22 Apr 1881
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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1881
Page
1
A terse poem reflecting on a name written in sand washed away by the sea. The speaker contrasts the ephemeral tide with a lasting mark on the heart. The sea’s rhythm frames loss and memory, ending with the name graven within the speaker’s heart.
Jasper Surridge schemes to woo Miss Acantha Edliffe for her fortune after her grandfather Holliffe dies leaving her a large inheritance. The plan backfires as Acantha accepts Hubert Luttrell, proving her love endures money’s lure. Mr Clabaugh exposes the plot, revealing Jasper’s mercenary intentions.
A fable set in a forest depicts a Wolf bullying a Hare by claiming public right to the path. The Wolf delays, boasts about traveling alone, and is trapped while the Hare pretends weakness. The tale ends with a moral about arrogance and the danger of putting on airs. The narrator warns that today’s kicker may become tomorrow’s grocer.
A Chambers Journal traveler notes how titles are mapped by chimneys on a house in Missouri. The humorous map assigns rank by chimney count and even a dugout with no chimney signals a captain. The Hawkeye remarks on a shingle wedding tied to the first child’s age.
The Springfield Republican notes Postmaster General James may push a Postal Savings Bank bill next Congress. The piece argues against paternal government, urging private enterprise for mail transport and noting savings banks already function well without new government schemes.
A humorous tale recalls two Wisconsin judges from forty years ago Judge Whiting chief justice and Judge Woodle associate. They traveled by horse and once shared a room Whiting slept with a shapely foot extending from the bed Woodle with club feet stared and joked about the foot in a terse exchange from the New York Fest.
The article traces the evolution of portable watches from iron watch cases around 1552 during Edward VI’s era to the 1560 shift from weights to springs. It notes early watches used single bands, required twice daily winding, and lagged by 15 to 20 minutes in twelve hours. Dials were silver and brass, cases lacked crystals, and a plain watch cost over fifteen hundred dollars with a year-long build time.
A poor Guilford man with three young sons seeks a family to adopt all three. Mr Clark and his wife discuss taking one or more, while their eight year old daughter suggests adopting one to avoid breaking the set.
A Vermont clergyman foretells the Christian journey after crossing the mystic river, transitioning from man to angel to archangel and celestial, then to the divine as believers dream eternity. Madam Tuasach’s London was to come to America in 1883.
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