15 Apr 1871
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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1871
Page
1
Mortimer Collins writes of an old velvet coat that has faded and stretched yet remains a companion by the fireside. The narrator recalls youthful escapades with Lucy Lepel, lavish gatherings, and a society of gleeful revelers, contrasting past splendor with present weariness while toasting the bygone era.
An English narrator recalls his voyage with Jonas Baxter a bold burglar aboard a mixed crew bound for Cuba. Baxter saves the narrator from a knife attack then shares exploits including safes bank notes and a six million dollar gold heist before Baxter is executed in P- as a prisoner of war.
A London Society writer assesses after-dinner talk, noting many speakers fail from lack of prep. They improvise, quote poetry, or waffle in a flat tone, sweating as the crowd endures dull bursts of speech. Some are perverse or stupid, but most after-dinner speakers are simply bores.
A historical note recounts Peter the Great and Frederick IV visiting Copenhagen's Round Tower in the early 1700s. Peter allegedly demonstrated authority by ordering a Cossack to jump from the tower, prompting Frederick to question the power of such rule.
A report notes bullion shipments during a week in March from the Ras River district amounting to about $190,000. The item references the firm Greeeab ee & Co as the shipper in this wartime context.
Flores on Peten Lake is a small isolated town with no shops or markets. Residents rely on barter and subsistence farming, their days filled with music and an egalitarian culture as described by Morelet.
An essay compares life stages from age forty to sixty as a prime period, then describes the Turn of Life crossing toward Old Age with fragility and risks like gout and apoplexy. It urges composure, measured stimuli, and steady supports to extend vigor until night. A stray note mentions a Rutger s College cabinet housing a large edible crab from Japan measuring eleven feet across.
A long anecdote recounts a dog nicknamed Tyke that wandered among a metropolis blaze with the firemen. The dog appeared to observe the flames closely, avoided crowds, and found shelter where it could, earning its name from the firefighters who care for it without a single master.
A humorous item note follows a “broken-hearted woman” Laura Hunt of Broadalbin New York who seeks help locating her deserting husband Josiah Hunt. The piece cites a chain of newspaper quips and mock replies from various papers and editors as their reactions multiply. It ends with Harper’s Magazine reference to the ongoing joke.
A correspondent argues that laughter signals ignorance and defends Washington’s capacity to laugh. The piece extols laughter as an art, contrasts natural and affected smiles, and urges people to laugh at proper times, endorsing individual freedom to laugh despite critics.
A New Orleans magistrate chats with a veiled woman on a pleasant day. The woman reveals she is his mother in law, exposing his marital status and causing him to abandon his business. The anecdote appeared in the Picayune.
Bulwer contends poverty is largely a mindset and cites rich men with lofty wants who suffer debt. He argues a dollar a day with no debt can exceed the contentment of many with large incomes. He notes many with high earnings live in perpetual strain while disciplined workers enjoy more peace.
A reflective exhortation on courage across daily trials. It urges facing difficulties, leaving gatherings at the right moment, entertaining restraint, and speaking or remaining silent as needed. It emphasizes admitting fault, sticking to true resolutions, and choosing friends by principle.
The Esquimaux and Greenlanders rely on seal, boar, and whale fat to endure Arctic cold, while tropical residents eat watery fruits and vegetables with little oily food. The author suggests increasing oleaginous elements in winter to maintain body heat and energy.
A loose miscellany reports on an Indianapolis egg tally, jokes about freemasons and hogs, a West coast clergyman seeking damages for a journal report, and humorous vignettes from byways including a New York debate on Latin, an ice-barrel man in Taunton, and Billy the Philadelphia teamster who finally learns a ton equals fifteen hundred.
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