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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1878
Page
1
The Indianapolis Sentinel declares itself the state’s leading weekly for industry and labor. It advocates justice, fair living opportunities, remonetization of silver, greenback currency, repeal of the resumption law, and equal burden sharing with bondholders. It calls for legal tender reforms and universal currency to meet business needs.
TERMS Post paid in advance weekly and daily editions. Various club rates for one year and shorter terms. Special trial offer of five weekly copies for three months with an extra copy. Specimen copies mailed free. Address Indianapolis Sentinel Co. Indianapolis Indiana.
Tax collector George Naas announces the 1877 tax duplicate is ready for payment in Posey County Indiana. Details include township rates, poll tax, dog tax, and payment deadlines through April 1878 with penalties for delinquency. Office in Mt. Vernon and Harmony listed.
The tale centers on Captain Sim Harkins famed for a harsh visage and steadfast honesty. His courage is proven when a runaway carriage endangers Widow Mordant’s child, earning her gratitude. Widowed from Gettysburg, she later allies with him, unveiling a romance that transforms perception of his looks.
A poet asks how to describe beloveds eyes voice and soul. He likens eyes to violets and shy woodland gifts and voice to a bewildering dreamland strain. The heart speaks of a pure soul and unspoken feelings stored away.
A fragment from Rutyrrs College Targum depicts a speaker writing Agnes I love thee in sand on a shore. Waves erase the message, then a daring act of reaching Norway for a pine and a Vesuvius flame is imagined before resuming the line Agnes I love thee.
Mr Beecher recounts how he narrowly joined the church after a revival touched Mt Pleasant in 1827. He describes initial religious excitement fading, a coercive family push, and a dramatic aisle moment as carpets danced while he faced decisive church membership.
A reported animal event centers on an anaconda allegedly swallowing a pigeon whole. The incident prompts curiosity about the creature’s appetite and the feasibility of such a feat.
A pasted note explains a letter finding method using upright columns and alphabetical positions. It demonstrates with the name Jane, describing how top letters and column sums yield each subsequent letter, then adds a shocking aside about the supposed “average Chinaman’s darling desire” and a final remark on wealth and destiny.
Mrs Partington comments on mounting fires and ruptures, noting media coverage focuses on a bursting father fleeing the mountain while unclear on how the blaze started.
A friend asks if A- has made anything from his heavy speculation. Jim confirms that A- has indeed made an assignment.
Kerosene can be dangerous from invisible vapors even when the oil itself seems stable. A testing method measures the vapor’s flash point with heating and a thermometer to reject oils flashing below 120 degrees. Cautions include lamp maintenance and careful extinguishing. The piece then recounts Alexandre Grailhe and Sir Edward Packenham with duels and battle injuries, noting how wounds altered posture and later healing.
A traveler in Michigan recalls riding at night to a log house where the owner and his wife defer questions to the old woman. Milk, weather, land cleared, and number of children are all answered by the wife, who is deemed the keeper of knowledge as the narrator departs.
A Woodward avenue grocer, annoyed by boys sampling his wares, chased a ten year old who pocketed apples. He threatened to break ribs, challenged the boy to guess how many ribs a human has, then retreated to fetch a medical almanac.
A whimsical line portrays hogs in a farm scene, uttering the proverb Where there's a will there's sway as they push and feed.
Burlington Hawkeye notes that on cold winter nights the cat’s voice blends with the trumpet in sound, with the cat lasting longer, possessing more power, and stopping sooner for a brick, illustrating a playful comparison of tones.
A gentleman visitor at an Ohio school closed his address by urging students to value education and love their excellent teacher. A tableau featuring a red tire was provided by the popular schoolma’am.
A Madisonville Kentucky clergyman interrupted a sermon to rebuke giggling girls calling them outrageously wicked. The remark offended many parents and about half the church members have withdrawn. The piece notes the preacher’s stubborn integrity amid criticism and a cautionary view of counterfeit money.
Piazzi Smyth predicts a colder than usual winter based on forty years of temperature observations, with a notably warm spell starting around mid 1879. An irate sportsman accuses a gun seller of a misfiring weapon, while the seller disputes the claim and suggests powder use.
Simpkins joked to his wife that he had four fools Beau tifool dullfool youthfool and delight fool. She sighed that she has but one.
Donn Pratt says a true interviewer should put his views in the mouth of the interviewee and trust luck to escape death. He questions if some men are measured by hearts and souls, arguing a gun patch would clothe them in an Ulster overcoat, including Derrick.
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