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Newspaper
Van Wert Weekly Bulletin
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1877
Page
4
A survey of speculative theories on the eventual end of the human race. Arguments range from floods and cometary gas to shifting centers of gravity and solar changes, each positing how the last man might perish or evolve into a new world population.
A weathercock removal leads to a perilous ascent as a worker slides seventy feet then falls to the church roof. Chevalier becomes stuck, 120 feet high, head down and swinging in high wind. Pierre Pean fails to reach him, then Moreau frees Chevalier after three hours in danger.
A fable shows the ax and saw failing to blunt iron while the hammer dies at its stroke. The flame softens the iron with relentless warmth, melting it. It asserts love as a stronger power than wrath malice or pride, capable of turning stubborn hearts.
French experiments estimate that the heaviest load a man can carry for a short distance is about 319 pounds. A soldier’s habitual load is 132 pounds on level ground, with a day’s work totaling 1,518 pounds over 3,200 feet. Elevating loads on ladders reduces continuous work to 1,232 pounds over 3,300 feet. Arm power yields 26.4 to 33 pounds raised per second, roughly one-eighth horsepower, under optimal conditions.
A Mechanics' Exchange Hotel worker spots a huge rat entering the dining room. She chases the rodent with a broom, roots it from a sidewalk hole, and traps it with a blow to the ground before ending the chase. The crowd witnesses the decisive dispatch.
In San Joaquin California wild hogs thrive among the tule lands and are believed to be descended from escaped domestic stock. The shy animals feed on succulent roots and are rarely seen, with occasional trapping by tule farmers using sturdy corrals built on stamping grounds.
A twenty two year old only son of wealthy New Haven parents, now in Maysville, works as a hod carrier at Rohr’s new building on First Street. He left home three years ago after a quarrel with his father and has since lived by manual labor. Despite regular remittances and pleas to return, he refuses funds and residence with his family.
In 1795 the Irish House of Commons debated a leather tax. Sir John Plunkett urged unity to support the war effort, while Vandeleur warned the tax would hit barefoot peasants hard. Sir Boyle Roche suggested replacing leather with wooden underleathers as a remedy.
The American Manufacturer notes that Americans learned little from foreign exhibitors while others learned from them. It describes the Softas as a Turkish mosque student class, 10 000 to 20 000 in Constantinople, wielding influence over mobs. The Cincinnati Commercial mocks Turkey’s money woes urging Ohio politicians to print more greenbacks to aid trade and debt redemption.
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