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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1884
Page
2
The column surveys society and politics with satirical notes on Sicily travel dangers for women, Brooklyn lawyers on the House of Representatives, a cat on the Cincinnati steam boat Golden Rule, and witty jabs at names and strong-mindedness. It also recounts Ellen Terry, Pygmalion nicknames, a goat butter hoax, Mormon visitors to Victor Hugo, P. T. Barnum's will, and turf racing economics with the Dwyers and Hindoo.
The horse not first class contributed $55,545 to the total during two years of service. Warfield ran ninety six races, winning forty, and did more work than any other horse. Charley Gorham followed with fifty six starts and twenty two wins.
A nine by eight inch ancient horseshoe from London is shown at No 234 Broadway New York. It weighs four pounds two ounces and features a three inch web with thirteen nail holes. The dish shaped inner web keeps the outer side off the ground unlike modern beveled shoes.
The Boston Advertiser notes Baron Tennyson has served as poet laureate for twenty three years, succeeding Wordsworth after his 1850 death. The piece recounts the amusing 19th century nomination saga involving Samuel Rogers and a cautious government letter. It also explains January's name origin from Janus and historic depictions in calendars.
A French paper estimates the probability behind the superstition that among thirteen people seated at a table one will die within a year. It calculates expected deaths based on varying average ages from 10 to 70 years, suggesting many dozens of attendees are required for the theory to seem scientifically likely.
Letters from readers discuss cabbage preservation in pits, harrowing and sowing clover on wheat fields, and a lime and zinc wash for outer buildings. Experiments by Atwater suggest complete fertilizers boost yields, while bone fragments and kitchen bones can fertilize vines and fruit trees when buried deeply for soil health.
Practical instructions for binding pies, steaming brown bread, chicken toast from leftovers, bread crumb puddings, tomato sauce, pickled apples, and a haddock dish. Includes measures, ingredients, and steps for steaming, boiling, and baking to finish items hot and ready to serve.
The article outlines small migratory birds seen hundreds of miles offshore, noting they arrive singly or in small groups mainly in storms, show no fatigue, behave tamely on ships yet become wary near land, and often regain wildness upon approaching shore, as illustrated by tame olive ring-doves.
The Postoffice Department rules that merely taking a newspaper mailed to a person without a publisher order does not establish liability for payment. This decision addresses the legal responsibility of recipients who receive unread or unsolicited papers.
The famed frontiersman David Crockett seeks to prove his gentility at a public dinner with Judge Bowen observing. Crockett copies refined manners to win approval, earning praise and a written credential signed by Bowen and others declaring him a gentleman under pressure.
Dumley claims a sweet tooth reduces liquor addiction and notes a child’s taste shifts with age. Brown counters, citing Dumley’s fondness for sweets, and recounts a morning scene of gin and sugar. The exchange explores taste, habit, and moral implications.
Bartender in Philadelphia remarked that if one wanted sugar they should have left a little room for it, a clipped exchange reflecting barroom wit and daily life.
A longtime graveyard worker describes eerie after-dark sights and sounds. Owls hoot and shadows resemble the dead as he recalls funerals, lonely visitors, and secretive lovers among gravestones. The reporter probes strange visitors and nocturnal happenings at the cemetery.
The piece argues for the value of perfect sleep through darkened rooms and fresh air, rejecting the virtue of early rising. It claims sleep should occur naturally, with rest restoring energy, and cautions that artificial early rising is pernicious for most people. It urges only a few nights to transform looks and feelings.
Careful observations record average growth of various hardwoods over twelve years in groves. The list includes White Maple, Leaf Maple, White Willow, Lombardy Poplar, White Ash, Black Walnut, and others, with measured diameters. Text notes a moral aside on avoiding enmity.
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