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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1891
Page
2
A compact column of wry maxims and anecdotes from The Register notes social quirks. It surveys marriage, inheritance, jurors, aging, superstition, and a slice of early industry with humorous asides about Americans, women, and etiquette. The tone remains playful, lightly satirical, and observational throughout.
A Colorado statute imposes a fifty dollar fine or thirty days imprisonment for carrying concealed weapons statewide. If an officer fails to search a person with forbidden arms after notification, the officer faces a two hundred fifty dollar fine, split half to the informant and half to the district school fund. The tract also notes Dr. Talmage criticizing modern religion and recounts anecdotes about bicyclists and publishers in a brittle, opinionated tone.
The piece criticizes an improvised Sun set Breeze letter and Century’s dismissive response to On Ye Jocund Twain. It recounts John Burns leading a London strike without aid, argues against professional agitators, and questions bias in church usher selections. It then critiques wealth, punishment for wife-beating, and notes America’s rising manufacturing outlook and inventive spirit.
A legend explains Bedouin origins as Adam’s three sons a farmer a hunter and a Badawi. The Badawi received a camel from Adam but the camel died. Adam advised him to live by filching from his brethren and the Badawi set out to survive by cunning and theft.
A Boston Courier item mocks a German-educated wife who plays piano with fortissimo, flaunts loud dresses, and dominates life with thunderous tendencies. The piece notes she is married with noisy children, who avoid brittleness, as she uses muscular fortissimo to scold them when needed.
In Cranton 1801 a stern Mrs Evans ignores a penniless seeker named Lillian Mayfield at her door. Lillian, an heiress to wealth but longing for affection, moves through Glenmore where John Raymond helps her after a stumble. Her quiet generosity and mistaken reception reveal true friends and culminate in a wedding, reshaping loyalties.
In a Wild West tale a six horse stage roars through a canyon as Wells Fargo guards confront two masked robbers. A single passenger, a beautiful girl named Alice, dies from a bullet wound as the outlaws prevail and the survivor mourns beside her pallid form.
Montagu Williams guides a grieving heir after a theater scare. The young lord bolts out first, claims panic would be fatal, while Williams urges calm, noting the burden of peerage and wealth.
A February incident in St Augustine features Dr White, a hunter, displaying a six foot nine and a half inch rattlesnake with fifteen rattles and a button. A tourist offers 50 cents, then a white-wooled man pushes for a full dollar. White finally agrees to cut off the rattles if offered a dollar.
A Georgia feud between fruit grower Branscombe and tracker Hopton ends with a comic compromise. Hopton admits $200 in damages from the past six months but suggests the unreconciled case be dropped in exchange for Branscombe forfeiting further prosecution. The tale, recounted by Youli's Companion, highlights a stubborn settlement attempt.
Judge Poland, noted for a Englishlike appearance in his blue coat and brass buttons, served as Chief Justice of his state before Congress. He argued before a full bench and quoted a decision from his own volume twenty years earlier, prompting smiles yet maintaining his dignity.
A noted army officer in the city recalls a Philadelphia Record tale about why English court-martials traditionally stop by 3 o'clock. The joke ties the rule to historical drinking norms, noting judges and officers avoided proceedings after alcohol impaired judgment.
A sermon style meditation critiques worldly pride and self interest. It contrasts religious devotion with material vanity and warns that feigned piety harms both preacher and flock while true faith manifests in unselfish acts and steadfast Godly living. It laments church members who hoard wealth and neglect neighbors.
In Paris Buddhists meet in halls and private rooms, mainly Japanese with some French and English members. On February 22 a formal service in the museum salon honored Kon Sin, founder of Sin-Sin. Two priests from Gaylon conducted prayers, incense, and gong rituals as hymns were sung, lasting one hour. Ambassadors and believers observed as the priests planned future European tours and a Kyoto school for Sanscrit, Pali, and Buddhist theology. Kissing the Bible and oath customs across cultures are noted, with reference to historic religious practices and the Order of the Garter.
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