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Newspaper
Van Wert Weekly Bulletin
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1868
Page
1
The poem recalls a quiet evening at the Cottage where family gathers. A father casts a shadow rabbit on the wall as children laugh and grandma smiles, finding charm in a humble, shared moment. Johnny imprints the tale with lively sounds while the lake scene hums beyond.
A night journey through multiple saloons above Canal and along Broadway depicts pretty waiter girls, smoky rooms, cheap drinks, and rough patrons. The narrator contrasts first class to second class venues, details grim fates of dancers, and laments decline of women drawn into dissipation.
Adams County Gazette reports eggs in the region hatching into thousands of young grasshoppers. They grow rapidly on south hillside, potentially threatening future corn planting as the insects take wing toward the East. Also notes Kaolin clay from North Carolina used in porcelain making and pipe meerschaum production.
A poem by Gray Seard attacks Andrew Johnson portraying him as a martyr and treason foe. It mocks his impeachment stance and presidency, claiming his vow to make treason odious while predicting political rebuke and possible name change to J A.
A recluse scene unfolds as Mrs. Wharton, rich and charitable, hires Mary Leggett the seamstress and shortchanges her by a dollar, prompting dream visions and a wakeup call from her husband about the poor’s dues. The tale contrasts charity with fairness and ends with a moral on dignity and repayment. An inventor’s window reflector gadget is also noted alongside national debt figures and a Chicago December gathering of Army societies.
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