21 Nov 1877
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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1877
Page
1
Poem celebrating Thanksgiving with playful satire on Turkey Day and holiday feasts. References to carpet-baggers appetites and Turkish war abroad appear in humorous verse noting gratitude amid festive meals and imagined Turkey’s ghost returning at night.
The poem recalls November’s chill and desolate scenery as the speaker wrestles with lingering heartache. Winter sounds creep in with frost and wind while animals and bare branches mark the season. Despite grim thoughts the speaker seeks comfort at home around a warming fire with family.
The poem describes late summer ending into autumn with calm fields, ripening corn, and muted farm life. Animals and birds add subtle sounds like pheasants drumming and the turtle dove, while insects, bells, and a hammering yellowhammer punctuate a tranquil, fading day on riverside groves and valleys.
Poem fragment describes an older couple walking through morning light noon toil and night with steadfast hands joined. They ignore outward signs and dangers while memories and years glow around them, ending with a pledge to walk together ever after.
A lyrical poem describes a speaker sending news of love across moving miles to a beloved on distant isles. Imagery of blue eyes, waves, and Appledore frames the romantic vision as dawn lifts the narrator from night.
A college student uses a makeshift balance with a broom and a flat iron to weigh a turkey for Mrs. Simpson and Maggie, concluding the bird weighs twenty four pounds after a playful misdirection. The farmer and Albro weigh in as a practical check, ending with everyone accepting the result.
At the Atlanta depot a Black observer laments the Republican party’s disbandment in Georgia. The dialogue mocks Republicans as “niggers’ best friends” and imagines Black voters steering their own boats toward the Democratic current, hinting at political realignment and the peril of party collapse.
A London letter counsels visiting Americans to downplay rank and avoid declaring titles. It argues a U S major general with war glory may be seen as inferior to a noncombat English sergeant doing barrack duty and parading Pall Mall with a whip and inverted collar box. It adds that an American with a title should rack up the title only on return.
A collection of quips proverbs and anecdotes with humorous observations on manners, humility and human folly. The piece includes jests about Brigham's widows a parrot a barber and a boy adopted by Uncle James, plus street wit about oranges and weather bureaus.
Mrs. Mulcahy dies leaving debts to neighbors from butter to milk as Tom pledges to collect. The exchange turns darkly humorous about the last moment and a man’s instinct for money before death. A closing science quip contrasts evolution with quick thought.
A Turkish Army unit is described at prayer with soldiers kneeling and bowing, chanting Allah Akhbar and La ilaha illallah amid simple outfits used as prayer carpets. The scene notes the discipline, privacy, and varied improvised carpets each man brings to the communal acts.
The article explains a letter puzzle using an accompanying table of letters. To find each letter of a name, reveal the column containing its initial letter, add the top-letter positions of all relevant columns if more than one, and map the sum to a letter. An example using Jane illustrates counting J A N E. The table aims to spark curiosity among readers unfamiliar with the method.
A quip from Mr. Lincoln about being the ugliest man in town leads to a boastful oath to shoot anyone uglier. He recalls comparing himself to lawyer Andy and waiting with a gun, until Andy bluntly retorts that if uglier exists, he should fire. An Editor's Drawer note cites Harper's Magazine.
All babies are diminutive Ceesars, since they come they see they conquer but often by crying from Colic Teething Flatulence. Dr Bull's Baby Syrup gently yet specifically quiets the little ones without injurious effects. Price 25 cents per bottle.
A diver explains that continuous leg motion wards off sharks by exhausting the predator’s patience, suggesting persistent kicking can deter an attack.
A collage of quips and anecdotes from various papers. Jests about storms, a Lady teacher sending a pupil in rain, marriage rumor about Anna Dickinson, a tipsy book agent and Neal Dow, Dr Dobbs in trousers, Russian illness, a dog ticket query, a terrier joke, a self made tomato, an egg pocket caper, and a carnival of auctioneer quips about Adam and Abel and Eve.
Cable dispatches adopt the word verst to measure distances as Russians close on positions. Last week Dunnik is said to be two versts nearer to Plevna while Mukhtar Pasha is pursued six versts and cavalry sits eighteen versts from Erzeroum. One verst equals about 8,501 feet or roughly two thirds of a mile.
Scene shows a Young Professor and a scholarly retort amid a football practice. A freshman, smoking, asks about joining societies. The professor hints Phi Beta Kappa as his society, dismissing Alpha Omega and exiting quietly.
An advertiser touts Dr Bull's Cough Syrup as unmatched in effectiveness and popularity while pricing at 25 cents per bottle. The claim emphasizes superior value and broad appeal in a dime-store format.
Jessie Benton Fremont observes on a maritime voyage how readers and writers fall into copied phrases. She notes notebooks filled with cliché lines like the leviathan of the deep and glorious sight, as few write truly original impressions aboard ship.
An Irish waiter in a Boston restaurant amuses patrons with tall stories about lobsters in Ireland. The exchange spans questions about size and habitat as the waiter, Mike, delivers deadpan humor and serves the guest while leaving him to ponder the lobster tale.
A dying Judge Vose, nearly paralyzed, observes a visitor in a tidy black suit. The neighbor asks about mourning. the judge, with a wry glance, jokes that he mourns for his sins and then asks, in a brief moment of wit, if any sins are lost.
The text notes a 19th century proposal to divert water from the narrow Irish Channel near Port Patrick to join Ireland and Scotland. Advocates argued most objections to a union would vanish, claiming the project could be completed in one summer by a few regiments of soldiers.
A fragment from Illinois Republicans signals defiance to President Hayes and his policy, referencing Rutherford B. Hayes in Washington and mocking the administration. The lines claim Republicans have accepted the policy while aligning with the opposing faction.
A witty exchange in Punch mocks a man asking if a plant is in the Arbutus family. The gardener curtly replies the plant belongs to the corporation, reflecting humorous class or petty authority in a Victorian setting.
A Forever Journal notes that Mr. Randall has renounced the Speakership and predicts the President will probably be reelected, signaling a shift in political leadership and upcoming upheaval in Washington.
A pair of antique maxims reflect on happiness as inner soundness and the idea that wealth cannot buy love unless it is paid with its own coin. The first notes mental perfection as true happiness, the second links love to reciprocal value.
A mosaic of humorous vignettes and aphorisms from late 19th or early 20th century newspapers. Anecdotes range from portraits of public figures like Marshal MacMahon to quips about discipline, honesty, and social mores. Whimsical bets, odd signs, and moralizing quips fill the page with quick, bite sized observations.
A collection of short, quirky vignettes describing clever quarrels in court, a distressed editor who killed himself after reading war reports, and a humorous scene of a couple engaging with garden talk while an old man observes the different passions of youth.
The notice promotes the Ohio and Mississippi Railway with day and night express routes to St. Louis and the Great West. It lists Madison departure at 7 30 a m and 3 15 p m with arrival St. Louis at 8 20 p m and 8 50 a m respectively. Pullman sleeping cars on night express and elegant parlor cars on day express. Tickets to St. Louis Cairo Evansville and key Missouri Kansas and Texas points available at the Firemen Mechanics Insurance office. R P Gahr agent.
On and after Monday October 29 1877 trains run an accommodation and mail service from Madison with departures at 7 30 am and 8 15 pm reaching North Vernon Columbus Indianapolis St Louis Chicago and Cleveland. Arrival times vary with 9 01 am and 5 45 pm at North Vernon 10 05 am and 8 30 pm at Columbus 12 noon and 11 15 pm to Indianapolis 9 00 pm and 8 30 am to St Louis and 8 10 pm and 7 30 am to Chicago.
An advertisement from Lacey and A L P solicits disabled veterans of the late war to apply for pensions and increased benefits. It offers cash for Bounty Land Warrants and Additional Homestead Scrip, emphasizes careful handling by experienced lawyers, and notes liberal arrangements with attorneys nationwide. It lists endorsements from bankers and officials in Washington and various states.
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