05 Dec 1877
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1877
Page
1
A Nantucket style memoir recalls Willie, a brown haired boy lost at sea. His parents Mary and I wait by the fire as waves and winter pass, then a distant wreck brings Willie home after seven years. The hat on the wall becomes a living memory of their son and the sea.
In a Cornish chapel village a Christmas sermon urges reconciliation before a holiday gathering. A skating accident at Polworthy Pool tests courage as Sir Philip Trefusis falls through thin ice, with Richard Polwhele and Dr Hamlyn heroically coordinating a perilous rescue.
In Trecarra Park a long standing feud between Richard Polwhele and Sir Philip Trefusis is resolved after a life saving intervention. A fire of reconciliation follows with Edith and the two families dining together, and old friends singing Auld Lang Syne as Parson Pentreath praises mercies.
San Francisco Bulletin relates that John Morrissey sought favor with Speaker Colfax by gifting Havanas and asking for a preferential committee post. Colfax agreed to place him on a harmless panel, and Morrissey became Chairman of the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions. A Toledo church incident followed, with a child taking money from the collection plate and being restrained.
Two empty oyster cans and a long string create a primitive telegraph setup. A speaker blows air through the can while the listener hears via the can as vibrations travel the string. The phenomenon tricks the ear, but the voice truly originates at the speaker and transmits through the setup.
Professor Mendenhall of the Agricultural College discusses curved ball throws observed in a baseball test. He suggests spiral motion causes uneven air resistance, steering the ball off a straight path. He questions whether a perfectly uniform ball would produce the same curve.
An eye-witness account describes brick dust colored fogs near the Cape Verde Islands that blanketed ships with a fine impalpable powder. The dust, also noted in the Mediterranean and North Africa, settles on sails and rigging, colors the sea, and falls in showers with no nearby land or desert source visible.
A wide mix of society notes fiction and travel lore covers prizes in a rifle match in Worcester and a Princess born in America. It mentions WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT praising W. W. Story and a fatal Long Branch rail accident near South Amboy. It includes social notes about Mrs. Roscoe Conkling, Miss Louisa Alcott, and MP Senator Withers. The column also features anecdotes about Beethoven, a Turkish sultan’s marble staircase, and a Hartford printer turned actor discussion with Robson.
London Telegram reports Prince Sergius of Leuchtenberg, nephew of the czar, slain during a reconnaissance with the Russian Guard near the Lom. Acknowledging war crimes and moral responsibility, the piece argues his death may influence Tsar Alexander and public opinion amid the vast carnage of the war. The dialogue ends with a parable about the Lord's Prayer and a boy's reply.
The eight and a half mile line between North Billerica and Bedford uses a ten inch track. George E Mansfield built the line with eleven long bridges, light engines and cars, Westinghouse brakes, and steam heat. Trains run about twenty miles per hour, carrying up to sixty passengers on nine ton trains at low cost. The piece notes Butler's stock stake, compares to Camden to Cape May plans, and speculates on future single track locomotives by Yankees.
The Halifax Chronicle reports a remarkable scene at the Public Gardens pond where a goose, nicknamed Bobby, leaves the water to sit beside a man who calls it. The bird then trails him to the gate and sometimes into the street, resisting being returned with agitation. A local asserts the same goose was fed by a different man weeks earlier, suggesting mistaken identity.
A brief poem excerpt praising a dead bee and its legacy. The speaker contemplates the bee’s life, its gathering of honey, and the idea that its sweetness may feed others after death.
A collage of light verse and satirical snippets from several papers. Jokes about weather, fashion, receipts, and daily life blend with brief quips from city columns and editorials. Notable items reference Boston and Detroit humorists, a Paris traveler stereotype, and a playful exchange over a boy buying an apple.
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