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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1893
Page
4
Fragmentary prose evokes rural longing and city life. The speaker contrasts country memories of meadows streams and mountain music with urban soundscapes. The piece references nostalgia, longing, and the pull between rural life and city bustle.
In a French village a frugal farmer Landry saves Brigitte, his loyal servant. After he hides a twenty-five cent coin lottery ticket for her, she unknowingly wins 100000 francs. He plots to reveal the fortune, but Brigitte's honesty becomes comic: she never bought the ticket and spent the money on fur slippers.
The New Orleans Mint supervisor notes that a minor weight discrepancy in a single ten cent coin triggered a full reweighing of a 5000 piece lot. A sixteen one hundredths grain short coin was found in Washington, revealing that small errors may occur but do not affect the lot's bulk value.
An editorial estimate measures global daily solid food consumption at about 1.67 million tons and liquid intake around 4.12 billion pints. It notes variation by age and race and ends with a caution about affording a spouse for the World’s Fair summer.
The article argues climate influences speech, noting harsher consonants in northern names like Pamedmucook and Mattawamkeag versus vowel-rich Florida names such as Tallahassee and Kissimmee. It compares Europe, Norway to Italy, and Britain to Maryland and New York, linking weather, wind, and clear air to consonant use, with softer cadences in tropical regions and in long settled, calmer climates. It mentions Thackeray’s hotel butchered address, and suggests northern storms require stronger sounds to be heard, while southern regions favor mellower vocal patterns.
Out of Outto's Companion comes a vivid description of mongoes attacking cobras. A tame mongooed entertains a window view in an empty store room as the snake coils and lunges. The mongoes dances, then decisively pins the cobra by the head and consumes the head and part of its body. The creature relies on distance judgment and expanded hair to mislead the snake about its size.
A fragment discusses France's railway system and its restriction on buying or dismantling rival canals. It notes over 8.3 billion francs spent by the state this century on expanding and improving inland waterways, indicating ongoing tensions between transport modes and state investment.
The present Republic has completed the vast canal and river footing project, spending 8,200,000,000 to facilitate inland transport of heavy goods. This effort expands navigable routes across the interior, boosting commerce and utilization of waterways.
South Africa's puff adders are abundant and dangerous, with frequent incidents during warm months. Snakes slip into streets and homes, striking unsuspecting people and dogs, though adders are sluggish and typically avoid confrontation when not provoked.
Southern Magazine discusses how centuries of persecution and land loss pushed Jews from farming to commerce. It argues education and restriction led to a merchant and financier identity, claiming land ownership was unsafe and propulsive to investable assets. It cites a contemporary writer on the Spanish expulsion and a house sold for an ass.
A French pretender to a high rank is captured by an English ship. Mistaken for General Mouton, Count Montrond is confronted with the captain who refuses to admit error. During dinner the captain denounces French cowards, while Montrond retorts that English are gentlemen with exceptions.
A Western railroad uses a locomotive to push the train downhill for ease, while on return trips it pulls the cars. A newly arrived Milesian citizen watches, puzzled by how the engine can pull the cars up but seems unable to explain how they pull it down, expressing his curiosity.
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