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Newspaper
Weekly Wisconsin
Location
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1885
Page
2
A verse piece titled Yes And No by Lucie Cages contrasts upbeat mood with refusals to succumb to sadness or tears. The speaker vows happiness and independence while approving possible future love, with lines about leaves fading and the moon shining as metaphors for emotion and choice.
Ruth Montgomery schemes to lure Miss Grimson’s nephew to a staged meeting for a bet with Antoinette Gray. The plan backfires when George Sherwood arrives and Ruth’s flirtation shifts toward a real romance with him, ending with a candy payoff and a surprised reunion.
A quirky tale opens with a wise old man who twists clocks to sleep and delays tea. It shifts to a New York courtroom where a traveling organ grinder and his red capped monkey face charges of assault and highway robbery. The judge dismisses the case, while the monkey bows to the bench and pockets tips from the crowd. The piece ends with a biographical sketch of Francis Scott Key and the Star-Spangled Banner.
In Patuyra Wisconsin Dr RB Peardon adds a private cabinet piece a 2 ounce cider glass from his uncle John Peardon Sr of Melindy Prairie. The glass dates to 1727 with Digory Reed named on parchment deeds. The note mentions Devonshire cider customs and a health claim for Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription for female weakness.
A column invites readers to submit practical household recipes. Included are instructions for beer beet cakes, Farner’s cookies, kinres batter, opaypernies with cranberries, mustard pickles, a bacon cake sample from Miss Matie Wilkie, and a layered chocolate cake with special frostings, all from Fond du Lac Commonwealth now.
Puzzles section solicits original contributions with single-sided paper. Includes word games and an 1813 to 1819 puzzle sequence with anagrams, perimeters, and enigmata. Notable items mention a marriage scandal in New York and notices on education at Spencerian College in Milwaukee.
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