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Newspaper
Van Wert Weekly Bulletin
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1868
Page
1
A coarse verse describes two figures inviting a third to drink and share a bed while one partner mentions Judy. The bilingual dialect evokes a lulling tavern mood with suggestive intimacy and blurred boundaries.
In the Atlantic, Mr Parton describes an elderly NY man who boasts of consuming fifty drinks daily, five bottles per gallon and one fifth before breakfast. He can conduct some business in the morning and converse in the evening, yet remains a hopeless, unshakable drunkard who never seeks reform.
In a quiet parlor, Mrs. Dalton challenges Wilder to explain his offhand attack on Edward Grover. She argues that unguarded speech harms the speaker, not the subject, and urges guarding the heart with kindness while judging others by evidence. Wilder admits fault and vows reform.
General Sickles at a New York Republican rally defines carpet-bagger as Northern emigrants who settled in Southern states after the war. He links them to leaders Cobb Blair Forrest Toombs and waves a national immigration narrative, praising carpet-baggers as carriers of intelligence and enterprise. A one armed veteran organ grinder on Broadway reports high earnings in a day.
An engineer recalls a drunken fireman abandoning the Arctic at Poughkeepsie and a wild ride to New York. The runaway engine sped along the track until water pressure forced a halt and the fireman slept by the roadside. The engine returned safely and the fireman was dismissed.
The piece argues that ten distinct potato plant pests exist in the United States, with diverse habits, brood patterns, and feeding modes. It notes geographical limits, larval and adult stages, and differing enemy species, implying no universal remedy will defeat all ten.
General Howard cites a case where a large planter forced votes by threat of discharge. Fifty enslaved workers answered by demanding a vote for Grant, and the planter backed down to keep his cotton. The lesson drawn is that labor is a necessity for the employer in the South, and resisting dictation may end such threats.
A historical note describes Phil Sheridan urging Grant to press Lee to surrender, with Grants two word reply Push things. The account frames Grant supporters as actively pushing and predicting similar decisive outcomes for the Republican agenda.
A roving party in Knoxville Tennessee cheated Allen Anderson of nearly 2000 in greenbacks and his sister out of 130 in coin. The scammers claimed miraculous curing power and sold him a charm that proved useless and costly.
Three boys playing in a car at Allegheny City Pa were locked inside by a road employee. The car started west and was switched off at Alliance Ohio to load grain. After two days the boys were sent home to worried parents.
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