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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1873
Page
1
A fragment from Alice Cary’s social reportage notes Ella Dietz’s verses in memory of Alice Cary delivered at Sorosis fifth anniversary on March 31, 1873. The lines evoke spring imagery and reflect on memory, performance, and dignity amid the Delmonico’s setting.
The issue recounts John Jackson a bashful farmer youth who tries to hide from girls Nancy Clark and quilting festivities. A black snake clings to his shirt causing a wild chase past the barn and house, ending with Nancy's hoop polo breaking the snake and John’s rush to tea then marriage within a year.
A 1701 anecdote shows a clergyman’s wife refusing to Amen for William of Orange, delaying their reunion until political loyalties align. The piece also profiles MeTeoria’s praise of Philadelphia’s Common Council and Sir Walter Scott memorial plans. It mentions Gribson, the Washington correspondent, and a Gibson book outlining the Credit Mobilier affair with portraits of allied figures.
A parodic courtroom monologue mocks legal procedure with a flamboyant speaker likening jurors to reservoirs of liberty and detailing his client’s supposed eccentricities. The text shifts to a dubious note about presidential pay practices, citing a bank, Treasury warrants, and cabinet salaries.
A Parisian philosopher declares in a testament that any relative who sheds tears at his funeral shall be disinherited while the person who laughs most heartily will be his sole heir. The eccentric clause aims to shape funeral behavior and inheritance.
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