02 Oct 1879
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Newspaper
Millheim Journal
Location
Millheim, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1879
Page
1
Report describes vast submerged timber deposits along the St Lawrence near Montreal, with logs 2 feet in diameter and 30 to 60 feet long found at Longueuil. Inhabitants recover sunken white oak and walnut, preserving value for sale at Montreal yards for 30 to 35 cents per foot.
In a Melbourne slum, Alfred Willis returns home after years abroad. He faked death to test his mother Mrs Willis and Lucy, who, with the last sixpence in their keeping, send all to church. A note reveals Alfred is alive, and the reunion unfolds with their poverty relieved by his fortune.
A fragmentary poem describes a brook and its stream through shifting imagery. The speaker laments a once lively stream now abandoned while wind and fields and blossoms surround the scene. The verses mix playful movement with melancholy reflection on neglect and loss.
In 1777 John Adams was sent to France aboard the Boston. The captain, despite orders, pursued a hostile ship and, after forcing Adams below deck, found him armed and aiding the defense. The captain carried Adams to safety, declaring his duty to protect the future president.
Colliery mules haul coal cars through mines and are kept working from dawn to dusk. They are stabled underground and often glossy from coal dust. Lamps hang from collars but are said unnecessary as tracks stay on course. Occasionally mules push cars with a breast-pad harness and may injure workers when irritated or kicked.
A Virginia professor famed for sharp wits recalls amusing retorts in Washington and New York, a stubborn engineer, and a tale about a hot room in his office. The piece then explains edge tool grinding, noting how wheel direction affects finishing and the formation of a true cutting edge.
A weary man enters a green grocer and auditions the shop for memory clues. After failing to recall his purpose he finally admits he came to ask for a back scratch and mentions prickly heat as a concern.
The 16,000,000 log jam on Carratunk Falls is finally cleared as 6,000,000 logs move out at once. Sixty-five men worked thirteen days to free the jam and pass logs down Moose River to the main river. Omar Clark led a fifty man crew from start to finish with no accidents, totaling 85,000,000 logs this season.
The essay lauds Venice street life over guidebook clichés, celebrating gondola nights as dreamlike yet sepulchral. It notes black ghostly gondolas, narrow lit streets, and a cosmopolitan crowd, with Venetians as dark men and blonde women, and mentions encountering Greek money in change.
On a bright Kentish Tar voyage Mr. Young and crew noted a large fish alongside the vessel. The creature measured about six by fourteen feet and drew attention from ill sailors and reporting staff.
On this voyage Mr. Young and Mr. Devlin described a sea serpent sighting fifty feet long in brown and black colors, and a bottle of seaweed display. Devlin recounted a meteor seen near the horizon following the milky way, hoping for careful reporting by astronomers.
A boisterous visitor bursts into the office claiming to hoard hundreds of conundrums. He reads off bizarre questions from his pocket and puffs a small amount of paper as he taunts staff with jokes about babies, clocks, and China. The staff contest his wit, insisting their guesses were correct despite his bragging.
The article compares Fred Archer with an American jockey named Murphy as the leading riders of the era. It notes Archer’s 1878 record of 229 wins in 610 mounts and highlights Murphy as a rising star with strong performances in the Travers Stakes and Kenner Stakes. Murphy is praised for skill, calm, and strategic riding.
A Metis at Hud son Bay Company fort helps convict a Sioux for horse theft and collects instalments for the horse. After final payment he writes, a Sioux tries to shoot him but the shot misses. The Metis then confronts the Sioux at his camp, spitting on him and leaving, seen as a crueller revenge than killing.
Two bootblacks gossip about summer plans and family troubles. One hints at his mother washing for customers while the other mentions a father in the Work House. They agree to keep quiet and shake hands.
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