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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1885
Page
2
The Register notes Lorp Lyons will stay as Minister at Paris until June next year before retirement. It surveys English temperance groups, Boston intellectuals, and short vignettes on prison bells, a fatal quartz mill accident, pine needle industry for cushioning, and advances in artificial eye fabrication.
The Prince of Wales tried to disrupt a London rose ball by opposing a woman the committee had excluded. He warned he would not sanction the festival unless the ban was rescinded, but the girls refused and stood by their decision. The episode drew protest over social espionage at Marlborough House.
Of the twenty two pall-bearers at Abraham Lincoln's funeral seven remain alive: Gen. Simon Cameron Elihu Washburne Col. H. G. Worthington the Rev. Green Clay Smith Alexander H. Coffroth Henry L. Dawes and John Conness. The deceased pall-bearers include Lafayette S. Foster Edwin D. Morgan Reverdy Johnson Richard Yates Ben F. Wade Beuhylor Colfax Gen. A S Grant Gen. Henry Wagner Halleck Gen. W A Nichols Admiral David G Farragut Admiral W B Shubrick Col. Jacob Zeller Orville H Browning Thomas Corwin and George Ashmun.
A New York Post correspondent studying colored communities in the South notes preachers often display remarkable fluency and rhetorical skill, despite speaking in nonstandard grammar. He recalls sermons marked by powerful delivery and vivid rural illustrations drawn from fields and forests.
The report covers a Greenwich Connecticut project called the Walker-Tourists of France promoting study walks and nature exposure. It also recounts a 79-year-old man and a younger woman in a renewed marriage, suggesting happiness may outpace youth. Additionally discussed are critiques of expedition reporting and a Danish Bronze Age discovery of gold boats from Thor's Mound, with a reward to the finders.
A Cry and Country excerpt extols being born and raised on a farm as best for mind and body. It argues farm surroundings cultivate self-reliance, health, and success, claiming most prominent men come from farm roots due to environment and opportunity.
Do you remember that day my dear a long rambling poem about a perfect afternoon under leafy skies with nature and quiet love voices. It then shifts to a humorous tale titled REV ELDERBERRY'S VACATION about Rev Jonas Elderberry a thrifty minister in Flintville who dreams of real vacations. He finally gets a break, attempts fishing then cucumber work, faces scorn from his church and townsfolk, but eventually lands a paid call in Gypsum Center while his wife endures a practical voyage of folly and farce.
Sir Henry Thompson argues drink should only satisfy thirst by supplying water to tissues. He warns beverages like chocolate milk reduce water's solvent power, criticizes washing down meals, and condemns milk as unnecessary for adults past growth, suitable mainly for children and those with high exertion.
A railway note discusses passenger superstition about the center of a Pullman car being safer and smoother, versus the rear car. It argues the center may ride as buckboard like, with safety considerations if a collision occurs. It mentions Frederick Kessensine of Athenia and his 4 power loom for silks capable of high speed, 129-150 picks per minute on various fabrics.
A collage of jokes and humorous vignettes from various papers. The snippets include witty lines about fashion and speech, misheard lyrics, and playful exchanges. The item weaves together quips from Stockton Maverick to the Boston Trapscripet with several spoof cartoons and light verse.
The palm tree stands as a versatile gift of God, reaching up to eighty feet and thriving from desert heat to spring watered oases. It bears dates for fruit, shade, and fuel, provides materials for everyday objects, clothing, furniture, and instruments, and supports travelers with its shade and water offerings.
Judge Punkley, a leading New York bar member, was advised by a physician to take one drink less each day. The judge quipped that reducing daily alcohol would kill him off inch by inch, joking about sobriety and self restraint.
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