05 Feb 1876
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Newspaper
Seymour Weekly Times
Location
Seymour, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1876
Page
1
An elderly Canadian man, seventy years old, reportedly endures harsh winters in a fully nude state for four decades. The piece contrasts this with American youths hiding in long coats by fires. It references other oddities and a Paris police measure for night medical attendance.
A wary view of France's government under Mac Mahon notes a fragile balance between the ministry and the people. It questions life tenure for senators, suggesting the constitution may be violently altered rather than subject to orderly change, with bloodshed implied in its leaves. It also reports on mound relics found near Mitchell Station and Long Lake, including beads, shells, and a two foot white flint spear wrapped in copper wire, prompting speculation about precolonial explorers' trophies.
In answer to inquiries the Churchman explains Easter is set by a lunar cycle, not solar. The Paschal full moon falls on Saturday April 9, making Easter Sunday April 16. If the full moon occurs before noon on March 21, it won’t regulate Easter. the following moon would.
A lyrical piece recalls Parson Kelly and his lost wife Irene, with visions by day and a dove at the window in a June sun. The second tale follows Alice Brand a pretty village girl whose self centered ways test family love until a near tragedy changes her.
The body of a 33 year old man named Davis was found on the L. M. and G. 8. R. K. track near Clarksville Tennessee. He appeared horribly mutilated and had been twice run over. The pockets were rifled and authorities suspect murder and robbery before he was cast onto the track. The Boston Advertiser notes US population around 48 million in mid 1875.
In a rural court scene Isaac challenges the Squire after being warned to remain quiet. The Squire fines him for contempt of court and drunkenness, prompting Isaac to attack the judge’s lineage, claiming his father was far harsher than the Squire.
A Lynchburg News correspondent reports tremors at Peaks of Otter Virginia from south to north with nightly shocks. Locals dismiss superstition, noting those unaffected by fear feel the strongest quakes. Some say the peaks blaze with light as grand as Vesuvius.
When the presiding justice enters the New York court of appeals everyone rises and remains standing until he and his associates are seated. Some members of the New York bar seek to imitate this ceremony in the lower courts.
A terse quip imagines a defeated lawyer labeling the presiding judge a fool after losing a case.
A moral poem extols hope as the guiding principle through hardship. It urges steadfastness, faith in Providence, and bold perseverance against danger and misfortune, with repeated refrains of never giving up as the core counsel. It combines biblical tone with wartime imagery and a stock aphorism about resilience.
A mosaic of quick sketches including whisky prices, alphabetic sentence puzzles, streetcar scenes in Constantinople, public school bible debates, a Boston grocer’s views on advertising, a parlor carpet joke, a whiskey flask patent, reflections on wealth and poverty, a Western editor’s joke about missed weddings, a lunacy remark about Mrs Helmbold, a fish market rat tale, and scattered musings on science writers and discovery.
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