Harper’s Weekly – December 18, 1858

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[Homer_J_Simpson]

Free Republic University, Department of History presents U.S. History, 1855-1860: Seminar and Discussion Forum
Bleeding Kansas, Dred Scott, Lincoln-Douglas, Harper’s Ferry, the election of 1860, secession – all the events leading up to the Civil War, as seen through news reports of the time and later historical accounts

First session: November 21, 2015. Last date to add: Sometime in the future.
Reading: Self-assigned. Recommendations made and welcomed. To add this class to or drop it from your schedule notify Admissions and Records (Attn: Homer_J_Simpson) by reply or freepmail.

Link to previous thread

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Candidates for the Board of Education Opposed to Reading the Bible in Schools – 2
Our Special European Correspondence – 3-4
In the Streets – 4
Editorials – 4-6
The Lounger – 6-7
Glimpses of Life at Washington – 8-12
Torture and Homicide in an American State Prison – 13-18
Chess Chronicle – 18
The Heir of Hardington – 18-21
The Principality of Monaco – 22-24

[Homer_J_Simpson]

[Continued from December 16 (reply #17) .]

December 18. Last night with Ellie to call on the Wolcott Gibbses in Twenty-ninth Street; a pleasant visit. Made Gibbs talk chemistry and polarization. He told me a piece of scandal about aluminium. Ball & Black, the jewelers, had sundry scraps of that new and interesting acquisition of metallic society fused in a crucible, with intent to run it into bars, when it exploded with violence and without apparent excuse, knocking crucible and furnace into pi. Strange that so placid, quiet-mannered, inert a substance should so disgrace itself before company.

The Diary of George Templeton Strong, Edited by Allan Nevins and Milton Halsey Thomas

[BroJoeK]

Looks like our national debt just doubled under a Democrat administration, during peacetime.
Doubling the national debt in a couple of years is so extreme, especially for frugal Democrats, that I am certain it'll never ever happen again. ;-)

[BroJoeK]

It’s not clear why the, ahem, gentlemen pictured wish to ban the Bible from schools, but I know two of my grandparents continued to start their school days with a Bible reading and prayer well into the 20th century.

[BroJoeK]

"Filibuster in Nicaragua" did not then mean long winded speechifying, but rather a military adventure by Southerners eager to expand their slave empire.

There were several, all unsuccessful, not clear why exactly.

[youngidiot]

“Showered to death” God Almighty

[C19fan]

Thanks to income taxes Monaco went from a nondescript place to the 2nd home of millionaires and billionaires.

[Tax-chick]

I wondered at that, myself. They all have similar faces, which suggests that they represent an ethnic group.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

[Continued from December 18 (reply #3).]

December 20. We called on Miss Josephine Strong and went to Wallack’s Theater [at 485 Broadway, see Wikipedia page entry below-HJS]: Merchant of Venice. Old Wallack embodies Shylock perfectly; it’s a most intense, vivid, truthful impersonation. Portia was respectable, and in the trial scene something more. Women of genius would do well to study Portia – the noblest of recorded specimen of the intellectual woman (I say recorded, because she is, relatively to us, quite as real as any of the Margaret Fullers and other strong-minded women who were once actual flesh and blood and lived on earth, and died, severally to the great relief of some man or set of men). She shews how lovely intellect makes a woman while it is subordinated to heart and womanly impulse.

The Diary of George Templeton Strong, Edited by Allan Nevins and Milton Halsey Thomas

Wallack’s Theater Wikipedia page

[colorado tanker]

Ain’t gonna touch this one. No way. Uh, uh. No sireee . . .

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Next time you have a disagreement with Mrs. Tanker just remind her that she needs to subordinate her intellect to heart and womanly impulse. She will probably thank you for it.

[colorado tanker]

LOL!

[Homer_J_Simpson]

[Continued from December 20 (reply #10).]

December 22. William Betts wants to put me on Columbia College Standing Committee, a manifest absurdity while Mr. Ruggles is in the board, and especially just now when the critical work of leasing the Botanic Garden lots is about to begin.

The Diary of George Templeton Strong, Edited by Allan Nevins and Milton Halsey Thomas

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Continued from December 22 (reply #14).

The Diary of George Templeton Strong, Edited by Allan Nevins and Milton Halsey Thomas

[alfa6]

Thanks Homer for keeping up the postings.

Wishing you and your family a very Merry Christmas and a
Happy New Year.

And for the rest of all y’all the same as well.

Best Regards

alfa6 ;>}

[Homer_J_Simpson]

The same to you and yours, alfa6. Thanks for following these posts all these years.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Continued from December 23 (reply #15).

The Diary of George Templeton Strong, Edited by Allan Nevins and Milton Halsey Thomas

Ellie’s present from Mignot was a pretty nice score.

Louis Remy Mignot bio

Here is an example of his other work.

[Western Phil]

“the steamboat that runs about the floor”

This entry gives us a little insight as to what people were up to at that time in history. The mention of a steamboat brings to mind the Steamboat Arabia http://1856.com/arabias-story/
which was unearthed not too long ago and which gives a big bunch more insight. If you are so inclined, there are a bunch more similar situations waiting to be unearthed. The Arabia people would probably be more than happy to let you know how to go about doing that. Unfortunately, I am to old and don’t have enough money.

[Tax-chick]

I hope nobody gets me a silver soup-tureen. It’s the kind of thing Tom the Son (who is my “buyer” this year - we draw names) would do if it had crossed his mind.