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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1886
Page
2
A yellow bulldog destroyed two stone dog statues outside a Philadelphia china shop, injuring one bull dog statue and damaging its ear and tail. The owner paid $12 in damages. The same column notes a Rome New York boy claims to have invented a fear machine that rattles houses at night using a shoe-buttoner hook and resin to create frightening sounds.
New Britain resident Joan B. Surry stored 400 barrels of Baldwins in a neighbor’s ice-house last fall. The fruit froze solid amid surrounding ice and was found sound. Twenty-five barrels shipped to New York sold quickly at $3 each, with more demand and the entire lot sold at the same price.
During a Camden land suit a witness quipped the plaintiff received “five rows of blackberries” beyond entitlement. Judge Parker pressed what that measure would be in inches as another man noted a chain’s length had been altered. The report shifts to a Millersburg Ohio farm incident with a six foot blacksnake attack on a horse. The piece closes with a European royal anecdote and a Washington banking view of Congress staff pay.
Rev John Newland Maffit drew a crowded House crowd with a sensational Washington sermon noted for vivid imagery and theatrical style a skilled speaker yet short on simple clarity. Daniel Webster spoke two hours before the Harrison inauguration in the Mississippi slave case arguing that state constitutional prohibitions on commerce had no force without penalties and that federal authority to regulate trade must prevail, observed by John Quincy Adams among others.
A Cassell's Family Magazine excerpt surveys how hands reveal character from cold to warm, refined to rough. It cites Dickens Heep and Jack Horner, contrasts weak and strong hands, and argues modern life values capable hands that act for others.
On Chiloe island off southwest South America locals endure 290 rainy days yearly with most rain mixed with sleet yet show remarkable immunity to pulmonary disorders. The piece cites Benjamin Franklin and Prof Oswald debating cold origins, noting dampness and cold not sole causes.
A Sacramento boat poker game recounts Reddy and Andrews at Forest City Sierra County with heavy bets across a deck rigged to favor Dawson. Domingo Joe’s wary glare signals the ace capture and Reddy wins the pot. Also included is a Virginia City note urging business men to prioritize physical exercise, citing Manning’s paralysis and examples like Gladstone Bancroft Holmes and Conkling.
In a Chicago News item a melancholy missionary questions a bystander about faith. The man replies he is not a Christian but a choir singer, reflecting a humorous, probing encounter.
The piece notes Wordsworth was not an ascetic and could have written passionately about love. It highlights a suppressed passage from his Swiss journey describing amorous sights, found in Descriptive Sketches (1793). The article cites his study of British poets in Anderson’s amatory verse collection and argues there was little need for amatory poetry in Britain.
A Harvard scene shows Professor pressing Mr B about prayers. Mr B reveals his atheism, humorously capped as a cross between a Roman Catholic and Presbyterian. The professor expresses surprise and plans to see him later.
A French clock shaped like a tambourine with a painted circle of flowers on its head features two iron bees moved by magnets beneath the membrane. The larger bee traces the circle in twelve hours while the smaller completes an hourly circuit, with four flower divisions marking the cycle.
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