families in rural Italy. Wealth fading leads to ragged nobles turning to labor while pride persists. An unlucky house painter creates a ghostly Cupid centerpiece, later whitewashed to vanish its flaws, echoing broader social decline with tender irony.
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Italy
Peple
Caduto
Cupid
Cornhill Magazine
The British Parliament as the supreme power source
The British Parliament is described as the supreme depository of power in a way unfamiliar to our own experience, not a single congress with limited powers, but an institution with broader constitutional authority and a distinct judicial framework.
A Perpetual Constituent Assembly Reinterprets Law
The passage envisions an assembly whose will, once spoken, forms the organic law and renews itself endlessly. It argues such a perpetual body cannot align with a parliamentary framework and would force a fundamental change in the structure of government, requiring adaptation within the legal order.
Indian Girl Graduates and Crow Creek Awakening
A New York Times correspondent at Crow Creek Agency reports Ziwin or Yellow Woman, a Hampton College graduate, returning to her husband and tribe. The piece contrasts her refined dress with a harsh native setting, detailing her emotional tearful reception and subsequent efforts to impose civilized routines on the household. A local storekeeper father, Dont-Know-How, watches changes with melancholy as others remark on education’s impact. A fellow Hampton alumnus admires civilization’s pull and laments misplaced visiting cards.
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New York
Ternid
Crow Creek
Bergan
Ziwin
Hampton College
D. K. Howe
Hampton Roads
Topeas
Rad
Iaul
Elenalipubs
East
Sonnambulistic Slipper Prank Across the District
A clergyman and family in a nearby village faced a sleepwalking son who woke to a stern punishment. In a mix up, the elder son, unaware of the dormitory arrangement, struck the bedfellow with a slipper at the window. The error led to a comic scene as the father discovered the comical misunderstanding in mild shock. San Francisco Adee.
How to Shake Hands in Social Graces and Customs
The article describes varied handshakes from strong to timid, noting a few experts can elicit full exhilaration. It offers cautious tips for gentlemanly grip, eye contact, and avoiding overlong holds in public. It also mentions a cultural note about French Canadian populations in New York and nearby regions.
Bits of Antiquity: Rude Facts From Old Chronicles
Miscellaneous notes recount ancient customs and figures from history and legend. Beings such as Tar Persians, Henry II, Aronimedes, Edward III, and Charles II are cited along with various tax figures, myths, and a tale of William Prince of Orange resisting Dutch intrigues. The passage blends speculative history, etymology, and anecdotal trivia across eras.
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Henry
Noah
Aronimedes
Egypt
B.C
Edward III
Hugiand
Lyons
Italy
Japan
Rick
Charles
Sweden
France
United States
Magland
Judge Lynch
Minaimmed Lynch
Viedmont
Virginia
Lynch
William
Prince
Ormigy
Prince of Orange
A Poet's Diffidence in Public Life
A dialogue about William Cullen Bryant's bashfulness and timidity in social and public settings. He explains the boyish nervousness persists despite worldly welcome, fame, and admiration, and notes his habit of writing and re writing with a persistent sense of fault.
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William Cullen Bryan
Bryant
Words at Wisdom and scattered reflections on virtue
A stream of aphorisms on pleasure pain virtue and knowledge contrasts suffering and education. observations reference rivers opportunity time and diverse phrases about people and cultures ending with a quirky Burtingten dawkeye note.
Penguins Journey From Antarctic to Northern Seas
A description of penguin migration as they travel northward on ice floes detached by currents. The text notes their movement from the southern glaciers toward northern regions, illustrating cross hemisphere dispersion.
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Antarctic
Linda
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Apis Gray
Asanciate
Jaseo
Supreme Court
Mursapact
Puwtusket
Lotih
Price
Lutehy
Alessia, Furlong, Millers i Formay
Cork
Permoy
Iyaso
Fermoy
England
Ormoy
F. Borner
Chautauquano
Portland
Gen
Butler
Sal Ian
Antony
New Albany
Thurman
Grandlow
Spencer Equnty
Dolm
Thuebi
Ted
Kina
Mills Thuri
Kite
Justicans
Tapa
Btush
Vill
J. W. Barnett
Michick
Lurse Boone
Vilage
Hienett
Mmession
Harry Bascom
Connecticut
Tie
Boston
Windsor
Quinn Atyne
Pontia
Reyeet Wonsa
Audre
Walt
Esquimaux
Tudian
Chesapeake Bay
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