23 Apr 1879
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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1879
Page
1
A fallen horse on a city street is described with graphic distress and reverent imagery. The teamster struggles to rise, while onlookers and the worn machine of urban life witnesses a horse’s death in harness. The piece probes meaning, mortality, and parables in a crowded city setting.
A vivid distressed monologue depicts homelessness and despair amid crowded streets. The speaker laments lack of home and faith as night, sleet, and a cold sky intensify the sense of isolation and a demon river whispers of rest in peace.
A fairy tale lyric about a violet in a meadow envies a garden flower. A rosy shepherd maid treads by, crushes the violet to press it for a keepsake, and the violet sighs that it would rather live. The fragment ends with a note referencing Goethe in London Society.
A poetic meditation on sorrow turning to hope. The speaker endures grief and spiritual despair until the east light arrives signaling the dawning of day. A renewed spirit brings healing and the belief that one should not despair. The poem contrasts darkness with rising dawn and the comfort found in faith and renewal.
Fragment from Cassell's Magazine with poem lines about a lover asking a swallow to deliver a message across seasons. The verse reflects longing, winter and spring, and hope to reunite at the beloved's door. The piece ends with a note of aging and enduring affection.
A Battle Creek correspondent describes a rifle- Eyed experiment by a rifle club. Observers at two hundred yards saw a large ball in its brief arc, especially bullets greased to aid visibility. The piece notes the heat and vaporization of coating as bullets sped by, confirming the eye can track a rifle ball in flight.
On a 18th century East India voyage a wrecked sailor clings to a rolling cask after three days afloat and spots a French ship bound for Calcutta. A second tale recalls a Marseille firm saving ink by omitting i dots, illustrating blunt commercial wit from a tavern chat.
A Detroit Free Press fragment describes a ten year old boy seen at Beaubien Street door after a rough Sunday. He speaks of his father ill in Saginaw and his mother preparing to go to church with gold in her front teeth as she shows them to neighbors. The boy hints at running away as grass begins.
The article recalls the historic blessing of ships as a relic of ancient rites. It notes monks of St Denys, the 1416 Bangor bishop at Southampton for Grace Dieu, and blessings by priests before storms. It also mentions Henry III’s 1242 fleet and post Reformation fishing blessings at Yarmouth.
An elderly woman asks how Jonah felt when swallowed by the whale and a young person answers with a pun about being down in the mouth.
An energetic dated reminiscence recounts a playful altercation over kissing. The narrator describes a rough tussle with Sally that ends with her surrender and a vivid, comic description of clothing, hair, and breathless capture.
General Butler recalls a Red River incident where a colonel, denied furlough, deserted to New Orleans. He is questioned about his conduct. The officer claims two Jews offered increasing bribes to move cotton through his lines, ending with a $100,000 sum, prompting his decision to leave.
A Detroit woman misreads a fish store and is directed to hardware, while a tobacco shop window draws her gaze. The column then recounts assorted anecdotes from Amboy and Memphis, including a fiery sermon, a berry picking tale on a shingle, and a tale of a Sunday school mix up about who is rich or poor.
The passage explains bread and salt as binding in treaties, salt as emblem of desolation in conquered cities, and salt imagery in Scotland and Ireland for incorruptible spirit. It notes salt served as a sacred boundary in noble households and describes a large central salt cellar denoting class distinctions.
Instructions describe safe egg packing using dry materials like fine straw and oats while avoiding chaff. A humorous anecdote follows about a minister on a stage coach and a clumsy guard dropping a box, leaving the minister in mock distress and Bill joking about his neck.
A health notice advises avoiding hot drinks during the day in cold weather as they may weaken the lungs and affect the throat. It promotes Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup for coughs colds and hoarseness priced at 25 cents per bottle.
Theologians argue that counterfeit money implies genuine money and infer that infidels imply Christians. The piece notes Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a standard remedy for scrofulous and eruptive diseases in both South America and the U.S. It claims rapid action on the stomach liver and blood and that it eases bronchial irritation and cures stubborn coughs or colds faster than rivals.
The piece mocks Democratic missteps while noting Republicans fret over party blunders. A tongue in cheek aside references a wedding scene with a playful exchange about a ring. The quirky text includes odd dialog about Henry and a woman, ending with a jab about a useless ring.
A collection of quips and observations on beauty, ghosts, rail accidents, weddings, editors, and social manners. It cites statistics on 1877 Great Britain rail deaths, contrasts with humorous exchanges at barber shops, and notes local entertainments and editorial foibles. The piece blends moral reflections with light satire and assorted anecdotes.
A father and son visit a colt, the boy praises its front while noting it is wild behind. In Beebe Arkansas, dogs chase a deer into town and three ministers fire seven shooters at it. A deacon then cuts the deer’s throat with a Bowie knife pulled from his boot.
In this town a string stretched across from a young man’s house to his sweetheart’s window carries a pocket telephone for their soon marriage. Sparrows perch on the line and peck at the taffy as it slides between their toes, a quaint sight noted by the Waterloo Observer.
The Sun pledges daily publication in 1879 with independence from political factions, truth driven by Constitution principles, and a stance against fraud. It outlines aims to provide prompt, accurate news and commentary, notes looming 1880 presidential factors, and lists subscription rates for Daily, Sunday, and Weekly editions along with club offers.
Dr C McLane, a reputed figure in American health circles, is highlighted for his work in worm specifi fields. The piece underscores his influence, medical approach, and public reception.
The advertisement lists numerous symptoms including pale countenance blurred eyes and foul breath and claims Dr McLane's Vermifuge cures with no mercury. It notes a blue ring under the eye lower lid and other digestive and respiratory disturbances and asserts the genuine product bears the McLane and Fleming Bros signatures on the wrapper.
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