10 Sep 1872
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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1872
Page
1
The poem likens candor to opening a rose and the garden within the soul blooming on the face. It compares inner virtue to gems flashing from ocean caves and a star seen through twilight, describing how truth lights form and features with unhidden grace.
An elderly woman, Martha, yearns for a romance long past while her farmer husband John keeps house with quiet pride. Her life changes when a letter reveals her lover Paul Gardner's betrayal and a future with another bride, forcing Martha to face her years of toil and unspoken longing.
A woman marries a kind farm man to escape a broken heart after a failed engagement. Paul Gardner reappears two years later, claiming Mattie is his wife, causing heartache when she reveals she has married another. He forgives her and leaves, while she bears the secret of her suffering.
A young citizen returns from farm work with a tale of healthful escape from dissipation. He bears sun strikes and mosquito bites, a torn seat of his pants, blistered hands, a blackened eye, a freckled gaze, and a bruised forehead, yet proclaims an elegant time and plans to return next summer to jail rather than the country.
A correspondent signs as One who has Reformed recounts Captain Hall of the Great Eastern and his battle with drink. An eminent physician prescribed a regimen of iron, magnesia, peppermint water, nutmeg spirit, to be taken twice daily, aiding his abstinence after months of effort.
A simple glaze is made by mixing a little water with the white of one well beaten egg then boiling. Add a few drops of cold water while boiling, then stir in a cup of powdered sugar until a foam forms. Use this foamy glaze on cakes for a glossy finish.
A boy narrator jokes about girls and women, mixing humor with blunt stereotypes. He notes arithmetic prowess but fails to understand girls while predicting eventual mischief, romantic entanglements, and rough roads ahead, ending with a boastful, tongue in cheek view of courting and consequences.
This column lists universal impossibilities across daily life and disputes. It notes that servants, mechanics, gas bills, laundry, plumbing, money, fashion, umbrellas, newspapers, theatre, merchants, old maids, and editors all fall short of ideal expectations in imperfect modern times.
A circus wind tester, nicknamed professor, died after a lung-tester exploded in Terre Haute on Tuesday. A healthy farmer boy inhaled a blast of air from the device, triggering the explosion and injuring bystanders. The professor blamed onions for the strong breath as debris and brass parts flew about.
A peculiar 19th century remedy advises treating felons on the finger with dry rock salt mixed with spirits of turpentine in equal parts. The mixture is applied on a rag, wrapped around the affected finger, and refreshed as it dries, with a claimed cure in twenty four hours as the felon is said to be dead.
Eli Perkins recounts a New York physician Dr Henry who attended Vice President Frank Blair in 1868 and notes Gratz Brown’s facetious claim about being attended by a doctor. The doctor replies that Brown’s case is worse.
The teacher notes the phrase old maid to describe a woman who has been married a long time. The origin lies in social notions of spinsterhood and may reflect attitudes of past eras toward marriage and independence.
A compilation of humorous and curious items including social mores, accidents, finance notes, and quick quips. It references Paris wine shops, Wisconsin floods, New Orleans debt, Vermont letters, and several witty anecdotes about manners and public life.
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