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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1877
Page
1
The Register lists weekly publication policy by Co. W. Slater and outlines annual and advance payment terms. It details advertising rates by square and column size, with discounts for longer commitments and required prepayment for transient ads and bee job work on delivery.
A fragment from a dramatic waltz scene follows Captain Wright and a lover as they dance on a moonlit piazza. The man pleads for closeness while she wrestles with her engagement and the pull of a dangerous romance amid battlefield news. The scene ends with a vow of emotional restraint despite a tender kiss and inner pain.
A playful dialogue describes a flirtatious scene in a conservatory. A couple exchange teasing banter about propriety and affection as one character demands restraint and the other presses for closeness. The excerpt ends with lingering lips and eyes hinting at kisses.
A two section verse fragment by I Hope contrasts lingering sadness with a glimmer of tomorrow. The speaker notes perpetual gloom yet hints a hopeful word carried by the breeze for the next day, despite the current heartache and fading sunlight.
The text cites a 1453 prophecy predicting Islam waxing and waning with the cross. It links the prophecy to Russia’s Crimea War and notes new signs such as eggs and inscriptions foretelling the war's outcome. It also includes a quip about nobody and somebody, reflecting social reflections.
A thoughtful essay argues names shape identity less than breeding and character. It urges choosing short musical names matching surnames, advises against honoring benefactors, and cautions about nicknames and post marriage naming. It favors preserving family surnames for women and stresses common sense over trend.
A brief and witty observer notes that when a young man encounters a friend with a new hat he immediately tries it on his own head. In contrast a young woman with no acquaintance to the bonnet lifts her nose and quietly wonders where the hat came from.
A report states sweet oil cures rattlesnake bites, making quart antidote bottles obsolete for excursionists. The finding ends reliance on the other remedy and alters common practice for travelers and outdoor workers.
The poem John Gilpin's Ride by Cowper uses eighty three percent one syllable words while Shakespeare reaches eighty one and Dickens seventy eight in an linguistic comparison.
An overview of Turkey's European and Asian reach, coastal expanse, and powerful navy. It recounts historic clashes with Greece, Russia, and Britain, noting protectorates, the Crimea war, and ongoing tensions over Bulgaria and Herzegovina. The piece links Turkey to imperial rivalries and rising European interest. It shifts to a meditation on food, work, sleep, contentment, and life’s purpose, arguing rest and renewal sustain vigor and longevity.
A Toledo Blade correspondent details the London underground loop a roughly 11 mile tunnel with trains running every five minutes. The cars are smoke free and well lit by gas aiding reading as passengers travel, noting the system handles over forty million riders in the last year.
A Paris manufacturer received an order from Yarkey for many white shirts bearing sky blue Koran extracts and undershirts stamped with Muhammad’s signature. The items are to be distributed to Turkish soldiers on dangerous missions to bolster courage as talismans.
A Monroe Wisconsin farmer who kept two young wild geese as pets released them last November. They returned this spring with eleven more wild geese from a southern bayou, and the whole flock now settles in as if to the manor born.
A Nevada judge imposed a fine on himself for swearing in court but later remitted the punishment. The action drew attention to courtroom conduct and judicial discipline.
Instructions describe rolling light dough, cutting circles, brushing with melted butter, folding into crescent shapes, docking tops, and rising briefly before baking for about twenty minutes in a hot oven.
Three steamers recently sailed from New York to Europe carrying heavy beef cargoes. The City of Richmond to Liverpool, over 200000 pounds. the Celtic to Liverpool, over 90000 pounds. the California to Glasgow, about 95000 pounds. They also carried 2000 quarters of fresh beef and many live sheep, plus bacon pork and lard. The Neckar to Bremen joined with around 100000 bushels of grain alongside these shipments.
A French devil convinces Madame Eve to eat the forbidden apple. Satan argues Adam would be like a god, but Eve believes a goddess cannot rise further. She accepts the fruit, risking cosmic upheaval as she does so.
The feat of political levitation by which Mr llayes was lifted into the chair of Washington far transcends the boasted levitations of the Hindoo swamoes and shows that this country has nothing to fear from the rival claims of the East Todia fakirs.
A Dublin correspondent for the Liverpool Catholic Times questions the claim that Hebrew derives from Celtic and suggests Eden as the birthplace of Celtic speech, raising the issue of whether Adam could be described as Irish.
The verse reflects a critic’s view on clerical zeal and perception, noting a curate whose eyes are praised by daughters. The lines humorously contrast prayer and preaching with deliberate eye closure, inviting reflection on genuine devotion.
A reflective maxim advises that life cannot be free from annoyances. It urges bearing them patiently rather than fretting, suggesting resilience in daily struggles and a calm, measured approach to discomfort.
A bold dentist recommends advertising false teeth to assist in pronouncing challenging Russian and Turkish names, highlighting a quirky marketing idea. The notion frames dental aids as language tools, reflecting playful commerce.
The elderly Maagon, claimed as the oldest in the United States, died in four cities last week. Officials note there are likely only fifty to sixty others of his generation remaining in the country.
The report notes that former Wisconsin governor Cc C Washburn, a miller by trade, accrued about 250000 dollars due to a rise in flour prices.
A French butcher trims bones for max benefit while a housewife limits each serving including coffee. Visitors trigger spare cups but thrift governs all. Small savings mount into widespread discipline. cooking seen as economical and sanitary. A French cook supposedly makes a franc go farther than three by an American housewife.
A Denver boy eight years old pulled his own front tooth with a string tied to a pully and told his mother he wanted the other out because his sweetheart Maude has both her teeth out. The boy declined the second pull, then confessed the self performed extraction.
The piece recalls a Buchanan era anecdote about Breckinridge and Col. Peter A. Porter dining with John Van Buren. A lively landlady declares as an old line Whig, prompting Prince John to remark that the male of the species is extinct, commenting on political frictions.
A compact meditation using card game imagery to trace a human life from cribbage to old age. It portrays life as bets and deals with mentions of mothers, clergymen, gambling terms, and the final summons, Gabriel’s trumpet, closing the mortal coil.
Scientific note explains sea salinity by estimating that two thirds of the globe are ocean, averaging 3000 yards deep, containing about 34 percent salt. This implies 60 trillion tons of salt in the seas and a dry salt deposit if evaporated would blanket the ocean floor 150 yards thick. If spread over land, it would cover the earth 900 feet deep.
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