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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1889
Page
1
Years ago deer were released in the mountains east of Bennington Vermont. Since then efforts have aimed to enforce the deer hunting ban. Deer are now seen across the state and with the law remaining three years, the Green Mountains may become well stocked.
The article lists Iowa Missouri Illinois Texas Indiana Nebraska Ohio and Kansas as top hog states. It cites Illinois having 440,157 more hogs than last January and Missouri 423,878 fewer, with the two states dropping about a million, Missouri rising to second place and Iowa losing about two million in two years as population grows.
A Nassau Street jeweler showcases a novelty alarm clock the size of a standard round model. Its face depicts a gaudy painted man whose jaw snaps shut with each tick, while the eyes blink and a surprised expression appears four times per second.
The New Orleans Cotton World notes mills have taken cotton freely this season and since September have run full time. The trade is better than in years and prospects for continued activity are flattering, with new mills being built and existing mills enlarged and improved.
The total fence value reaches 1.747 billion dollars about equal to the national debt interest and near the value of all farm animals. For each livestock dollar, another is spent on building protection. annual repairs and interest total about 2.06 billion dollars, with wood needs near five billion feet.
A Cairo physician treated an opium addict with cocaine and soon the patient developed a cocaine habit. He injected up to one and a half grams daily, suffered delirium like symptoms, hallucinations, and fired at imaginary objects before hospital care. Morphine therapy followed and the doctor seeks to cure him of morphine, likely creating another habit.
The article notes 1887 may surpass all prior emigration years since Columbus, with Castle Garden records highlighting 1882 as the previous peak. It cites about 84 steamships arriving monthly in New York from Europe, including 12 from the Mediterranean and 82 from Great Britain and Ireland, with steerage berths fully booked and agents turning away thousands.
The New Orleans Medical and Surgical Record warns that cholera is spreading through South America toward the United States and urges prompt national state and local action to prevent its entry. It notes past complacency after Europe’s ravages and stresses decisive steps to avert disaster.
Washington May 30 prizes were awarded by Gen Sheridan to winning units in the national drill watched by about 20 000 spectators. The list includes the Regimental and Battalion winners plus awards for companies and other divisions with notes on program changes and missing entrants. The Sheridan Guards of North Carolina and the Virginia state guards appear among the many participant units.
Signs of nearing dissolution were seen at Camp George Washington early this morning as several companies departed or prepared to break camp. The 2nd Virginia the Sarsfield Guards of New Haven and the Cayuga Lake Cadets left for home with others to follow tonight. By noon most units had started home or joined in the decoration day parade of the Grand Army of the Republic. Southern companies including the Lomax Rifles and the Vicksburg Southrons escorted the G A R when colored post units were in line. No objections were raised as colored organizations appeared in the parade and southern soldiers saluted all posts equally.
The final dress parade followed brief exhibition drills as 5 o clock approached. Troops formed in regular order and marched off the green lawns, ending the national drill. The military view calls the drill a success though finances tell a different tale. The closing pyrorama of the historic naval element drew 15 000 spectators between the Monitor and the Merrimac.
Clara Emmons came home after five years in an insane asylum. Her husband, who had forgotten her, killed her to hide the affair and claimed she died from a snake bite. Neighbors uncovered the crime and Emmons fled town to escape a mob.
A traveler aboard a vessel off Arabia recalls a risky game with local children in the Red Sea. Small divers tossed copper coins to attract sharks, then surfaced laughing as the crew watched. The Captain notes sharks fear the noisy youngsters, while the boys ignore the predators to boast their prizes.
In Stockholm the royal library holds a famed manuscript called the devil's code, reputedly the largest in the world. A Prague origin tale recounts a doomed monk copying it overnight with aid from the Prince of Darkness, who appears and completes the work.
The narrator travels after a day of hunting to meet a king in a circular mud hut. The king’s entourage includes a hag with a small garden and a drunk, dirty ruler who barters for tobacco and brandy and even tries to sell wives for a bottle.
Captain Johnson Sides argues the Piute population is larger than census figures reflect. He cites 1880 returns showing 8,700 counted and suggests up to 9,500 Piutes live today. He notes onions, garlic and leeks as stimulating and narcotic.
May 30 reports describe Decoration Day and Confederate Memorial Day activities from Washington Richmond and other locations. Arlington and several cemeteries saw large crowds with marches, prayers, poems and orations, while offices closed to honor fallen soldiers.
Clara questions Dolly about marrying Mr. Smith. Dolly reveals she was deceived by her feelings until she learned his aunt had died leaving him a fortune.
A brief saying asserts that the bread provided to Emperor William is not buttered, reflecting a metaphorical jab at hardship or neglect in imperial provisions.
A Buffalo party describes a day trip from Washington to Mount Vernon on the W. W. Corcoran steamer, visiting Fort Foote and Fort Washington, the tombs of Washington and Mrs. Washington, and the Mount Vernon estate. They tour Christ Church in Alexandria, the Carey house bracketing Braddock era history, and historic lodges linked to Washington and Ellsworth.
The narrator recalls a leather arm chair once used by a respected leader during meetings on Nodge night. The inspection of items once handled by that great man evokes memories of revolutionary days. As night fell they took a train toward Washington crossing the Long Bridge from Virginia.
A Cornhill Magazine passage contrasts Brazilian spiders, mantises, and orchids mimicry to lure prey. It condemns their imitative schemes as diabolical and cruel, likening flower bud and orchid disguises to murderous deceit. It highlights the moral revulsion toward this arachnid perfidy.
A survey lists royal family costs by country including Austria £920000, Britain £900000, Italy £660000, Spain £400000, Belgium £133500, Portugal £127000, Sweden and Norway £117500, Denmark £62000, Holland £638000, Greece £42000, Roumania £40000. Germany supports twenty two royal houses costing £8300000. Turkey spends about £3200000, and Russia £2450000 plus life insurance.
A compact sampler of aphorisms including To err is human to forgive divine and A little learning is a dangerous thing. The list weaves maxims on wisdom, pride, learning, and human folly with cultural references and moral observations.
Mrs. Jessie Benton Fremont recounts an anecdote about the French Bishop at St. Louis during the Louisiana purchase era. He secluded himself with an American farmer’s family to hear no French, mastering fluent English to deliver sermons, and expressed pleasure at finding a bright crowd.
The piece notes early printers sold few copies, keeping books affordable for limited readers. Caxton required assurance of sales to cover production costs and quotes him translating the Legend of Saints. William, earl of Arundel, pledged to buy a reasonable quantity and even offered a yearly fee, a buck in summer and a doe in winter.
A Jewish Messenger note describes oversized German army boots in soft ground causing boots to stick and soldiers to shed footwear. Two years earlier the Eighteenth army corps marched before the Emperor at Strasbourg on a sticky muddy field, boots pulled off by hundreds, and a fatigue detail sent to recover the lost property amid laughter.
Poem depicts a distant magical land of children and fairies where wonders exceed adult understanding. It contrasts a timeless, bright world of play with the changing adult world and hints at nostalgia for childhood. The piece ends with a poetic travel to Auckland Newa in a newspaper context.
A collage of jokes and wry observations from various papers. Lines parody politics, architecture, education, manners, and rural life, ending with a humorous verse about a dog and a frightened stranger.
An old farmer tells drummers in a smoking car how his boy rigged a six foot kite topped with tar to snag wild geese. Eleven geese perched on the kite, ten to a dozen pulled in each flight, yielding six carloads sold in Chicago over four days.
Mrs senness Miller, a dress reform advocate, samples forty or fifty fashionable women in a Turkish room and finds none with a perfect figure. Some have small waists, others cramped feet, and most suffer from tight lacing.
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