Rothers Terms One Fifty Per Year In Advance
The item lists a price of 1.50 per year in advance under the heading Rothers.
07 Aug 1878
Page 1
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1878
Page
1
The item lists a price of 1.50 per year in advance under the heading Rothers.
Fragmentary verse fragment describes silent vastness and winds over ice caves and clouds. The speaker recalls distant memories of Winnepesaukee and Merrimac as silence weighs on thoughts and a haunting mystery of mind is revealed by winds of God.
Charles Aubrey, down on his luck, gives his last sixpence to a starving old woman and finds a path away from ruin through faith and a trusted merchant. Amos Williams mentors him, finding him work and shelter, while a hidden love from Mary, who disguised herself to test his character, is revealed as the turning point in his redemption.
A policeman stands high and aloof while a streetwise man flatters the force and praises courage. The man tests the officer with a request for two dollars, revealing the officer's wavering nerve and humbling moment on the beat.
A column surveys Lord Beaconsfield as the central figure at a European Congress in Berlin. It notes British wonder at his charm and political daring, and compares his self sufficiency to earlier statesmen while questioning the true aims of England in Turkey and Russia.
A rural essay argues for year round schooling stressing that children belong in class during ten months and that sporadic attendance harms future prospects. It contrasts two boys, one steadily educated and advancing, the other missing days and losing progress. The piece blames neither teachers nor the youths, but calls for broader access to schooling.
New London area recluse Lyman Grinnel lives in a planked ironbound dwelling and proclaims a coming catastrophe. He builds a hot water flood theory, claims a moon cycle omen, and stockpiles cat meat and an improvised ice machine. He presents a water world map and a self made air generator as his plan to endure the deluge.
New York Graphic discusses humanity’s progress in controlling heat and cold with electricity and steam. It muses on how climate differences between continents arise from geography and contemplates whether altering ice and land distribution could soften summers and winters, noting such a solution may be miraculous and currently unknowable.
The Baltimore American recalls Charles Reade’s temper and a famous stage door wigging by Charles Mathews at Drury Lane. Reade’s letter complains of an affront and requests protection for the author of Gold, followed by Mathews’s biting reply denying knowledge of the dispute and asserting ignorance of any theater interference.
A Brazilian tale describes the suracuon or fire-fighting snake that supposedly dashes into fires and scatters embers with its tail, continuing until flames are out. It can force away torches by ants and extinguish fires, while a small terrier once shown fire-aversion by barking at paper on the floor. Blue Jeans Williams yields to a shift into linen pants and a duster.
Legal and transient advertisements priced at 1.00 per line for ten lines in first insertion and 0.50 for each further insertion. Yearly liberal reductions offered. Business cards limited to six lines at 6.00 per year.
Fragmentary verse from Scribner’s Midsummer Holiday features archaic phrasing about life death and a fleeting moment of grace. The speaker contemplates punishment and forgiveness as an otherworldly light shines, bidding patience while the hour remains distant.
A collage of stray remarks and quips from various newspapers. Gossip on heat driving book agents from St Louis, jokes about Napoleon and Waterloo, a riddle about acorns and lard, and caricatures of public figures. Light, disjointed items reflect a humor column miscellany.
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