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Newspaper
Winthrop Sun And Visitor
Location
Winthrop, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1907
Page
6
A collage of light verses and quips from various papers recounts social scenes, jokes, and witty exchanges. Snappy lines about receptions, elevators, skeletons from closets, and playful anecdotes showcase era humor and public life. Notable bits include Mrs Hunter’s detective guest and playful street banter.
An elderly woman enters a grocer’s and asks to leave a large earthenware pot with her purchases until she returns to pay. She leaves with her basket, promising to pay later, but hours pass and she never returns. The pot, bearing no bottom, remains abandoned in the corner.
A survey traces witchcraft beliefs across Europe and the Americas from earlier eras to late 1800s, noting executions and trials in France England Spain Russia and elsewhere, with later public burnings and judicial cases in Prussia Poland and Austria Hungary. A second item recalls a parliamentary farmer’s crop joke about crop variety and a sharp retort.
In the mountains Chick Bruce, famed Adfrag dack guide, recalls an incident with Grover Cleveland. Bruce left Cleveland on a log while he hunted, returning to find the president aiming his gun at his chest. Bruce shouted for him to stop, arguing a misfire would disgrace him as a Republican.
A restaurant owner leases the reverse of his menu to a carriage maker for ads. A rushed customer orders a list of carriages and funeral cars after a waiter hands him the bill upside down, prompting a dramatic response and a fleeing waiter. Judgment reversed. A schoolteacher and principal exchange a quip about a pupil and a quarrel over propriety.
A grocer father questions school attendance for his son and argues they were teaching arithmetic he disagrees with noting a miscalculated unit. He wishes to raise the boy to run his business and resents the schooling.
A saying recalls a champion mean man who gave his wife a single gift on their wedding anniversary, four yards of cotton cloth to sewm a shirt, as the only present he ever made.
Fragmentary line suggests a quirky couplet about a person whose temperature hits a limit and a pun on cold coat. Van Artevelde is quoted as saying the world knows nothing of igpentast men.
Au gratin denotes baking in a dish with white sauce and buttered crumbs until browned. Vegetables like cauliflower or potato may have cheese. foods are not mashed and are cut into dice or flaked as applicable. Individual ramekins are preferred. presentation matters and some call the method escaloped.
A short note suggests using a small safety pin as a substitute for a bodkin to create two smooth heads and a loop to hold ribbon or tape. The tip emphasizes effectiveness for filling and creating a holder for embroidery silks.
A card describes making a silk skein holder from silk or cheesecloth about eighteen by ten inches with a second piece eight by eighteen inches, stitched to form pockets and finished with feather stitching. It also reports Te Pat Mui of Hongkong receiving a bravery medal for aiding others during a typhoon, the only Chinese woman honored by foreigners in the colony.
Care of glassware suggests using tepid water and pure soap for cleaning with a small stiff brush to remove dust. After washing, submerge the piece in boxwood sawdust to absorb moisture, then polish with a soft napless cloth. Avoid metal cleaners which can scratch and harm the glass.
An artist announces he is an international thief who traveled to Africa Asia Europe and Australia with two companions boasting about stealing towels from hotels. He collected 207 towels and turned them into flag souvenirs, displaying them as a global crime memoir in an exhibition according to the Philadelphia Record.
Experiments with scarlet runner beans in opaque cylinders reveal that climbing plants have an innate directional twist. Honey suckle and hop tend to turn clockwise while the scarlet runner bean and coprolvulus twist counterclockwise, indicating a plant instinct to choose a direction.
Swedenborg gained fame in London for friendship and public regard yet failed to form deep ties due to English speech difficulties. The modest, lace suited scholar with a wig and cane lived near Cold Bath Fields and interacted with local children. He suffered a stroke on Christmas Eve 1771 and died March 29, 1772 at his self chosen residence.
An antiquary shows a 17th century French print of two men smoking tea from pipes, arguing tea smoking dates back 200 years in France. He cites Blegyt and Grand d Aussy describing it as an old vice later deemed harmful to nerves, while condemning modern revival by young ladies.
Two young friends of Bishop Wilberforce in Oxford earned nicknames Hopknn and Phinehas for troubling university authorities. T. H. B. Escott recounts a scene at Cuddesdon palace where they sang The devil is dead in the hall and the bishop gently addressed them with the remark Alas, poor orphans.
A Kansas City Journal report notes about 200 rose species exist with perhaps fewer than 50 clearly defined families. Only two families are American born, while growers have supplied most varieties. The elusive black rose remains unproduced, though a New York florist offers a dark red rose that can appear black in certain lights.
In Chicago News a local tale describes Grandpap Wheatly leaping ten feet and forgetting rheumatism as the circus parade passes. The spark is the heard calliope mistaken for an angled-whistle automobile. Zeke Crawfoot explains the gag.
The landlord asks why guests often seem discontented. The clerk replies they are not truly unhappy but aim to present a favorable impression of their usual experiences in Washington Star.
A young man engaged to Miss Way requested the choir not to sing This is the Way Long Have Sought at his church wedding. The four year courtship led to a private plea to avoid the opening hymn.
A feature urging homemakers to seek Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for female weaknesses. It cites Mrs Sadie Abbott and Mrs Pree McKitrick testimonials from Jeannette Pa and La Farge Wis, claiming relief and urging letters to Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Mass for free advice and treatment guidance.
A British captain's wig trick in Napkin Chir on leads to the barber crying devil as a man regrows hair overnight. A Japan Yokohama wrestling scene draws crowds as two women clash on damp earth. Judge Marshall described as tall, handsome, and simple in Washington. A Scranton anecdote recalls a child Johnny awaiting a future president amid family chatter.
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