New Harmony Register in New Harmony, Indiana

The Thermometer Man in Twenty Fifth Street Tale

A panglossian peddler with thirty seven thermometers pursues sales in the city’s eastern wards. He faces doorbells and barrooms, misreads hashes, endures rude refusals, and nudges neighbors about weather readings before retreating to the Soldiers' Monument at dusk. The piece contrasts his comic persistence with a satirical note on sensational newspapers.