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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1872
Page
1
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A speaker recalls a strange family story about twins who looked alike and were repeatedly mistaken for each other. The tale notes two brothers named in playful terms and ends with the mother’s awareness of the confusion. The voice mixes humor with regional dialect.
A long, mixed observation notes that lack of money equals social scorn, with sayings comparing coins to a soul, a beam, or a sail. It recounts a Metropolitan railway encounter, a fatal strike, and ends with salary figures for 19th century baseball players across teams and leagues.
A series of short curiosities and inklings from a late 19th century reader, discussing how the eye forms images, the blind spot at the optic nerve entry, and a playful comparison of planetary distances. It weaves in comic musings on astronomy, gravity at the sun, and a lighthearted Leap Year anecdote about Eli Perkins and a marriage proposal.
A fragmentary 19th century humor column recounts odd anecdotes and jests. An admiral recalls a ten year old boy who refused to recite the second commandment at school for fear of appearing religious. Other sketches touch on a stingy drinker, Oxford sermons, love scenes in a boat, and a locomotive in Magland. The tone blends parlor wit with light moral observations and mockery of quirks in church life, schooling, and manners.
A writer extols village newspapers for their fierce local focus. They balance duties of editor publisher printer and bookkeeper to chronicle every event of interest in their county. The piece argues these papers educate and reflect public sentiment through timely notices and advocacy.
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