15 Oct 1879
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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1879
Page
1
A reflective verse piece by Mes. H. B. Parsons honors autumn as a muse that tempers loss and time. It asks what autumn means to fading youth, picturing shifting light, gold rain, and the bridging of sorrow with hopeful memory amid the season’s quiet permanence.
A mother recalls a day of chaos as her baby disrupts the home from morning to night. The child causes spills and mischief, then settles at bedtime, leaving the house tidy and the mother’s view shifting from sin to angels.
A poetic exchange unfolds where a lover bids farewell and imagines a soft ringlet as a token. He contrasts his poverty with the beloveds wealth and social rise, asking if she will regret fortune without true love. He envisions distant happiness tied to a strand of sunshiny hair.
A verse narrative follows a coquettish maiden in meadow and woodland, who rebuffs a farmer, a curate, and an old lord with a smile. Each suitor vies for affection while the maiden answers with a poised refusal, culminating in her whispered consent to the temple bar.
A woman idly stirs ashes at her feet and recalls a blazing past. A sudden spark rises from embers, lighting her eyes and awakening life where darkness lay. Startled, she stumbles away, her world transformed by an unexpected flame.
A long list of etiquette rules covers behavior during formal calls. It warns against lingering at dinner, handling furniture ornaments, or entering rooms uninvited. It prescribes knocking, avoiding controversial topics, and avoiding showing wealth in reduced circumstances.
The text discusses how imitation leads to collective folly and crime, citing fifteenth century Europe where nuns bit companions after a single nun began biting. It cites a mewing epidemic in French convents where sisters mewed for hours, causing fear of military attention before a cure was found.
A Nevada note ridicules a mislocated place by tracing Buttermilk Canon to the Paradise Mountains northwest of Eden, about ten miles from Gouge-Eye on the Limberger to Whoop-em-Up road, near Bang-Eye and Knock-em-Stiff.
The passage reports a patient named Mr Godfrey being declared hopeless by doctors, yet allegedly cured in ten days using Hop Bitters. A companion confirms the cure and plans to obtain Hop Bitters for another ill person named George, praising hops as effective.
A reflective exhortation urges steady living over relentless toil. It counsels dropping needless burdens, seeking rest, and trusting in God while embracing present duties with calm purpose. The speaker signs as D. T. Taylor.
Practical instructions from The Harness Journal on preserving leather harness. Keep straps clean washed with water and brown soap then oiled with neatsfoot oil, air dry, rub with wool, and hang straps full length. Ventilate closets and leave doors half open daily for light. Clean plated mounting with light oil and avoid over scrubbing. Thorough cleansing twice a year maintains softness and strength for years.
James Payn recalls the era of Quarterly Review harshness and its failed attempts to slay or immortalize authors. He mocks the belief in critic-driven fame, noting Keats and Rogers as emblematic targets whose reputations faded or endured only as Pleasant Memory.
A simple remedy claimed to cure and prevent disease by purifying blood keeping stomach regular and kidneys liver active, hailed as the greatest blessing. The advertisement states thousands have been saved and cured and urges readers to try it with a note to see another column.
A reflective line contrasts judging a man by conduct with the loss caused by pride, urging humility and refusing to measure worth by chilly treatment or wealth. It speaks to the danger of pride blinding judgment and the value of generous sentiment.
A long miscellany of witticisms and moral reflections covers virtue rewards and motives, social quirks, and light entertainment. It includes aphorisms on honesty, love, and ambition, plus jokes about smoking, nursing, and domestic life with brief anecdotes and quoted dialogue.
Miners near Hemelen Algeria blasted through rock to a cave opening where an underground river widens into a three kilometer long lake of clear water. Candles lit stalactites and stalagmites forming huge columns as they navigated a raft past fish that were found to be blind.
The piece describes how the South of France and Brittany supply the largest share of black hair for the Paris wholesale market. Agents gather over two hundred thousand pounds annually, paying one to five francs per head. Hair is exchanged for ribbons, silks, laces, and jewelry at fairs, with Breton peasants often shedding hair willingly, which is then collected in baskets for sale.
The piece discusses Francis Bacon on how imagination may affect external growths like warts and moles. It recounts Bacon’s own wart history, a Paris wart cure with a lard remedy, and notes skepticism about the anecdote. The excerpt includes stray modern newspaper snippets about Dr Bull’s cough syrup and a magistrate joke.
The article outlines the uncertain origin of steel pens, noting Holland as a possible early producer in the 17th century and highlighting Birmingham inventor Mr. Harrison. It traces a Sheffield tradition of handmade pens around 1809, with James Perry's factory starting around 1824. It notes the high cost of steel for pens and the shift to machinery lowering the price to three cents per gross.
A Toronto Globe reader recounts a rough lesson with a stubborn horse. The narrator explains using the strap as a humane deterrent while the animal is tied to a buggy. He reads a book to calm the creature, then returns the strap to the harness as a lasting reminder.
Prof Loomis reports storms in New England produce disturbances that rarely rise above one mile above sea level and wind currents often do not reach 6000 feet. He notes stronger storms lift disturbances higher while approaching storms are felt first at the surface than at Mt Washington summit.
The Paris National recounts a remarkable feat by two Hayti men who bet 1,000 francs they could eat for six hours without a break. They dined from noon to 6:30 pm, consuming eight sulegau gratin twelve lamb cutlets roast veal asparagus an omelette twelve eggs Dutch cheese twelve pounds bread and fifteen bottles of wine. They left with fifty tours earned and a pleased expression, though the next day’s state is not noted.
A period promotion urges readers to use Kidney-Wort to cure habitual costiveness, torpid liver and kidneys, claiming users will forget their illnesses and become well. The ad stresses faithful use and rapid restoration of health.
A fragment quotes a toast linking yeast to health amid poverty and abandonment, suggesting a communal cheer even when friends forsake. The line hints at resilience themes and social solidarity through a rustic saying.
In the Oriental Hotel rolling room Lieut. Derby consoles a sorrowful beggar girl who, in a quiet gesture, returns her day’s earnings to him and receives aid from bystanders. The scene reveals the girl’s innocent generosity and the crowd’s sympathy.
The passage argues a boy’s usefulness lies in practical trades and schooling rather than farming. It favors those who pursue law, public speaking, shop skills, and business, suggesting success comes from reading and learning over traditional farm labor.
The Zoarites in Tuscarawas County Ohio argue Adam sought a wife and lost God's image, making Christ the world’s savior to restore that state. Their view implies in the resurrection there is no marriage, prompting the question of what becomes of woman under this theory.
An account from the London Truth recounts Prince Jerome misstating his own fame in a mountain encounter. While walking in Auvergne he gave a peasant a silver coin bearing Napoleon I’s image, and the rustic asked who Napoleon was, prompting a vanity lesson about historic fame.
A quirky piece notes flies appear in many guises and contexts from sport and poetry to meals and stage props. It muses on flies as authors, readers, and symbols, with lines about toast, molasses, and Longfellow.
A brief remark notes that some men focus on attention but contribute nothing financially, highlighting a contrast between awareness and funding.
All trains connect at North Vernon to Cincinnati and Louisville. Mail train leaves here at 6 00 will go through to Indianapolis returning, leaves that city at 8 35. Through tickets to North East and West available at the Depot and W H Rogers Drug Store. A A Anderson General Ticket Agent Louisville Ky Horace Scott General Superintendent.
J. M. Girtver to Cleo leaves Madison every Monday and Friday at 12 m. Returns Louisville at 12 m. Passengers may dine and stop en route. Freight or baggage transport available on board. Williams, Barton & Co. announces this schedule.
Daily and semi weekly mail routes list opening and closing times for Cincinnati Louisville Indianapolis North Vernon and other towns. Includes special notes for Stony Point Your Lick Antsburg Rex Rile Marion Titusville Versailles and nearby rural routes with weekday and weekend timing variations.
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