20 Nov 1878
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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1878
Page
1
A poem by Buchanan reads amid a rural winter vignette with leafless trees and quiet fields. The other feature recounts the Dark Day of May 19 1780 in New England with vivid atmospheric detail and public reactions.
A selection of pithy maxims and anecdotes on character, temper, marriage, class, and everyday folly. It blends witticisms about honesty, vanity, and social norms with brief humorous sketches and a discussion of buzzing in insects, tracing how wing and thorax vibrations produce two audible tones.
In a golden glow at the fair two figures attract notice as a poet, overwhelmed by grand feelings, attempts to speak yet topples from a balcony. He recovers, recalls boyhood shocks, and exits with a playful sigh to the twilight, addressing a friend named Annie.
A nostalgic verse traces a girl from childhood play with a kitten to a married life at a cottage window and finally to a baby's cradle and a pale death chamber. The speaker recalls a bright progression from youth to rest, all seen through a single child and her kitten.
A bleak autumn evening unsettles the outside world as wind rattles the house while a warm hearth, children listening to tales, a dog basking in light, and a grandmother recalling forgotten scenes create a cozy family scene.
Unpublished poem by Hallece depicts Mary mourning at a damp grave. Moonlit snow and cold air set a wintry scene as a warm tear freezes on the grave, then glints in morning light. An angel witnesses the moment and places the ice gem in a distant diedem.
A man walking with a kettle a goat and a chicken tricks a woman by tying a goat to a cane and placing a chicken under a kettle to kiss her as they cross a dark ravine. The woman had feared being kissed by force, but the man rationalizes the tactic. The tale ends with the man kissing her despite her fears.
In a Harper's Bazar tale, Thomas overstates his milk delivery. He claims ninety-one quarts daily from nine cows averaging seven quarts each, realizes the miscalculation, and discovers he has doubled his output by mixing in water to fill the gap. The joke hinges on a faulty arithmetic seal of truth.
The text provides population figures for major cities including London Paris New York Berlin Philadelphia Vienna St Petersburg Bombay Glasgow Liverpool Manchester Salford Naples Calcutta Madras Hamburg Birmingham Buda Peath Dublin Leeds Amsterdam Sheffield Rome Breslau with various counts shown for each locale.
A guide claimed to show Ba laam's sword, provoking a remark that Bassam merely desired a sword. The reply affirmed the desire and identified the displayed blade as the one he wished for, highlighting the exchange's wit.
A lighthearted exchange unfolds as a man begins with a romantic line about eyes and a woman's blunt reply declines any fruit canning. The moment captures playful tension between two speakers with no further consequences noted.
A humorous Jeffersonville News item recalls a three men two boys and a brindle dog who chased a pig to the Ohio River ferry. The dog was bitten the boy sprained an ankle two windows broke as the pig fled two miles north of the river while the two men were exhausted and the dog and pig drank in the affair.
During a public reading a cockney failed to recite Bailie Nicol Jarvie while a burly Scot in the audience shouted about pronunciation. The cockney replied Youve got it provoking laughter and applause from the crowd.
The piece notes peach brandy as a potent liquor that defeats many, with humorous lines about its strength. It claims peaches and cream can sway a man worth saving and recounts a hot reaction after a spoonful, ending with the speaker joining the Murphys.
The excerpt ponders whether Earth is man’s only home and argues life is more than a fleeting illusion. It questions why lofty hopes and celestial wonders remain out of reach and envisions a realm where beauty and joy endure without end.
The speech satirically critiques religious pretension and material debts as a gate to heaven. The speaker argues sincerity over creed and condemns avoiding creditors as a barrier to entry at life’s final reckoning.
A New Game described for juveniles titled Blind Man's Mockery. A blindfolded participant guesses players by voice after counting to twenty five while others position themselves. An elderly couple’s street misadventure prompts a wife to scold her husband for aiding a stranger, joking about his past reactions.
In Cincinnati Helen Tracy stars as the heroine who fights a villain in a stage scene. A pistol misfires twice. she strikes him with the gun and knocks him dead, then the weapon explodes near her feet waking her. The article blends theatrical action with stray local gossip and street humor.
A popular London preacher paused his sermon to warn of pickpockets in the audience. He quipped that there is no objection to their presence and that providence and policemen are in the gallery, aiming to amuse while addressing the risk.
An old army officer rebukes laughter at newlyweds, declaring that only the truly happy mortals are those who are married, adding that their happiness will be short, and urging others to leave them alone.
The Free Press notes a dramatic scene where a girl, under pressure from her stern father, writes a long letter to her mother, discards a garment, and at midnight jumps into bed as darkness falls, highlighting a seasonal mood.
The note discusses a brutal Chinese punishment for a failing physician and hints at consequences for medical students. It also cites an Irish paper attributing Archbishop Whately with a quip about walking around with his back chalked reading Rubbish shot here.
An advertisement touts London Hair Color Restorer as a safe, perfumed hair treatment that restores youthfully colored hair, stops thinning, and acts as a stylish dressing. Testimonial from J A Tynes of Wilson North Carolina claims improved scalp health and renewed hair growth after use. Available from druggists at 75 cents a bottle with a six bottle deal at 84 dollars, depot in Philadelphia.
The Sun declares its purpose to print daily throughout 1879, independent of politics, and to tell the truth. It vows to serve the people, oppose fraud, and provide prompt, accurate news across political, literary, and general coverage with unchanged subscription rates.
An ad style notice proclaims The Genuine Dr C Mclane s Celebrated American Worm Specific. The text highlights a patent remedy likely offered with sales rhetoric and distributor claims.
The text lists pale leaden countenance with flushes and eye changes, nasal irritation, swollen lips, headaches, saliva changes, foul breath, variable appetite, stomach gnawing, nausea, abdominal pains, irregular stools sometimes with blood, swollen hard belly, turbid urine, hiccups, coughs, sleep disturbance, irritability, and states that Dr McLane's Vermifuge will cure if these symptoms exist. It asserts the product contains no mercury and bears the signatures C McLane and Flemmie Bros on the wrapper.
An ad urges buyers to insist on genuine Dr. C McLane's Liver Pills from Fleming Bros Pittsburgh Pa. The message warns many imitations mis-spell the name while praising the genuine product and red wax seals on each box.
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