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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1894
Page
3
A collage of late 19th century gag lines and short sketches from various papers. Jests about physicians, money and fortune, social climbers, and witty exchanges populate the page, with parodies and quips spanning topics from medicine to fashion and courtly society.
A Brenchley resident shoots a hen swallow. the enraged mate harasses him daily. A Strathendry observer recalls swallows protecting their nests from a sparrow with eviction by allied birds. A Lake Huron tale mocks a compass deviation caused by steel corsets, magnetized by a ship’s dynamo, fooling a captain and passengers aboard the Castalia.
In Sidney, an elderly widower confides loneliness to a friend. The friend suggests his sister in law, a widow, as a match and writes an invitation. The pair travel to Waterville, agree to marry, and the wedding is expected soon.
The skeleton of the leathery wing ed bat is bone for bone and joint for joint similar to that of man.
A southern Missouri father grants his consent for his daughter to marry Cleark-hear. The Bolivar Free Press notes the deed as unusual and prints the verbatim pledge: I giver to him as nothing els will do him let them fight.
In Ely Place Holborn a watchman still patrols the streets by a centuries old ritual calling out the hour and a forecast of cold wet weather after one o'clock, preserving quaint English custom.
Eminent West Rye resident Bert Manson lauds Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets in a letter to Dr R V Pierce. The testimonial extols liver benefits and broad health improvements from the pellets and contrasts them with harsher laxatives and mercurial preparations.
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