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Newspaper
Plainfield Courier
Location
Plainfield, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1891
Page
4
A Detroit Free Press poem fragment features a speaker seeking a prize hidden in willows a woven nest with four mouths and a warning note about a mosher pin. Beramdo appears with blue eyes as the speaker urges action and reflection.
The fragment tells of Bill Kinny in Dry Fork killing a prominent local man and resisting arrest with gunfire that wounded deputies. Sheriff Mark Townsend tries to persuade Kinny to meet jailer Sam Powers, using a parley about gentleness and old-time policing, then attempts to arrest him.
In a bayou drawl a jailer and kin scheme a midnight possum feast with sweet potatoes and a jug of liquor. Mark and Bill argue over taking rifles as they near a jail yard “bear fight” moment with handcuffs looming.
Captain J R Speer of Jacksonville begins a 900 mile coast swim atop a trained alligator named Jacksonville Jr. The voyage will follow the Florida coast past Mayport and Amelia Island with a small support launch. Speer bets $5000 he can finish in nine days, aided by the alligator's speed and intelligence as spectators and band music cheer from the docks.
BlakWood's Magazine laments a national lack of accuracy among Portuguese workmen. It contrasts stubborn denial of flaws with skill in stonecutting and metalworking, argues few first rate artisans remain, and questions the moral judgment of contemporary craftsmen.
L Dean Molden and Frank Brobst appeared in Justice Biermann's court as defendants in a suit by Rod Warren for 22 dollars and 75 cents. Warren alleges 3 dollars for serving as assistant steward and 3 dollars for catching rate during leisure hours, with a disputed 19 1/2 dollar judgment and objections over house use of spilled ale.
A Gainesville Missouri letter describes George Jaynes known as Laaky George, who moved from Tennessee and turned a rocky Ozark hillside into a snakes' retreat. He breeds rattlesnakes, renders oil for sale to druggists, and kills about 2000 snakes each season.
New advices from the Bureau of the American Republics report active coffee operations in Seconusee district Chiapas with twenty six estates employing over 1500 men. Vast first class land remains uncultivated capable of yielding over two million pounds. Production cost is about seven cents per pound with plantations selling around twenty cents. Sub latent labor shortage hinders expansion. crop failures in Chiapas are denied as yields stay bountiful even when uncultivated.
A fashionable church gathering unfolds with laughter as children file into pews after a baptism ceremony. A red haired child sits attentive while his younger brother Ted leans across and cries, briefly breaking the solemn mood.
Timetable details for Plainfield to Newark and intermediate stations in November. Includes leave times from Plainfield and Newark, various morning and late evening departures, and service to Somerville and Sandown with listed connections and approximate hours.
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