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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1894
Page
4
A collage of brief items, humorous observations, and editorials touching on urban life in New York and Brooklyn. The prose mentions civic figures and nobles, a court verdict in burglary, West Point admissions, naval matters, European travel anecdotes, and musings on sleep and thinking.
A vivid account describes a processional pageant to the Assize sermon in Tregarrrick. Crowds jeer as a blue coach carries two Crown Court judges while residents recall Cordely Pinsent, widow of Key Pinsent, and her son Willie Pinsent the forger. She shelters her infant and later blinds her window to each judge’s approach, pulling the blind down as long as judges pass.
A drummer frets over a pretty train passenger who rejects his signals. After flirting with fruit and gifts, a hoped rendezvous at a station ends when she sends him away with a tired sigh as the train departs. The hotel clerk observes the scene with restrained amusement.
Goldthwaite's Geographical Magazine cites Sperenberg Germany as the deepest bore on record at 41 172 feet and claims Earth temperature rises one degree per 35 feet, implying 200 miles would reach about 18 000 degrees. The piece notes Rosetti's estimate places gun temperature at 15 000 degrees.
Two friends sit on a summer Thamesbank and remark on the young moon rising and shimmering over the water. The piece notes critics say such writers claim the young moon goes to bed early and cannot be seen during ascent.
The scene invokes early morning cannon and musketry as clashes unfold, a personal note reminding of an election day and a lapse in voter registration. The fragment hints at civic duty amid conflict, with a remembered date and the act of registering.
Readers note the sincere regret in obituaries for John Jay who died near 77. A scion of a distinguished New York family he chose active anti slavery work, civil service reform and public service. Though never a politician he served as minister to Austria under Grant and remained a courteous controversialist on church state matters.
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