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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1886
Page
2
Gossip and notes on actors managers and playwrights with anecdotes from Washington to New York. Tales cover stage makeups from bay rum to enamel and pencils, the lobby scene at theaters, and a Dakota theater shooting during a performance with swift punishment.
A girl's curiosity leads Aunt Mary to explain how a large wasps nest is built from paper and fibers. Carrie and Nellie learn wasps’ diet and the hornet as the largest wasp. Johnny visits a fair with Uncle Will and Aunt Mary, chooses a field mouse from a showman, bonds with Susy, but the cat later eats it. The piece ends with a reflection on old and new love in literature.
The piece contrasts suppression of youth with praise worthy behavior and warns against affectation. It then shifts to a science note explaining how water displacement reveals buoyancy using pine and iron examples and concludes with a cautionary lesson about learning from others’ misfortune.
A jokey travel sketches the Dakota frontier with tall tales about moon planting, patchy crops, and curious farm life. The narrator recalls bizarre incidents, including gardens growing parlor matches and squashes overpowering homes, highlighting local humor and exaggeration.
In 1862 New Yorkers pressed a fifty member delegation to Washington to urge a gunboat for the city. Lincoln explains he cannot supply one, citing low government credit and lack of direct command of ships, while noting the delegation’s wealth claims.
A fragmentary reminiscence recounts Carlyle dismissing Sartor as a poor work while reflecting on Craigenputtock solitude and the burden of authorship. He recalls struggles getting published, insists on truth as sole reliance, laments widespread deceit, and notes a sacred injunction to burn or withhold his writings unless properly edited.
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