10 Jan 1880
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Newspaper
Singleton Argus And Upper Hunter General Advocate
Location
Singleton, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jan 10, 1880
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR from a Scottish verse piece recalling youth and love. The narrator reflects on past labor and hardship, a longing for a lost sweetheart named Jean, and the joyous memories that sustain him. The text blends dialect lines with nostalgic longing and rustic imagery.
A fragmented reminiscence blends a cafe or tram venture with a romance. The narrator recalls Jean, family expectations, and a hoped tramline project yielding profit and progress. Social critique follows, lamenting itinerant preachers and noisy stump speakers as unsuitable for public discourse.
A rough frontier scene describes a sturdy Kentucky bred horse named Daniel and a brave, reckless hunter among wagon teams. The stranger earns trust, defends his horse, and proves himself capable in an Indian-infested land while sharing bold chatter and quick bonds with the wagon crew. The narrative blends travel, danger, and a vivid portrait of frontier life and loyalties.
A mash of notes and anecdotes describes merchants in Shanghai, a plucky girl saving a horse cart, a man burned at Shields, a new Venavid railway to the crater rim, a London court case on railway injuries, and a Roman funeral procession with wreaths and tributes to Pius IX and Captain Fadia amid Cape Lorenzo rites.
A collage of anecdotes shows flirtations and payments in a rural town, a Chinaman in Australia outwitting customs with a store purchase, and social mores on courtship rings and engagements. Nearby, Morosi’s fortress saga, a British officer’s quips, and odd notes on education, race, and beauty codes highlight colonial life’s variety.
Quoted voice parodies farming steps for raising oats with comical misspellings. It lists plowing manuring and scattering oats, protecting crops from animals, stacking and thrashing, cleaning, sharpening tools, storing in a pantry, and trapping pests. The text ends with a humorous flourish about raised cattle and fated work.
In a Chelmsford speech Sir Evelyn Wood recalls soldiers from varied units who endured peril and death seeking only comradeship’s approval. He notes a powerful brotherhood born of shared hardships and duty, asserting ties of blood and kindred endure even when death separates them.
Frederick sought a fearless chaplain candidate and devised a test by delivering a blank sealed packet to Ali the preacher. The sermon spoke of creation, and the man delivered a powerful discourse, earning the vacant chaplaincy and becoming the king’s chief confidant and adviser.
A Scottish appeal judges case reveals a woman altered a birth certificate to appear younger, seeking a marriage with a man who believed her to be younger. The clerk detected the forgery and she was sentenced, then acquitted on appeal for lack of intent, the court noting vanity rather than a criminal act. The tale closes with a rustic aside about a child seeking clothes.
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