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Newspaper
The Visitor
Location
Winthrop, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1886
Page
2
A New Year message urges leaving behind sins and regrets, building a new life, and climbing toward the heavens. Ella Wheeler Wilcox writes that the future holds no terrors if one stands firm on the grave of past errors and resolves to begin rebuilding. The piece appears in the New York Sun.
A cold day in a rural school ends with Jake the cowboy revealing a desire to read. He befriends Jinny, and their bond grows despite rough lives and rivalries. After a pistol wound, Jinny and Jake confess love, choosing life together over death, with Jinny pledging to die with him if needed.
The article recalls Isaac Yocum of Paschalville, a longtime local weather prophet before the weather bureau. It notes his methods using animal signs and wind patterns, his predictions that a snowy winter would bring rain, and his remarks on seasonal winds from the fall equinox to December and their impact on cattle pasture plans. The piece cites the Philadelphia Times as a source.
The narrator recalls watching a leopard hunt and kill a black buck before a crowd. Leopards are displayed in carts, hooded, then released to ambush antelopes. The sequence shows the hunt, the kill, and the gruesome handling of the carcass by keepers and spectators.
The article notes an amicable dispute resolution in Japan where coolies use a lottery to determine who will carry a traveler. A traveler seeks a jack of carriages, and a crowd gathers, each man drawing slips from a central holder. The scene ends with quiet order as everyone accepts the result.
Dr. Fillmore Bennett of Richmond Illinois wrote the hymn in Ik Hor n Wisconsin in 1868 after a note from J P Webster the composer. Bennett recalls Webster’s nerves and depression and the brief moment of inspiration that produced the words in minutes. The piece became widely famed.
In a camp a Kentuckian boasts of a buck shot so the bullet exits the right ear and through the right hind foot. Another hunter mocks the tale saying he witnessed the buck scratching his head with its hoof as the shot was fired. The exchange ends with a caution to avoid such tall tales.
A collection of aphorisms urging calm through life's trials. Value of knowledge investment, prudent speech, and steady communion with God. Trustworthy friends guard secrets and respect integrity. Enduring equanimity outweighs fleeting pleasures.
A Chicago Herald report reveals a targetman near Chicago who for four years has drawn two salaries while doing the work of two men. He slept in a shanty beside a prairie crossing and rigged a telegraph wire to trigger signals, using an imaginary night counterpart to justify the extra pay. Officials weigh ending the scheme versus continuing the double compensation.
The article notes Monte Cristo starring James ONeill debuts Saturday and runs the week at the theatre. It highlights Myra Goodwin as Sis, Kate Claxon in Called Back, and the Mikado’s 100th Hollar appearance with a bustling Boston theatre scene and packed houses.
A visiting young lady in Kentucky exclaims about a political meeting noting many vice-presidents were colored. The joke hinges on a newspaper misreading where colored means colonel, not racial designation, prompting laughter.
A Philadelphia Call item reflects on a 19th century notion of longevity through outdoor air rest and diet. It recounts a master prompting a pupil to use the word dozen in a sentence, joking that a boy who grows up may become an editor or a funny man for contemporaries.
A California man asks an editor what his son should follow to suit his talents. The editor agrees on finding a suitable path and replies with a practical suggestion. The humorous exchange ends with the punchline that the son should take up the plow.
In a heated exchange, a man famed as a “man of nerve” is challenged when a speaker asserts he is timid and publicly contradicts his wife. The remark prompts laughter and surprise among onlookers.
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