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Newspaper
Wallaroo Times And Mining Journal
Location
Wallaroo, South Australia, Australia
Date
Jan 27, 1869
Page
5
A damaged verse fragment shows a child at play in a painted world. A weary later artist replaces the missing face with one from his heart, revealing a reflected sorrow and a stark contrast between innocence and despair.
A fragmented excerpt catalogues dialect observations from travel in the Eastern States and a rural scene featuring Lord Lovel and a maiden with golden hair. It includes brief verse fragments, political quips, and a long list of “Nor” items critiquing various social and public figures, ending mid-word.
The piece argues for a low cost, level aligned railway system in Australia, favoring new engineering methods over costly English designs. It highlights the perils of heavy stations and fixed schedules, praises Me Robert F. Fairlie for practical, cost effective railways, and warns that expensive former methods threaten shares and feasibility without adaptation to terrain.
Mr Bernal Osborne addressed electors after his defeat in Nottingham. He praised Sir Robert as the real Working man's friend while commenting on Colonel Wright. He said Wright lacks certain principles but admires some traits in him.
In a travelogue style scene a group of Europeans bartered for a snake eating show near Tangier. A Portuguese man faces danger after an ill fated attempt, a native servant volunteers to eat a snake, and a reluctant Eisony eagerly swallows a venomous snake tail first as the spectacle spirals into a grotesque, chaotic display.
The piece describes a performer prodding his cheek with a skewer and drawing it through, then squatting as if a public benefactor. Spectators are fed on sensational displays of hunger, with hopes of further feats like eating nails or broken glass.
A Victorian-era account describes a public scene with Lady Clifton and Mrs Wright, accusing them of electoral manipulation and charm. It recalls bribery tales, a severe rebuke to corrupt politics, and a glimpse into Bedlam's padded rooms, solitary confinement, and weekly social and musical activities for inmates.
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