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Newspaper
The Progressive Farmer
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1892
Page
5
A rail journey tale reveals a brutal scene when a baby cries aboard a crowded night train. A pale father wrestles with a grim truth about the infant’s mother as panic and fear sweep through the car. The narrator, W P C Adams, reflects on fears and the power of the written word in journalism.
The item reports that Bro G McGillis hosts the Alliance Journal at New Whatcom Washington but fell ill two weeks ago. He hired Bro W P C Adams as temporary editor and shares his view that editing is dangerous. He describes perilous experiences with scorpions tarantulas rattlesnakes and firearms to illustrate risk.
Report of a bizarre two-family marriage pattern near Blountville Alabama where five Johnson brothers wed five Wright sisters. After both parents died the Johnson widower then married Mrs Wright, effectively blending and “wiping out” the Wright family in a single social maneuver.
A popular blind count living on the Champs Elys es visits a fashionably poised marchioness in her boudoir after three months away in London. While she and her maid prepare for a ball, gossip swirls as the la rger revelation that he has undergone cataract surgery and can now see shocks the marchioness, who flees without a farewell.
A lively courtroom exchange unfolds as a hostler answers questions with escalating bravado. The knight reveals a sharp reply about sugar in coffee, while the hostler finally declares he took a spine, in a humorous Boston Globe style exchange.
Jules Simon plans a Paris book on the family decline among workers. He argues divorce rises as wives work, husbands roam, predicting divorces could match marriages as France adjusts to modern unions. The text cites 1881 and 1890 divorce rates, noting a trend toward more separations.
A well dressed middle aged man stares persistently at a comely woman with her husband nearby. The husband confronts the offender, who then reveals he is blind and apologizes. The incident draws attention from other passengers on the Brooklyn Bridge car. The report shifts abruptly to a historical note about a famed apple variety called Peasgood's Nensuch.
The Hartford Courant recounts Mark Twain courting Lizzie Langdon of Elmira. After two rejections he persisted with his famous line and finally earned the judge’s consent to marry Miss Lizzie, the daughter of a judge.
An 1868 English tale describes a girl at Grantham who planted five apple pips in a garden. Four died, one grew and persisted. Seven years later she married and moved to Stamford, taking the tree with her despite it never blooming.
The wife of a prominent New Yorker recounts a luncheon scene where a waiter refused a tip from a well dressed elderly woman, mistaking poverty for status. Later that evening at dinner, the same waiter eyed her husband and whispered, signaling recognition.
A Waterville head clerk, a gifted salesman, extols a fine dress goods to a countryman. The rustic compliments the goods and the clerk, then exits to fetch two young women to hear more. The dye of eloquence falters as the man and his daughters are brought into the display. The buyer purchases the fabric, leaving the clerk embarrassed and the daughters likely amused or regretful.
A train car conversation turns into a mock front page of sensational items about wives killing husbands, nagging drive to death, flighty mothers, multiple marriages, and a humorous note on Indiana women's feet growing larger. The pair laugh at exaggerated headlines while defending wives and criticizing gossip.
A compact note on David Hume and Gibbon describing Hume drying a beef and cabbage broth recipe and wine preferences. It mentions Hume's turn to cooking after 1769, his claim to paste a royal soup, and Gibbon's fondness for madeira despite doctors' cautions. The passage ends with Gibbon taking a chicken wing and three glasses shortly before death.
The text notes Burns’s preference for wine as a sign of his digestion rather than medical obedience. It recalls his early literary success and the brief inclusion among the great, where he indulged in spiced meats and rare wines. His later intemperance is presented as likely shortening his life.
A humorous tale about Dean Swift at an inn on a freezing night. He tricks guests by asking the hostler to feed his horse oysters, then uses the distraction to dine in comfort while the crowd wonders if the horse will eat them. The dean later reveals he will eat the oysters himself.
A drought story from China notes bannermen issuing cycles of prohibitions on slaughter and sale of animals every ten days. A harsh edict forbids slaughter, barter, and even eating onions and garlic. A magistrate’s cook is challenged. fish are found on him, and two runners who defied the proclamation are beaten and ordered to refund two hundred dollars.
A weary young woman with a baby and a four year old struggles near Fourth and Washington. One man helps by lifting the child, avoiding a potential confrontation with police, while the other reflects on how differently events might unfold if he intervened.
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