Goodbye to the World and Home
A poem by Hy R. Emerics expresses farewell to worldly crowds and pride. The speaker longs for a sylvan home where thoughts are sacred and proximity to nature and God offsets human vanity.
04 Jun 1872
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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1872
Page
1
A poem by Hy R. Emerics expresses farewell to worldly crowds and pride. The speaker longs for a sylvan home where thoughts are sacred and proximity to nature and God offsets human vanity.
On Bayside at Long Island Sound Nellie Martin charms two rival admirers Jack Lautrel and Murray Nesbitt. A morning row ends with Jack declaring a life and death confession of love in a tense sea-beset moment.
Nellie Martin and Jack Lautrel confront heartbreak when Nellie leaves Jack on the rock for a drive with Murray Nesbitt. A perilous sea rescue follows as Jack braves the tide to shore and returns with Nellie’s realization. In a confession and forgiveness, Murray’s rival wins.
An Anglo French notice reports Princess Pierre Bonaparte opening a millinery shop in Bond Street Paris to support her children. It notes the Bonaparte couple’s poverty, Victor Noir’s death, and Empress Eugenie selling jewels while the princess seeks independence through business.
A West End tale recalls the Duke of Wellington misreading a note as from the Bishop of London. He sends his breeches to St James square, while the Bishop travels to the PM. It turns out Miss London, daughter of a famed gardener, sought permission to sketch the Waterloo beeches.
A Transcript correspondent describes Amsterdam from its early fishermen huts on a salt marsh to a bustling port city. The piece notes Dutch refugees from Antwerp settling in Holland, Amsterdam’s shipping dominance, its crescent ground plan with a semicircular canal, numerous canals and bridges, and 95 islands with 298 bridges. It cites dike upkeep costs and the Dutch East India Company warehouses, with corn stored on piles. Erasmus’ quip about locals and Amsterdam’s foundation on piles.
Dr. R. T. Trall explains in The Phrenological Journal that intermittent fever arises where decaying vegetable matter and stagnant water create mala rial gases. He notes swampy areas and damp cellars as key sources, and warns families and livestock near such sites suffer from related illnesses.
The piece argues that poor men should save small amounts weekly to build independence and resilience against life’s ups and downs. It urges opening a savings account and steadily adding to it, noting dollars grow into tens and hundreds, eventually yielding a reserve fund and enabling actions otherwise impossible.
Worn out leather goods undergo processes to become new uppers. Old hose and belting are cut to form boot soles, while de mor alized boot uppers are separated and regenerated into uppers for smaller shoes. Thousands of such uppers are sold annually, so buyers should beware of dealer reliability.
A San Francisco court determines that opium eating does not constitute a temperance violation under local law, leaving open questions about treatment and prohibition under existing statutes.
The piece surveys the U S animal trade showing licenses for about a dozen American menageries. It details costs for giraffes hippos lions elephants and other creatures, notes feeding needs and risks of travel, and explains the high capital tied to moving and maintaining exotic animals across the United States.
A study notes birth weights around six and a half pounds with boys and girls largely similar in early years. By twenty, men average 143 pounds and women 120. by thirty-five men about 162 pounds, women 149. Overall, weights rise with age and vary widely among individuals.
At a Missouri teachers institute in St Louis county a schoolmaster argued discipline required flogging or dismissal for boys aged fifteen to sixteen. Other teachers disagreed with him insisting schools can be controlled without bodily punishment and that in nine of ten cases pupils are flogged in heat of passion.
Last year sponge divers on Florida's lower gulf coast earned a total of 250000 dollars from their harvest. The report highlights the economic impact on local crews and the regional sponge industry.
Noon wedding at the Home for the Friendless joins Judson P. Esmay, a Northwestern Road conductor, to Martha Arlingdale, an Industrial School pupil. Arlingdale, orphaned after her father’s Civil War death, was sheltered by Capt. James Baker and later by the Home. The ceremony in the reading-room, Elder Boring officiating, drew many ladies. eighteen Industrial School bridesmaids attended as the couple honeymooned in Oak Park.
Howard Crosby extols Florida as a cure for urban strain praising lagoons mossy swamps and alligators. He contrasts Florida with New York and notes slow travel times and scarce news while inviting prudent readers to seek relief in the Sunshine State.
Samuel Jones near New Amsterdam in Harrison county reports draining a seventy acre lake, uncovering Indian graves bones and artifacts. He notes the site was once an Indian camping ground likely a village, with mussel shells and bone finds suggesting a large tribe lived there and archeologists may learn from the relics.
A well-dressed man enters a bank to deal in pens and asks to see the cashier. The teller jokes the cashier is away at Lake Superior and will return in eight weeks, prompting the visitor to leave after an hour and a half wait.
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