29 Oct 1879
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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1879
Page
1
The poem urges choosing steadiness over wandering. It extols settling with a loving partner, building a simple humble home, and cherishing shared joys and sorrows. The speaker prefers returning to origins, loving deeply, and resisting global roaming that breaks the heart.
A farmer and a stranger debate whether the visitor’s son served with the Ninth Army Corps and fell in battle. The farmer accuses the man of lying about being with Grant, while the stranger insists he was with Grant years earlier, ending in a tense, unresolved confrontation.
A reflective verse describes fading flowers bidding children goodbye as winter nears. Birds announce their departure while a brook murmurs farewell, noting chilly winds and a coming hush as nature prepares to rest.
A shabby visitor, John Wilson Beauchamp born 1836 in New York, tries to obtain a LL B degree for his sons or a similar honor from the college president. He boasts of gin addiction and mocks the institution after a failed request. The exchange ends with Beauchamp storming out.
A map agent visited a Norwich manufacturing shop and offered a Connecticut map for 1.50 dollars. The laborer showed interest but questioned the value, finally agreeing that he would choose cash now over the map if given the option. The anecdote ends with the agent affirming the offer’s value.
Very few in the North have seen a cotton gin. The saw gin uses circular saws on a wooden cylinder to pull lint through grates, leaving seeds behind. A six-mule powered gin runs 250 rpm and can process about 150 pounds of lint per hour. careless use risks a flash from a friction match.
A hardworking man suffers from chronic constipation and kidney disorder. After doctor guidance and daily Kidney-Wort use, his bowels and kidneys improve rapidly. The ad extols Kidney-Wort’s cleansing and tonic effects and closes with reflections on reputation and life.
Readable notes outline how common terms like tenpenny nails and German silver mislead by origin, plus a long list of witty aphorisms and anecdotes. The piece recounts proverbs, social observations, a Governor McCook incident with the Ute Chief Colorow, and reflections on language and behavior.
Russian merchants returning from interior China describe widespread starvation in several provinces. They recount sightings of cannibalism among the living and the dead, including cases of begging individuals eating infants and even parents harming their own children to survive.
A section of a giant California tree, discovered in 1874 near Tule river Tulare county, is shown in New York. At 240 feet tall before its top broke, the trunk measures twelve feet in diameter with two massive limbs and a 111 foot lower trunk. The piece weighs in at 75 feet circumference and 25 feet across, capable of holding 150 people indoors, furnished like a drawing room with carpet piano sofa and California scenes.
In a future novel scene a boiler explosion blasts debris skyward as Marianne, the engineer’s daughter, is lifted toward the clouds. Young John, the inventive assistant, launches a patent flying machine to reach her and clasps her in a daring rescue as cheers erupt from observers below.
A 1720s reminiscence recalls the 1665 London plague where tobacconists thrived and smoking was said to protect against disease. The account notes that even children were urged to smoke and a schoolboy at Eat On faced punishment for not smoking, as told by a yeoman beadle named Tom Rogers.
The text urges readers to try Hop Bitters MM on its merits, avoiding clever advertising. It claims that once people know their value they will not use any other remedy and emphasizes plain, honest terms.
A descriptive analogy compares the human voice to a wind instrument. It details how lungs function as bellows, the throat and nostrils as pipes, and cheek cavities as wind chests, with vocal tract adjustments acting as stops.
In Essex Market Court yesterday Jacob Straus and Catherine Strauss testified as a married couple. They admitted a quarrel and a black eye, but agreed to forgive each other and move on. The scene included cordial reconciliation and a tearful embrace. A sidenote mentions a college professor quip about not expectorating in class.
The scene centers on a richly furnished salon with Venetian glass and a gilded Japanese elephant clock. Mme J Drouet sits by the fireplace as the host, while the poet hosts from the opposite sofa, sharing spiritual talk and recollections each evening. Nearby rooms hold Cordova leather decor and the poet’s bedroom and dressing room. The couple M and Mme Lockroy live next door and interact with the poet.
A Detroit scene recalls sharp barbs between two women at a gathering as Mrs M taunts Mrs B about lace curtains and drawers while Mrs B retorts about a showl and diamonds. The excerpt contrasts polite hostessing with sly jabs amid a playful, faded-era tone.
Eliza Mitchell testifies about her husband John’s offenses at Yorkville Police Court. The judge jokes about locking him up and depriving him of his wife, then asks for a fast commitment, promising Eliza a favor she won’t forget. Separate tale on Seminole legend contrasts color and intellect.
The Lemars Sentinel and Okolona Southern States letters, quoted by the Pella Blade and New York World, attack political violence and treason while urging decisive national action. The piece mocks the journals for their staccato style and questions the general government’s reach over such upheaval.
A First Ward School teacher settled a dispute between two boys over a state pencil by breaking it in two and giving each a half. The owner was determined by Solomon’s rule, and the boy who wanted the break won the pencil, then wrongfully beat the rightful owner after school. The Chronicle notes the lesson in tact.
Train schedule update effective Monday May 19 1879. New times show Madison departures at 3:30 PM and 6:00 AM, with arrivals at North Vernon 5:45 PM and 7:2? AM, Columbus 8:05 PM and 8:20 AM, Indianapolis 10:60 PM and 10:10 AM.
Mail train leaving at 6 0 0 4 20 will run through to Indianapolis refueling and depart Indianapolis at 3 35 PM. Through tickets to all points North East and West on sale at the Depot and W I Rogers Dry Goods Store Madison. A Anderson General Ticket Agent Louisville TIORAGE SCOTT General Superintendent.
Daily Mails lists business hours by city with openings at noon or midnight and various closes such as 2 30 PM 9 PM 3 PM and other late times for Cincinnati Louisville Indianapolis North Vernon Rising Sun and surrounding towns including Vevay Carcasson Gent Warsaw Hanover Lexington Milton with multiple close times noted
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