06 Jul 1878
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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1878
Page
1
A parable of two apprentices shows one chooses self indulgence and debt while the other saves money, reads books, and prepares for advancement. The elder boy sinks into idle life while the disciplined friend rises to foreman and potential partnership, inspiring readers to honor work and economy.
The remark suggests the idea of likening men to worms stems from a woman's reaction to a worm near her and her fuss over her first beau.
The piece notes a humorous ratio of inmates' professions in the Auburn penitentiary at Auburn New York with twenty seven clergymen forty two lawyers thirteen doctors and three printers among the population implying a clash between intellect and brute force in a jail milieu.
A private letter describes a Tuesday morning storm in Moor ingport Louisiana with heavy rain and hail. The two hour event toppled crops in bottom fields and washed away fences and flood gates. James Noel’s residence was struck by lightning. sleep wear was shattered, a coal oil lamp exploded starting a fire, yet the family narrowly survived unharmed.
The Houston Telegram reports a false Belton rumor that a young man named MacMahon was jailed. He says he is not a candidate for office and is astonished the rumor started. He suspects pure malice behind the false report.
A boy home from a sleight of hand show tells his father he wishes to be a conjurer. He boasts he would turn his parent into a rat call up a cat and have a lark. The exchange captures a playful mood from a bygone era.
Western Texas counties show support for Maj. J. Y. Rankin Brownwood for Comptroller of Public Accounts while crops improve and drought fears ease. Governor Hubbard defends his administration with a public address praised by the Rusk Observer.
J J Gross former Land Commissioner of Texas died in Austin on Saturday the 15th. He had served in public lands administration and regional governance, leaving a career marked by state service and public office.
In Halifax a crafty lawyer pressed a Miami Indian named Simon for debt. Simon feared a lawsuit but offered payment once pressed for a receipt. After a quip about the value of a receipt the Indian explains without one he would have nowhere to go after death, finally obtaining the receipt.
A Detroit Free Press piece contrasts a compassionate boy feasting with a Cass farm family against a fake gentleman who mistreats his own wife and children. It argues genuine manners start at home and that trusted men are often the ones who show kindness to family first.
At his country seat near Baltimore known as the Crimea Mr Winans built a 100 foot high twelve foot thick chimney attached to the house to create a continuous air rush for ventilation. A fire kept at the chimney bottom draws air upward supplying the home with a steady breeze. In his study he used a device to diffuse moisture into the air.
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