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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1882
Page
3
A lyric vignette blends nature and wartime devotion as a speaker contemplates peace, beauty, and sacrifice. It shifts from tranquil pines and lilies to vivid battle imagery and a pledge of courage, ending with a farewell gift of a song flower and a returning gaze. Refugio Mine, Bret Harte, and the mine foreman appear in the poems presented.
A verse ode contrasts winter's deathly sleep with imminent spring. The speaker urges patience until sunlit warmth returns, awaiting buds, wildbirds, and blossoming meadows. Emphasizes renewal, nature's awakening, and the hope of May through vivid seasonal imagery.
The verses hail Irish freedom and independence with a chorus of toasts to Erin and Ireland. It praises resisters of English rule, pledges support for the Irish cause, and envisions a strong New Ireland allied with the West while expressing resolve to oppose tyranny. The refrain repeats the toast to Ireland.
Portland Argus notes a Bangor Lewiston Biddeford theft ring with a Portland base, describing it as a headquarters for sneak thieves from multiple towns and hinting at ongoing investigations into their operations.
A college style fraternity of criminals calling itself Fagin's Imps formed by about ten to fifteen inmates meets in an old room near Franklin and Fore streets. The group, led by a president who allegedly killed a man, plans burglaries in Lewiston Biddeford and other towns and regales in loot and carousal after a successful break.
A long instructional piece on health for students and teachers. It covers clothing, footwear, and hygiene, stressing warmth, dry feet, and avoiding wet clothes. It then outlines regular meals, pace of eating, rest before meals, and cautions on stimulants for children, favoring simple nourishing foods. Sleep guidance promotes seven to nine hours, regular timing, light pre bedtime activities, and fresh air in the bedroom.
The piece surveys lambrequins window draperies and fashionable fabrics such as Bokhara stripes lampas and Madras curtains, detailing materials, colors, and styles for drawing rooms and upper floors with prices per window and notes on new shades and borders. It also covers a cabinet of black walnut with nine shelves and glass doors, scroll saw woods, table covers, leaf photography, painting guides for peacocks and passion flowers, and ottoman style wicker baskets with gilded rims.
A long reflection on gifts among friends argues that true friendship should avoid debt and price tags, warning that treating gifts as bargains damages affection. It then urges American women to support domestic silk industries by choosing American made silks over foreign goods, highlighting Lady Heptive’s influence in promoting English wool and domestic textile prosperity.
Instructional crochet notes describe creating a feather edged braid edging with five groups forming a hub, then spokes and scallops, followed by a coat border and sleeve shaping. The text then shifts to domestic economy tips on meat preservation, cooking methods, and various kitchen crafts for a child’s coat, toys, and fabric finishing.
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