Moonlit Leap Over Kate’s Garden Wall
Fragmentary verse recalls a moonlit night in June. A speaker climbs a garden wall to answer a summons from Kate, describing her features in lush imagery as the moonlight falls and lovers respond to charm.
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Newspaper
Shawano County Journal
Location
Shawano, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1867
Page
2
Fragmentary verse recalls a moonlit night in June. A speaker climbs a garden wall to answer a summons from Kate, describing her features in lush imagery as the moonlight falls and lovers respond to charm.
The Queen’s new book on Prince Consort Victoria’s early life includes her reflections on royal marriage and courtship with Prince Albert. Letters between Victoria and Albert show a willing sacrifice and mutual affection, amid Windsor life and rising royal duties.
Reports from Fulton County describe a brutal incident at Bryant Station where a 13 year old girl was assaulted by a local blacksmith. A mob confronted the suspect, who was beaten, later dying from injuries sustained during the confrontation.
A New York arrival headed to the mountains carried seven large trunks and two boxes beside a reticule and parasol. She rode alone in a stage coach as racks and roofs brimmed with her luggage, illustrating the era’s packing scale. Also noted: Major Rodman’s engagement to Miss Dahlgren.
The body of Major Atwood, a well known Detroit lawyer, was found in Alawood Cemetery on Saturday morning. An inquest adjourned to Monday left questions unresolved with theories ranging from suicide to financial stress amid personal grief.
A Norwegian immigrant aboard the War Eagle carried a coffin and opened a chest to reveal a partially decomposed child’s body. The mother wept openly as workers and spectators shared a silent, shocked sorrow at the scene and the father closed the coffin lid.
A French deputy Fayre, tied by marriage to Maximilian's private secretary, faces scrutiny as critics doubt the union's motive. Meanwhile, Ellenburg New York sees a cleric posing as a minister, who flees during service after a local discovery of imposture.
The Buffalo Express notes a thriving frog season with thousands of specimens from Squaw and Grand Islands to Port Erie and Frenchman’s Creek. Dealers sell about twelve hundred daily, hotels add demand, and over one hundred thousand frogs have been sold with three hundred thousand expected. Buyers include several grocers and Chicago farms rising in a growing industry.
The American fire-raft Nonpareil from New York arrived after forty three days at Southampton and moored off the dock. Captain John Mikes and crew George Miller and Jerry Mallene describe a 24 by 12.5 foot raft with two masts and three connected cylinders. Sleeping aboard uses a canvas tent, provisions in a rocker, and water from a barrel. They sailed by dead reckoning without a chronometer and used weasels to fix position. They report health overall and stock of thirty gallons of water, with a smaller raft used as a boat.
A scattered collection notes events and plans including Hebrew College in Philadelphia, a rat catchers picnic in Florence Ohio, a meteor shower forecast, a silk factory for Santa Clara Valley, a Maximilian monument in Trieste, and varied societal oddities. mentions imperial garters, zoos in Calcutta, armless handwriting, and rising New York sheriff income alongside crop abundance in Egypt and other diverse items.
The Music Parlors at 410 Main Street Milwaukee offer latest vocal and instrumental productions. Prompt correspondence and orders filled on receipt of payment. Letters from the country answered.
Advertises Consumiption Curablé and Dr Sehenick medicines claiming to cure consumption by rebuilding liver stomach and blood. Promotes Mandrake Pills Son Weedenia and Schonck’s Syrup for appetite digestion and richness, urging exercise fresh air and proper diet to aid recovery.
An Ohio traveler reports relief from frequent summer headaches after using Cook's Dyx Pepsin Cave. The brief note credits the remedy with curing his distress and restoring health during the hot months.
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