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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1877
Page
1
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A playful verse from the St Louis Journal recounts a comic cat romance that turns grim as a bootjack hurls and a rival is fatally struck. The lover is wounded, the sweetheart flees, and a dissection of passions is implied in a noir animal romance tone.
A lyric reflecting on a baby standing alone and the future reliance on a mother's protection. It contrasts present playful independence with the hard lesson that, in life, one must lean on others when support fades. The speaker warns that the forest ahead lacks a ready caregiver.
The poem contrasts first love with lasting affection, noting the lure of a second bliss and the vast world of women. It argues that even after the first flame dims, hope remains and that the final love may surpass all prior passions. The speaker asserts that the last love is the best, presenting a measured celebration of enduring romance.
The article notes gloves reaching England in the 10th century as luxury items for the wealthy and New Year gifts. It explains pin money as a related practice, with pins once costly enough to define savings used for dowry, linking it to a broader view of dower given to wives at marriage. It also briefly mentions Canada’s bay crop being below average.
A farmer Silas Austin, anxious after selling his farm, dreams of a home invasion in which two masked robbers come for his wife and children. He returns home with pistols, confronts the assailants as they enter, fatally shooting the two neighbors who planned the crime. His dream proves prophetic and his family is saved.
The conversation centers on John Stuart Mill proposing to the woman who would become his wife. After he solves a knotty question, she says she wishes she had his head, and he replies he wishes he had her heart. The lady then suggests they form a partnership.
Say mCharcoal has been discovered as a sure cure for burns. Applying a piece of cold charcoal to the burn relieves pain immediately. Leaving the charcoal on for one hour heals the wound, as demonstrated on several occasions.
A Detroit Free Press item recounts old sailors at the ferry-dock saloon sharing a drink tale of a forty mile swim from Lexington Lake Huron after the Sunlight disaster. Captain and stranger exchange claims about a two dollar debt repaid today, amid fond disbelief. The Raleigh News notes a separate Civil War story in which Confederate soldier James Moore aided a wounded Federal officer with water, later receiving a $10,000 payoff from the grateful veteran in four installments.
The piece follows a widowed mother and her amateur baseball son near Douglas Park. After a long game lasting ten innings, he returns with injuries and humorous explanations about grass stains and a lucky two-base slide, while his mother frets and jokes about medical supplies and remedies.
Josh Billings lampoons grandpas as aged authorities in families yet impractical for chores. He humorously notes grandpas churn little, hold babies, mend tools, and offer stern precepts, while arguing they may not effectively guide younger generations or manage daily work.
A French physician extols groaning and crying as natural aids during surgery and illness. He cites a patient whose pulse fell from 126 to 60 in hours after venting emotions and says people should cry to speed recovery. Child crying should not be discouraged, lest it provoke nervous disorders. what is natural is often useful.
A Live Stock Journal excerpt advises farmers to sell products as soon as market ready, not hold for price rises. Handle wool with care if opening prices are very low. avoid selling clean wool at 30 to 35 cents per pound. Do not speculate. stay informed on markets and sell when remunerative.
The Pall Mall Gazette notes regiments with storied lineages. The Ninetieth Infantry claims Birwick Irlandais ancestry. Dillon Irelandias hails from Arthur Dillon’s emigrant circle. Notables include James Dillon at Fontenoy, a guillotined Arthur Dillon, and the Seventy-sixth as Beaujolais. The Twenty fourth royal regiment boasted France’s first families and famed duels. At Malplaquet the royals’ colonel urged first in war and love, the regiment fighting to 300 survivors.
The Providence Journal recounts a pink pond lily gifted as a bud that looked rough yet opened to reveal a rosy splendor. The flower, Nymphaea odorata, embodies a water spirit with golden Stamens and delicate fragrance, blooming beautifully for about 48 hours before wilting softly.
A man wakes to find his wife seated on the bed edge, rifling his pockets. Neighboring items include a lager beer check a variety show ticket and a perfumed note signed Ever yours Julia. The scene points to a domestic trust strain in Illinois.
A concise meditation on character stating that private conduct reveals true nature while public actions may be swayed by opinion and external pressures, suggesting disposition governs inner behavior more than outward display.
A fragment notes that more wheat was raised in North Carolina this year than in any single year since 1835. The brief hints at a significant agricultural spike but provides limited details on dates, figures, or sources.
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