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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1875
Page
1
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Poem in archaic diction explores Ophelia's unrequited love and inner torment. The speaker laments a cold distant beloved and imagines a grave beneath a lily covered stream as solace for sorrow and penitence. Themes of longing, guilt, and quiet endurance unfold through symbolic imagery.
Rest beneath the western heaven as night encroaches and the moon rises over the eastern hill. A quiet scene held in stillness, yet a voice of gratitude stirs the heart amid a hush of nature and distant ripples. Also scattered: in Concord a bakery theft prompts lost arts satire. various short quips cite juries, revivals, and curiosities from city life.
A historical account highlights the 1788 treatment of King George III under Dr Willis. After initial harsh restraint and neglect, non restraint care restored mental balance, yielding the first major triumph of humane treatment in lunatic care, noted by Dr Wynter and linked to 1815 parliamentary inquiry.
Paris correspondent reports workers uncover wood panels from a gilded royal coach wedged in old wainscoting while clearing a Montmartre site for the Church of the Sacred Heart. The relic could date before the fifteenth century, with possible links to Louis XIV, Louis XVI, or Marie Antoinette, but exact epoch remains unknown.
Veterans gathered at a Louisville station to escape rain and reminisce about the war. Tales recount bullets in George Gay, Bill Payson’s lung, Henry Hill near death, Jake Johnson’s head wound, and Jim Jones shot in the neck, who died.
The report notes McMahon spends much of his time in shooting, contrasting with Grant who devotes his hours to loading up, highlighting differing presidential routines and priorities.
The word brick as a badge of bravery traces to Agesilaus of Sparta who, showing a sentinel line of ten thousand troops, declared every man a brick in the walls of Sparta. The anecdote explains the origin of the slang for a loyal, steadfast man and its heroic framing.
The London Times reports interest in transporting Cleopatra's Needle, a red granite obelisk from Helopolis dated to Thothmes II around 1500 B C. Weighing up to 284 tons and 64 feet long, it lies prostrate by the sea with a ruined wall nearby. A jetty and inclined-beam raft plan could tow it to England in summer.
Mr James Gage Jr reported discovering blocks of cut sandstone near Port Gibson about eighteen miles away and one mile from Brandywine Springs on Mr O Quins property. A specimen three feet long and twenty inches square resembles a soap bar and likely a native sandstone. The wall stretches about twenty feet across the top and extends two hundred fifty yards, suggesting a city wall or possibly a fort temple or other ancient structure of immense antiquity, likely pre dating native history.
A Lexington bank stop revealed Henry Clay's debts paid by a mysterious benefactor. The Richmond Inquirer notes Dr. Mercer of New Orleans as the donor, calling him the good angel. The piece reflects on shifting national morals since then and contrasts private debt payments with modern behavior.
A San Francisco Chronicle report quotes a mother complaining her hands were never dirty while her eight year old daughter retorts she never saw her mother when she was a child. The exchange captures a tense family moment reflecting generational distance.
An old French Academy paper suggested deep sea railways with iron tubes laid between Ireland and Newfoundland. The plan relied on ocean density at depth to suspend trains, with smoke from locomotives once a problem. Modern engines may remove the scientific hurdle, and the question becomes who will form the company and raise capital.
A private Paris exhibit displays a bloodstained handkerchief once in Emperor Maximilian of Mexico’s hand at execution. Belonged to Empress Carlotta, it bears her arms and Mechlin lace. The relic, tied to Don Andres de Valdejo-Arjona, marks conjugal affection and betrayal amid a doomed empire.
A Boston family keeps a highly talkative parrot taught to swear. After repeated dunkings in cold water and near the stove to dry, during a storm wet chickens were warmed nearby and the parrot, just ducked, cried out that the young swore.
A mutual friend Moulton is today one of the most popular men in the State of New York and would likely win if he ran for Governor. Regardless of Beecher and Tilton, Mr. Moulton remains unwashed away in public esteem.
Report from a London hotel describes new steam washing machinery for dishes and cutlery including plates, bottles, knives, and forks. It is said to perform well, improving cleanliness and efficiency in hotel kitchens and dining areas.
John Mitchell of Fairfax Iowa has imported several very fine sheep from Scotland at a cost of 200 each. The report notes the animals as part of local agricultural interest while the rest of the text oddly describes creaking stairs and thunderous sounds in late night.
The passage notes a man shedding suspenders during hard times and relying on heaven to hold up his attire while he attends to politics. It claims Marshal McMahon’s income in France totals $120,000 per year plus $78,000 for household and reception costs as context for public figures.
Attorney General Williams owns a fine house in Washington and contemplates residing in Oregon after. The note suggests a potential relocation as part of his housing plans.
The Secretary of the Treasury determined that citizenship was not forfeited by a flight to avoid the draft prior to the act of March 3, 1865. This decision clarifies that avoidance did not terminate allegiance or create automatic loss of citizenship under existing law.
Bundy, married two weeks, confronts his wife who awoke crying after a dream in which she saw husbands for sale in a well lit street. She described prices from 1500 to 10 cents per bunch for men like him, sparking Bundy to seek a divorce.
An amusing tale links finger rings to Prometheus bound by Zeus and a fragment of rock on the chain. The ancients used engraved stones as seals, a practice borrowed from Assyrian customs, later adopted by Greeks and Romans.
A sober town visitor refused bank stock arguing against a cashier who kept a race horse and gambled. Years later the cashier defaulted and the bank shares fell to about fifteen percent, proving his caution justified.
Using hay as the nourishment standard, 100 pounds ib supplies a fixed amount. Careful experiments show alternative foods can provide the same nourishment with specific quantities: clover hay 03 lbs, rye straw 355 lbs, oat straw 220 lbs, potatoes 195 lbs, carrots 280 lbs, beets 346 lbs, rutabans 262 Tha, ewheat 43 Tbs, peas 4 F lbs, beans 46 Ibs, rye 9 Ibs, barley 51 tbs, corn 56 lbs, oats 59 Tbs, buckwheat 64 Tbs, and oil 6 tbs.
The passage expounds that love gains intensity when lovers are past youth, arguing mature choice suits an older man, and that late love feels final and potentially desolating if it ends. It notes intelligent gifts from a woman can be more compelling to an older man, and the sense life may be short colors the perception of late affection.
A husband and wife pause before the Soldiers' Monument. She asks about the figure on top and he calls it a goddess, defining it as a woman who holds her tongue. She then schemes to bake a peach pie with pits to ease his sore tooth, a humorous exchange from the Defrott Free Press.
Schuyler Colfax is set to serve as one of the judges for a baby show to be held in Niles Michigan. The event features local families and aims to showcase infant contestants in a friendly community gathering.
A thirteen year old narrator describes early journalism antics on his uncle's paper the Weekly Hannibal Journal. He edits one issue, lampoons rivals and locals, and sparks town intrigue with satirical woodcuts and verse. Neighbors react with threats and curiosity. the uncle capitalizes on the surge in subscribers and barter crops.
An inexperienced farmer says a man who can plow stumpy ground with lively mules without wearing a hat is ready to endure purgatory with an overcoat on. Easton Free Press notes the remark as a colorful local proverb.
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