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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1875
Page
4
Ruth Mayhew escapes a theft scare on a long journey and, after a dramatic platform chase, reunites with Rev. John Atherton who recognizes her from a cherished brooch. The scene ends with Aunt Harriet losing her nurse while the Foreign Missions gain a devoted worker.
The Amherst Agricultural College Farm grew a massive squash that burst iron cages and weighed 4120 pounds. Its roots stretched miles underground, with a main branch up to fifteen feet long and a single nodal root over four feet long. Over fifty two days the vine reportedly produced up to two thousand feet of growth per day on favorable days. Colonel Clark notes the squash shed sweat-like droplets on its rind during its immense task.
Frances Power Cobbe remarks that while some may seem to transcend prayer, she has not met anyone who can always sustain high thought without occasional support from a brother. Her meditation contrasts solitary transcendence with shared spiritual aid.
The passage contrasts passions as tempters and chastisers. It portrays youth with garlands of flowers and deformity with wreaths of snakes, presenting passions as angels in delusion and fiends in torment.
The passage urges making each day a fresh start and every sunset a closing with a kindness to others. It promotes leaving behind acts of goodwill, strength, or knowledge gained as personal records for a meaningful life.
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