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Newspaper
Van Wert Weekly Bulletin
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1886
Page
7
A humorous dialogue explores fear and imagination as a mother and father discuss dangerous futures. The poem depicts a boy's worries about growing up, a world on edge, and the pull between caution and daring with playful, folksy language.
In Meigs County Mrs Malvina Danks and her seven children endure hardship as Brutus Cash Danks, marked by inherited shiftlessness, leaves to work across the river. A flood swallows their farm turning a simple life into tragedy as Cash returns mortally wounded, beads found, and a river ruins the home. The tale recalls fate and endurance amid ruin.
The first ascent of Mont Blanc occurred on August 8 1786 by Jacques Balmat and Dr Paccard after earlier attempts by eight Englishmen and Saussure and Burrit. Balmat found the route and received a prize from Saussure. his companion nearly died. Subsequent ascents rose slowly with 49 from 1786 to 1854 and 869 tourists between 1876 and 1880. By 1880 twenty five men including seven tourists had died on Mont Blanc. A 1870 snowstorm killed nine people, with corpses found a thousand five hundred feet below the summit.
Colonels LD Curtis argues pigs profit when allowed to graze, not kept in stalls. He describes fencing to prevent rooting, uses grass for feed, and recommends turning pigs into fields or future cornfields to boost blade growth and overall farm income.
A farmer should apply practical planning to feeding as surely as building a barn. Properly mixing nitrogenous and carbonaceous elements and balancing liquid and solid feeds can save money and boost returns. Learning the right combinations lets one feed more efficiently, potentially saving vast sums over a lifetime.
A mariner recalls 1863 Charleston blockade running voyage aboard the Isle of Wight loaded with field batteries and muskets. A mutinous plan to seize the ship is foiled by a Yankee pilot. After a brutal night of gunfire, the crew is captured by a passing Union squadron and jailed, with two others killed or wounded. The narrative links to broader Civil War relics and discourse on John Brown monuments.
Mr George H Newton of Monson Mass recounts a new tale of John Browns pikes including how some were shipped to the Rock Island Arsenal and later sold to him through official channels. Ned Coppocek, once believed to have fired the Harper's Ferry mayor's death, is described as an Iowa lad raised by a Quaker family.
In a Georgia officer's reminiscence from Gettysburg General John B Gordon recalls aiding General Barlow after he was wounded. The tale leads to an unlikely postwar meeting in Washington where Gordon and Barlow recognize each other, prompting emotional reflections on wartime bonds.
In a Philadelphia Times letter dated April 9, Capt. R Farrell recalls the day after the battle of Shiloh. He details horrific wounds from shellfire, mentions several Confederate soldiers killed, and notes a young wealthy youth among the dead. He contrasts the sickening scene with war’s necessity and expresses Northern resolve.
A United States Pension Office clerk remarks on the breadth of names found on pension records. He notes famous figures such as Daniel Webster George Washington Oliver Cromwell Julius Caesar John Wesley and Henry Clay appear alongside quirky entries like Ham Coon Rats Sugarfoot and more, illustrating the vast variety of names in the official lists. He finds the variety amusing and revealing about naming.
A collection of curious notes includes a Canadian great grandfather at his 167th descendant’s christening, a Snohomish man landing a 500 pound eleven foot sturgeon, a Saratoga tourist spending 300 on a pet dog’s doctors, a seven foot rattlesnake on Anastasia Island, and Antoine Lufon reputedly the richest colored man in the U S with wealth over 1 5 million. Additional items mention a hundred acre peat bog near Ellendale and an ape faced Asia bird in Fort Wayne. Jexxiez Lemon near Dallas kills a 6 foot 5 inch rattlesnake. H L Crank’s duck lays 160 eggs, producing a four legged duckling. the four Acken brothers of Middlesex County are aged 73 to 83 with impressive heights and weights.
An office seeker in Oregon near a large cataract borrows ancient fame to praise a sixty foot waterfall asserting that such a fall will bring wealth, prosperity and happiness to the people. He claims Rome Greece never had such a cascade in a June freshet.
Adolphe Lacroux, driving near Windsor Canada, heard a rattling from under his seat. He discovered a rattlesnake in striking range, killed it with a whip, and found a twelve-rattle snake containing an old English shilling dated 1734 in its stomach, suggesting long possession aboard a ship.
Philip Tyle and Company of Reading completed the frescoing of Gernant's Church near Leesport after nearly twenty years since work began. The building was so far advanced eighteen years ago that scaffolding stood inside the auditorium for plasterers, while the congregation worshipped in the basement. Scaffolding has now been removed following the completion of interior decoration.
Mrs. W. Campbell of Cooper County Missouri reached into a nest to place eggs under a sitting hen. A large black snake coiled in the nest seized her arm and looped around her head. She grabbed her bonnet, the serpent sprang loose, and she killed the snake.
An old testimonial touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as a tonic for fatigue and overwork, claiming it builds strength, appetite, and cheerfulness. Druggists G H Stratton and A B Curry praise its benefits for dyspepsia and rheumatism, with Hood's prepared by C J Hood & Co. Lowell Mass. 100 Doses One Dollar.
A collage of snippets cites veterinary feats, political figures, medical cures, novelty songs, and humorous quips. Notable items include a Canadian Vets surgeon removing a dog tooth, Ohio representative praising St Jacobs Oil, a toe gangrene warning after a corn treatment, fashioning humor about Chicago women, and testimonials for Dr Pierce’s remedies.
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