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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1874
Page
1
A humorous-yet-grim tale recounts a late night lobster feast that spirals into a nightmare of being boiled alive. The narrator and friend Jack experience tusked terror from giant lobsters that threaten to cook them, ending with a chilling awakening and a moral about cautionary dining.
A writer laments families with only girls and no boys, praising the boy as essential to the homestead’s future. He critiques overgrown wisdom in youth and urges the traditional order from baby to young man, ending with a call to subscribe to TheKarster.
Story recalls Gen. Leslie Combs aiding young George Lane in Lexington in 1836, funding studies and guiding him to law. Lane later became a Mississippi judge and sent back $50 to honor the General. The piece blends this tale with a series of quips about Jacob and Rachel from English press jokes.
A meditation on silence as a powerful tool to express agreement or dissent. Examples show silence signaling consent, doubt, reprimand, or contempt, and a calm barrier against temper in quarrels. The piece argues silence can prevent violence and guide calmer moments after provocation.
The article notes that over fifty insect species prey on cereals and grapes, around thirty affect garden vegetables, nearly fifty on grapevines, about seventy five on apple trees, and numerous others on plum, pear, peach, cherry, oak, walnut, and pine. It warns new enemies emerge as forests are cut and birds that eat insects are killed. It ends with a humorous aside about a Boston Post writer reviving conundrums.
The text urges choosing the right time for all remarks and actions to avoid domestic unhappiness. It warns against criticizing a weary spouse, reproving a noisy household, or gloating when plans fail. It stresses patience, self control, and courtesy as essential to harmony, citing everyday examples and a classroom anecdote.
In Ridgewood an experienced hunter sets out to shoot a stuffed squirrel prank on his ten year old grandson. The prank backfires as the boy laughs unseen, and the grandfather discovers the ruse after the third shot. The tale ends with the grandfather praising the boy’s potential future.
The text traces incubation stages of a chicken embryo from the initial signs beneath the shell to hatching. It lists heart formation, vessels, auricle appearance, wing and brain development, liver, lungs, stomach, intestines, ribs, bill, bones, and final emergence at about eighteen days.
A Missouri picnic row turned violent when a man punched in the eye after speaking to another man's companion. He protested he had known her for 35 years, and received a beating and hair pulling in the incident.
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