Is It Any Body's Business The Meddler’s Lament
A poem decries gossip and prying in public life. It questions whether outsiders should judge a lady’s arrangements or a gentleman’s calls and urges readers to mind their own concerns rather than join tattlers and defamers in the public square.
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Washington Flotel
Beaver Dam
J. Lear Ritter
Washington Hotel
United States
District Court
Secretary of the State
Washington
California
Oregon
Utah
New Mexico
Secretary of the Interior
Keerful Shepherd Invites Mormon Flock to Plentiful Lane
A sensational speech arrives from Pittsburg describing a sect leader with multiple wives who extols polygamy. He mocks male singleness, claims women are tenderer, and urges listeners to join a lavish promised life aboard his train, drawing a crowd despite warnings.
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Salt Lake Ward
Skeorce
Weemen
Pertickler
Meade
Great
Salt Lake
Tyeemen
Europe
Aishey
Afrikey
Luke Blairs Encounter with a Pack of Wolves
A lone hunter Luke Blair faces a wolf pack on a prairie storm night. He recalls his wife’s brutal death and vows to fight the wolves, protecting a young companion as they seek shelter and survival amid the blizzard. The scene ends with Blair’s remembered sacrifice and a grave site near Prairie.
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Luke Blair
Luke
Ele
Blair
Mississippi
Lark
God of Mercy
Genth
Pen Cat
New York
Mark
Hll
Clair
Damon
Thad
Manisc
Jane
Hope and Friendship in a Banker’s Realm
Two brief moral reflections contrast hope with moneyed life. The lines warn that trustful friends are more valuable than wealth and that true companionship carries risk of envy and rejection.
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