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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1885
Page
2
The Register notes 1880 counts: nearly 2,000,000 common laborers, 64,000 clergymen and lawyers, 86,000 physicians, 4,800 actors, 12,000 journalists. It cites a Gaulois anecdote on revolver nerves at a dinner. The New Hampshire family remembers only “Mother” as the wife. Yale reports pink-eye outbreak affecting twenty-five students with sudden onset and brief course.
The Orleans princes’ vast wealth stems from Louis Philippe's mother who became sole heiress after her brother the Prince de Lambelle died. The Duke of Penthievre, her father, died in 1793, two days after she divorced her husband who could not claim the property. Coweta County grand jury decries liquor excess and asks legislature to require druggists to advertise monthly all customers and quantities. Chief Justice Beasley of New Jersey, an avid hunter, narrowly avoids a legal issue over out of season birds in Pennsylvania. California redwood enters England with $1,000 in imports, praised by builders and cabinet makers. two cargoes reached Scotland at $51.66 per thousand feet board measure after a 15,000 mile journey.
A fragmentary column contrasts French justice with financial penalties in murder cases and describes a conjuror’s trick where a wedding ring is hidden inside nested envelopes. It predicts a large sale for a revised Old Testament and hints at broad public interest. The tone blends social critique with cultural curiosities.
The Week notes a shift in English readers toward Greek and Hebrew understandings, especially Job and Ecclesiastes. Dr Lauder Brunton, in Lettsomian lectures, argues that acid fruits irritate the gut and sour wines foster indigestion. Tea tannin hinders digestion of fresh meat but not dried meat. light draw infusions with drained leaves minimize tannin.
A long note explains the custom of pledging before drinking to deter attacks during rituals. It also cites a Powhatan County anecdote about a public prayer preacher who embellished Scripture, and lists historical donations by rich benefactors to colleges and universities, including Hopkins Vanderbilt Cornell Cornell Green, and others.
A Sunday morning scene shows a little girl telling her mother she feels awful. The child points to a new pink sash as the source of the pain, prompting the mother to inquire where the pain is located during their Sabbath preparations.
A comic exchange unfolds about a smoking chimney and a soot fall disrupting talk. A country speaker jokes that a man can “fiddle a cat off the fence” despite not being a violinist. The clipped dialog reflects rustic humor and wordplay.
A Philadelphia Times account details repeated thefts by apparently respectable patrons from Leary's bookstore on Ninth street and other shops. Clerks recount cases including a dentist, a Rev. Meredith, and a Philadelphia citizen, describing methods like sub-coat tailing and frontispiece stripping, with little chance of prosecution due to social standing.
The piece notes day laborers without possessions forming a fifth of Piedmont’s population. Absentee landlords ignore tenants, block local council candidates, and communal elections exclude farmers. Townspeople scorn country folk while peasants mock urban pride. In Novara the farm laborer faces hardship.
The account portrays extreme privation from cradle to grave with children working from a young age, long brutal hours for men, and harsh hospital neglect. Peasant life shows nomadic moves at Michaelmas, widespread filth in hills, and rigid class divisions from master to laborer across villages.
A railroad veteran extols American railways detailing disciplined crews, robust safety, and self reliant industry. He claims piracy like dangers, winter freshets, and floods test engineers. cites domestic locomotive and rolling stock production. notes enduring American train design and permanent trackside gutters set in hydraulic cement as weatherproof.
In Sicily during the end of the Middle Miocene a raised sulphur bearing area formed layered seams with gypsum tripoli and siliceous limestone. The seams vary from thin to twenty eight feet and total thickness averages ten to twelve feet with large undeveloped resources below four hundred feet. About 250 mines exist and four thousand three hundred sixty seven calcarons were active fifteen years ago. Estimates of future supply range from fifty to two hundred years. Minor notes on mining method and ore refuse are included.
A citizen confronts a neighbor over a rumor about his aunt and uncle. The man recalls past favors yet complains that broken tools and an unusable coffee mill prove the neighbor cannot live off them. Morat notes neighbors should not rely on petty excuses.
The article details the labor of preparing a large city directory. It describes canvassers drilling into name writing, districting, and collecting street, occupancy, and occupation data. It notes language barriers, boarders, and scanning business premises for complete records.
A historical account explains pickpocket techniques in London crowds. Purses and watches are the main loot, with thefts concentrating in busy areas where scammers use hands, knives, or razors to slip pockets and coats. Thief tactics include distraction via dust brushing and hijacking scarf pins through handkerchiefs.
A Chicago Herald report describes two tobacco weevil types attacking cigarettes and dried tobacco, with dealers noting dust, holes, and damaged stock. The pests invade stores, resist insect powders, and require constant inspection, as the brown and nearly white weevils prey on tobacco products and related goods.
J R LH in the New York World recalls a morning trip where a man rides with his wife without speaking, provoking a distraught reaction from another passenger’s spouse. The piece reflects on marital indifference and the social sting of silent neglect among couples.
An outline of a house decoration scheme emphasizes wall painting and paneling. The hall features a light yellow pink ceiling, red cornice, green dado, pink door frames with varied moldings accented by gold and dark hues. Iridescent streams enhance the overall effect.
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