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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1874
Page
1
A long communal notice in The Register covers subscription rates and display terms, followed by a lengthy defense of public official Frank D. Bolton against charges from the Mt. Vernon Democrat. Bolton details fees, salaries, and alleged interlineations while urging voters to reelect him.
The article argues that mental labor requires later bedtime and longer sleep, suggesting six hours suits physical workers while mental workers benefit from later rest and morning sleep. It notes the ideal sleep shifts to morning hours after a taxing day. A Burlington Hawkeye item mocks a woman who fits a day full of tasks into a single Sunday.
A moral pamphlet-like meditation argues that supposed leisure time leads to neglect. It cites a farmer whose cows ruin corn due to a broken fence, a wheelwright whose stove pipe risks fire, and a mechanic who delays work until after a long day. Readers should seize winter evenings to study improvements via agricultural journals and act promptly to avoid losses.
Senator Jones recalls a Nevada tale of Pokebury a once promising lawyer who fell to drink. He partners with Billy in mining then splits after a clash over tables of words and molasses. A right lander punch ends their partnership and leaves Pokebury in town vowing Billy will return.
A Berlin physician loses his daughter to illness and, after a terrible shock, his hair turns completely gray. In a separate case a man who saves his dead son from a Rotterdam canal also turns gray from the sudden tragedy. The piece notes talk of forming a society to improve wife killing and condemns current barbarous methods.
A narrator details caring for Butterby's dog all summer, the animal biting a girl, keeping him in a cellar, then roaming the house. When Butterby could not come, the dog damaged cherries and furniture, barked at night, and finally was disposed of with rockets. The account ends with anticipation of consequences when Butterby returns.
A boy named Cum mings fell from a car at Whitehall and narrowly survived after a train severed his arm. His arm was buried in a garden, later exhumed with a worm found in the palm. The limb was placed in a jar with alcohol and reburied, while the boy described intense pain and cramped fingers as the story bent toward imagination.
A defendant and plaintiff were partners in a grocery. The plaintiff bought out the defendant, who paid a note by delivering a cow warranted not to breach. The cow breached, died after a yoke was placed to stop jumping the fence. If the jury believes the grocery interest was worth anything, the note is worthless and the cow useless. the court expresses uncertainty on how the case should be decided.
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