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Newspaper
The Evening Star
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1872
Page
3
A quoted fragment from the Yeneae of the Echo Club appears in Atlantic Monthly July. The passage reflects on a sturdy settler and a weathered fence scene with children and memory, ending with tears.
A young circus rider Willie Mayhew, abused by an old guardian, escapes with a driver who offers aid and a chance to be a circus star. The boy collapses from a fit, is treated by a doctor, and reveals ailing hope to reach his mother in New England, confessing his love and remorse.
Red shirted miners in Placerville cheer the arrival of Lee and Marshall's Great Mam moth Circus. An 1853 scene shows extravagant posters, a caravan of performers, animals, musicians, and a city eager for entertainment amid frontier life.
A grave by the Sierra Neva holds a young boy laid to rest with the dying child’s message to his mother. Miners, torn by grief, pause from gambling and bar rooms as Deacon Mayhew leads a quiet service by pines and hemlocks.
A tale from Philadelphia court a shrewish wife exposes her husband Joe Stansbury with a note claiming the baby is his. The crowd unpacks a kitten swaddled in ragged clothes, revealing a large cat as the “baby” to the audience. The prank bonds the couple in laughter and the nickname Joe Stansbury’s baby sticks. The piece closes with a moral on respectful conduct toward women and a note on Norwegian emigration for Norway’s 1000th anniversary celebration.
The Sear Publishing Company troves chromes with subscriptions, listing a Pine Estey Organ, sewing machine, grain drill and framed cromos valued at 15 to 110 dollars for 15 to 110 subscribers. Descriptions include sunbeam scene, pussy and piano lesson, lamb garland, unconscious sleeper, Newfoundland boy with dog, and mother in kitchen. Sent by mail or agents from Fifth and Vine Streets, Cincinnati.
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