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Newspaper
Lexington Clipper
Location
Lexington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1858
Page
3
A narrator explains a curious being called the rhynocery, claimed to be a cousin to the unicorn with Dutch or German origins. Born in a desert, fed on bamboo, it is depicted as bold yet nomadic, aging but once the youngest animated creature, and linked to a ring tailed monkey and a hammerlike creature.
The deck officer asks for the ship’s heading during a gale. Pat, the wheelman, gives a quick reply Southeast but omits sir. The lieutenant complains and Pat responds with a corrected, lively answer: Southeast and the south half south and a little southerly sir.
A lawyer visiting a widow engages in a comic age exchange. The matron, claiming to be thirty two, jokes that she is "three years young than mother" while noting she once wore widow’s weeds. The dialogue turns on perceived youth and age in a playful misstyle.
An indigent boy asks a stern rector for alms and receives only a dry moldy crust. The rector tries to teach the boy the Lord’s Prayer but the boy questions paternity and kinship. The exchange ends with the boy asking if the rector could share the crust with his brother.
A quarrelless breakfast scene unfolds as a dyspeptic wife recounts a dreadful dream of endlessly climbing a hill. Her sympathetic husband asks why she did not simply ride up, highlighting a gentle, humorous exchange over the suffocating tension of a nightmare.
A lawyer in Ireland, pleading for an infant plaintiff, lifted the child to the jury tears in his eyes. The judge and court were struck with emotion until the opposing counsel asked the child why he cried. The child answered He pinched me. The court burst into laughter.
A fragment shows Mr B calling his son lazy while they argue about living and pensions. The brief dialogue hints at generational views on work and support, with the son replying indirectly about his intentions and status as a pensioner.
A jumble of quips and misheard phrases on manners humor and social advice. Includes taunts about returns on violence vaccination and a child’s tragedy all reflecting everyday speech and provincial quirks.
An old tale claims a Chippewa chief's wife eloped with a Sioux during a meeting at Yellow Lake. The Chippewa killed them, sparking decades of renewed hostilities as Sioux allies sought vengeance. The story ends with a blunt appraisal of Indians.
Readable fragment shows pounds and prices for flour barrels wheat corn meal apples eggs feathers potatoes sugar coffee molasses lard oil salt and tallow. Numbers and units are incomplete but reflect a 19th or early 20th century market listing with per unit quotes.
The Lexington School announces a Fall Term starting on the last Monday in August. It will have two departments, primary and preparatory, with courses in basic disciplines, languages, natural philosophy, algebra, physiology, composition, and history. Daily exercises remain open for inspection by friends and patrons.
The notice lists daily and weekly mail routes between Lexington and nearby towns. Vienna and Madison mails run daily with specific departure and arrival times, with return trips. Bethlehem Austin and Paris services show fixed weekday or Saturday intervals and return legs. L. H. Young, P. M.
A damaged OCR excerpt lists various sale options including one year, three year, and five year copies. multiple price points in dollars. quantities of watches and other items. and a note about giving away specified items per subscriber. It reads like a fragment of a classified ad ledger with many garbled figures and missing context.
Notice of sale announces public auction of the late Samuel Hamacher of Scott County. Items include real estate cattle household furniture and personal property. Sale scheduled for August. credit terms and security details to follow under applicable laws.
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