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Newspaper
Wayne County Herald
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1883
Page
3
A nostalgic poem by a Commercial Traveler recalls the end of a workday. It contrasts the return home to family and meals with the old routines of a traveling life. The refrain that “the check is on the kiester and the price book’s put away” frames the worker’s joyful reunion and memories.
A vivid reminiscence traces Jenny Lind’s rise from a Stockholm street singer to a renowned opera star, her charity in New York Boston Charleston Havana and kindness to a paralytic Italian boy, with anecdotes of generosity and a famed debut at Castle Garden.
Agricultural tips discuss soil types for onions and fruit trees, use of composted manure and bone dust, and a salt regimen to aid tree growth and soil health. Observations include effects on garden crops, bedding material like sawdust, and notes on ramified beekeeping profitability and practices for small farmers and households.
A collection of domestic guidance includes cleaning with kerosene on oil cloths, making chicken soup, carpet dusting with a damp cloth, and recipes for corn pudding, gingerbread, bake well biscuits, and Massachusetts lemon pies with meringue topping.
Horace Greeley hires Hank Monk for a rapid stage run to Placerville to fulfill a lecture, despite rough roads and constant urging. The stage rattles along as a brass band and crowd meet, Greeley’s hat falls, and Hank proclaims he will get him there on time. He delivers as the editor clambers from the coach amid cheers and a burst of dust.
F G Fairfield contemplates a world where living 1000 years without death becomes mandatory. The piece argues longevity would strip life of novelty, sever ties, and imprison a person in centuries of solitude as the elderly long for death.
While fading, the poet Tom Hood jests with a visiting clergyman saying he hopes the clergyman’s religion hasn’t disagreed with him. The remark casts a wry light on Hood’s final moments and humor in adversity.
An old newspaper line notes that the poor may solace themselves that they cannot be thrown from carriages as frightened horses dash by. It reflects a broader social humor about danger and class.
A short quotation from George Eliot appears about fairness in outcomes, noting the idea that one sows and another reaps, reflecting moral cause and effect.
Mrs. Grant wins social favor with hearty manner and quick rescue of dull conversation. General Grant grows domestic, enjoys his library, and chats with friends as New York society praises the couple. Formey's Progress.
Anecdote recounts how Abraham Lincoln responded to wartime pain. An Illinois neighbor, who was logging barefoot, crushed a big toe by a falling log. Asked how the Union reverses affected him, he said he was too big to cry but too hurt to laugh.
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