23 Apr 1856
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Newspaper
Peru Weekly News
Location
Peru, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1856
Page
1
George Alber a noted sculptor of Wabash Indiana is listed alongside J M SponecorrEn Wabash J W Spaw LDS Wabash Indiana and Sandle and Harness Maker J W Shields Broadway Peru Indiana in a local directory style notice highlighting regional craftspeople and businesses.
The verse sketches a dapper man with a standing collar a beaver hat and a goatee who strolls public places, eyes the ladies, and exudes a self styled elegance. The speaker notes his flashy appearance and fashionable air as he navigates the street and corner shops.
Helen Irving resists her mother’s pressure to marry Fred Stanley for money, arguing she cannot marry without love. The scene shows her inner conflict, family pressures, and the looming impact on younger siblings as she seeks the path of duty.
Mrs. Irving contemplates her daughter Helen whose lavish life and marriage end in tragedy and quiet abandonment by affection. Helen's brother Franky thrives, but Helen writes in despair until a clergyman named George Merryl brings solace as Helen dies peacefully, and her mother learns at last that she is happy in the beyond.
In Pittstown New York Horace H Wadsworth fired a rifle at arm's length a potato aimed at Crogan from twenty paces The potato split in two and left a welt on Crogan who feared his skull was split The incident followed a tavern talk of William Tell and Crogan vows it is the first and last time he will be a live illustration of Swiss patriotism
The article argues stars are centers of other solar systems. It cites light intensity and polarization experiments as evidence that starlight comes from self luminous bodies. It notes binary stars orbit a common centre of gravity and compares stellar size to the Sun, citing Sirius’s illumination as indicative of vast stellar output.
A Newfoundlander at Stande tobacconists on Congress street kept watch as a fire broke out in the store room. The dog used its fore feet and mouth to control the blaze until help arrived. Its paws and legs burned, and it may have suffered internal injuries from the smoke. The animal previously aided on ice a few weeks ago and is praised as noble and faithful.
A preservation paste is made by dissolving an ounce of alum in a quart of warm water, then cooling and adding enough flour to resemble cream. Stir in half a teaspoon of powdered rosin and two or three cloves, boil to a thick consistency, and store. It remains usable for twelve months and can be softened with water when dry.
Daniel Rice of Guilford Maine writes to the Country Gentleman claiming blue vitriol or sulphate of copper prevents smut in wheat. He has used it twenty years with success. He washes the grain drains it then soaks three ounces of vitriol per bushel in water for 12 to 24 hours before sowing, stirring occasionally.
A reader shares a cheap melon vine bug deterrent using blueing wadding, plus brief anecdotes and jokes about lawyers, judges and dieties. The collage includes barbershop wig talk, a Balaklava inquiry, and quips on conversation and wit from Curran and de Stael.
Fragmentary OCR text recounts a dialogue between an emperor and a frightened man about a recurring three day period. The narrator mentions a merchant and a question asked by the emperor, but the fragment ends without clear resolution or context.
A fragmented dialogue aboard a voyage with Californians and a skipper. The text hints at restless passengers asking for a sleeping berth and complaints about sleeping on a sick man, reflecting maritime travel chatter.
A physician is detained and pressed to diagnose the true ailment as a cane strikes a gin cart, while a candidate greets a sturdy wagon on election day with a witty exchange about voting.
The 1855 report notes total vegetable and animal product value at 2.707 billion dollars. If Providence favors the next year, yields should grow significantly. Welk magnates and graziers celebrate improved outlook as farm prosperity climbs.
The report notes eyeless, cave dwelling fish found in artesian wells and subterranean channels near San Jose California. Descriptions describe their adaptation to dark waters and small size. Freeman references specimens resembling bass and migrating through deep underground aquifers.
In Waterton's Travel the tortoise faces two enemies, man and the constrictor. The shell is its defense, but when captured man may kill by swallowing whole, the constrictor devouring shell and prey.
The text describes Col Rawlinson's finding among Babylonian ruins a vast collection of clay bricks inscribed with extensive treatises on astronomy mathematics ethnology and related sciences. The author argues these works could illuminate biblical history and human history and influence scientific study.
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