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Newspaper
Millheim Journal
Location
Millheim, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1882
Page
3
A lyrical exploration contrasts bright May optimism with bleak November desolation. The speaker recalls an exquisite face and a cherished voice, haunted by what might have been, as seasons shift from bloom to gloom and the world feels weary.
In Pumpville a thrifty clerk Selvidge, guided by his late father’s warning that it is easier to marry money than earn it, courts Miss Perris the daughter of Old Perris who owns the Pumpville pump factory. As she enlarges her purchases and social world, Selvidge discovers money can seem to favor him without labor.
Selvidge schemes to marry Kate Perris for wealth but expands his plan to Florence Vernton. In New York he courts both women while seeking fortune, planning a double engagement. The ruse collapses at Plum Wall Seminary when Kate and Florence ambush him, showering him with eggs and exposing his deceit.
A new route aims to cut Atlantic travel time by combining inland rail and coastal steamship links. From New York and Boston to Oxford NS, then 640 miles of Newfoundland rail, a St Lawrence ferried link, and Galway to Liverpool sea passage would shorten the voyage to four days or less. The company forecasts completion in under five years with daily sailings.
A new deepsea sounding apparatus by Sir William Thompson is described as superior for navigation at full speed. The device uses a sealed air column in a glass tube, a brass housing, and iron sulfate to create Prussian blue as water pressure drives iron sulfate up the tube to indicate depth.
Washington visitors tour the Secret Division headquarters displaying a rogues gallery of counterfeiters, about 2000 portraits, and an $800000 stash. Exhibits include Uhlrich’s press, a hollow coin cane, forged notes, raised money, and plates used to counterfeit various bills.
A three shelf corner ornament uses ebony or ebony-appearing wood with back railings. Each shelf bears a lambrequin in satin or velvet with painted sprays of violets or scarlet flowers, edged and finished with fringes and decorative embroidery.
A party hunts deer north of Mississippi City with guide Jim Caruthers and driver Jack Lyons. Lyons retells a chilling night near the Gibbet’s Place, where old stories of a haunted house unfold as a log onlookers’ campfire tale.
A prize for the best assortment was awarded by the judge to Olive and Sarda for a picnic menu featuring sandwiches, cold salmon with horseradish sauce, salad, prawns in aspic, plovers eggs, galantine, quail pie, eggs, jelly, truffles, and various dairy and fruit dishes. Economy tips suggest substituting capon and omitting truffles, plus crown artichoke or asparagus with oil and Tarragon vinegar, dasher desserts, and beverages with champagne for men.
A proverb-like line notes that one who listens extensively but speaks little earns welcome in both towers and halls, implying wisdom and restraint in dialogue. The saying emphasizes quiet observation over garrulous talk across social spaces.
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