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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1875
Page
3
In Henry W Longfellow’s August Harper’s Magazine extract “The Scholar and the World” a medieval Rome tale unfolds. A clerk discovers a hidden chamber with a fatal lamp and a feast of stone guests, guarded by a bowing archer Death and a jeweled lamp. The moral warns that earthly wealth and fame corrupt study and virtue.
In Buckley Mountain a storied feud among the Hughes and Griffiths clans culminates in the Great Ash and Great Oak shafts tragedy. Evan Hughes dies in a misfired blast caused during a tunneling project linked to rivalries over Anne Shepherd. Hannah Hughes confesses to complicity in the later explosion that destroys the mine, driven by a shared dream and alleged motive tied to Samuel Griffiths.
Yale College bans Sophomore secret societies for disorderly conduct. American Sunday School Union reports May efforts with 150 Sunday schools, 681 teachers, 4,591 scholars in the Northwest. Russia elevates secular priest Marcel Popiol to Orthodox bishop of Lublin. Italian nuns endure poverty and shelter loss. Ohio Sunday school absentee circular urges return. Tobago cleric reports Leeward parishes seek to join Reformed Episcopal Church. Young Men’s Christian Association notes 38 associations employing 8,721 people with widespread prayer and Bible study activities and 730 jail and hospital prayer meetings.
The article describes rust removal using cyanide of potassium with water and paste brushing, a new rapid squid filtration method via a tube and mesh setup, large Paris button production from purified felspar powder, and a critique of the Binney railway signaling system noting its compact signaling mechanism and battery efficiency.
A rapid-fire miscellany of quips and curios from 19th century newspapers. Jokes on postmen, fashion, astronomy, and politics mix with local anecdotes about a spelling match, church lightning strikes, and the Lafitte pirate treasure. Notable lines reference New Jersey vagabonds, Philadelphia prisons, and Newfoundland census trends.
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