13 Nov 1878
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1878
Page
1
The notice states a yearly price of 1.50 dollars paid in advance and applicable if paid within the year. The fragment ends with the number 82, suggesting an associated page or reference but no further context.
A humorous tale from Bret Harte about a small town spelling bee held at Angel's Bar. The contest spirals into chaos with wild words, misread clues, and a fatal stumble as the crowd watches, ending with sobering lessons about education and mischief.
A Glasgow Herald excerpt collects humorous misreadings and misstatements from printed texts. It cites examples like an express train warned by a cow and a clergyman misquoting Luke and wedding rites with odd phrasing.
John Muir's Scribner's Monthly extract depicts a wind storm in Yuba forests as he climbs a Douglass spruce top for a grand view. He notes the wind's motion, light reflections, and scents from sea to coast as pines, laurel and madronas respond with vigor and calm.
In a temple tale the ex Chief Baron Pollock, urged to resign, challenges a visitor to dance then boxes him when refused. The moment ends with no further visitors questioning his health or retirement.
Edison agent patent in London. Seligman banker wedding gifts $50,000. Hoyle’s whist treatise at seventy. Inmates at Home for the Aged Men include a long Atlantic traveler and a congressional candidate. A Troy mill accident with a red hot rod. Austin Emmet’s canal boat chain propellers. General Thomas Ewing’s forecast for Richmond as a major southern city. Ulverstone farmer fined for cart carriage beyond merchandise scope. Rev. Ellis sermon and a church scuffle. Russian empire population tallied at 71,470,482 with Polish non Slavs allowed only in churches and schools. Thomas and Jaephson discover a twelve year old prodigy in Cincinnati. Dutch king’s age match commentary. Sacramento long nosed man joke. Lorne outranked abroad. royal procession oddities. Joan Bright praises Gladstone. Shah Ali of Cabul pictured with Jewish looks and attire.
The Sacramento Union details a Sacramento County resident who has trained three cats to function as retrievers. The cats rush to the shooter, race to retrieve fallen birds, and compete to deliver the game to their master. One cat, Thomas, guards the catch until handed over, while others quarrel if not first.
John Muir muses on how winds carry scents and memories across distances from sea breezes to land smells. He describes winds shaping landscapes, from Alpine gusts to Gulf breezes, and how wind forms visible, dynamic patterns in forests and mountains.
A young Douglas in the British Navy faced a peril when two sailors deserted while he guarded the gig. Years later he recalled the incident vividly and later identified a baker in London as one of the culprits. The baker admitted the fruit run, recognizing the midshipman.
A Washington Iowa man Jonathan Brinton, believing a vision, opened an inn two miles east of Jerusalem to aid rebuilding the Holy City. He sent $10,000 to his wife and son, who plan to join him after selling property. Brinton reports health and prosperity amid his faith in prophecy.
A past newspaper misprint altered a report of an express train danger when a cow on the track prompted the engineer to apply brakes. The line awkwardly read As the safer way, the engineer put on full literally cut it into calves.
The cobra remains popular in Indian exhibitions for its striking form and feared venom. Snake charmers display high courage by seizing the reptile below the jaws, often proving immunity for the mongoose through swift action. If bitten, neither charm nor ritual prevents death, so charmers carry a broad blade for safety.
Wealthy New Caledonian settler Mr Brown from Australia, travelling between cattle stations, outwits chief Atai to avoid being cooked. He confronts the chief in a hut at night with revolver ready, survives until daylight, and returns safely to French settlements with a guide.
A Cincinnati community quarrel centers on allowing beer at an expo or entertainment event. The Breakfast Table notes that excluding beer would strip the occasion of its character, likening it to omitting Hamlet from a play.
An observer meets Gov. lomon Francis of the Passamaquoddy at a floor dining setting with six others. The 81 year old chief, his annuity, and duties are described along with the wife of Lewis Francis and her refined basket making, language skill, and eight children.
Lieuten ant Von Zubovits, a Hungarian army officer, uses a new inflatable saddle to cross the Thames on a gray horse. The event, with a saloon steamer crowding Westminster Bridge, showcases a daring trial of a water crossing technique and a curious invention for military river passage.
Reports describe efforts to export the mangosteen from the East Indies to America. The fruit resembles an orange and yields a rosy pulp with grape and strawberry flavors. Plentiful in warm climates, it might be domesticated in Florida and southern California for new fruit varieties.
The Clermont Courier announces a liberal reduction on advertising for the year. Business cards now limited to six lines with a 36.00 annual rate.
A nostalgic poem recalls a schoolroom desk, the sunlit dust, and memories of a girl named Mary Jane. The speaker laments change, reflects on aging classmates, and longs to return to childhood moments at the desk. Mary Jane memory anchors the affection and loss.
A collage of quips from 19th century papers features jokes on absent mindedness, vulgar humor, revolvers at parties, mispunctuated poems, and editor troubles. It includes playful lines about a man five miles offshore with nothing to grab, a hired man’s fortune, a thief of ears, and bungled paragraphing in the mill town press.
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