The Irish Workman Who Won a Family's Dream
Patrick Connor, an Irish immigrant in an American shop, labors to bring his wife Nora and son Jamesy to join him. He saves pennies, endures hardship, and finally learns Nora and their boy died aboard the ship from cholera, while he travels toward them in a final, hopeful vigil.
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Patrick Conner
Mr. Bawn
Bawn
Tim’ O'Tole
Mr. Biwn
Nora
Jimeasy
O. Masthar
Connor
Buer
Jamesy
Conner
Favora
Trish
Tanok
Jimesy
Bose
John Jones
Tom Barker
Idle Dick
Noreover
Pera
Pat Conner
Jameay
Masther
Hussaiv
Gal Bow
Patty
Bill
Joviety
Knapsak
Louis Republican
The Garret Reverie Of a Poet And Past Lives
A nostalgic essay on garrets as dusty archives of memory. The narrator recalls old relics, ledgers, almanacs, a Bristol Phenix newspaper, a cradle, and a mother’s love, all stored under beams and eaves. The piece laments modern times eclipsing such attic treasures.
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Arret
Bristol Phenix
Father
Tnera
Prayer and the heart's strength in wrestling with God
A meditation on prayer emphasizing that inability to speak well should not hinder earnest effort. The heart, not rhetoric, is the true force, and sincere groans are described as having omnipotence in pleading before the heavenly court.
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Heavenly Court
Cheerfulness as a divine boon in common life
A reflective essay extols cheerful people as a sun to nature and a balm for the weary. It argues true cheerfulness rises from sorrow, softening hearts and lifting spirits, with vivid images of smiles born from tears and gentle, welcoming hearts. It invokes faith and mercy as guiding forces.
Misplaced Faith and Machinery in a Changing World
The article blends reflections on enduring biblical scenes with modern invention. It notes a Turkish pasha’s camp, Esau’s descendants, and ancient sites echoing in Bethel and Bethany, then shifts to Izaak Walton on misery and mercy, and introduces Mr. R W Thompson’s road steam locomotive with vulcanized India rubber tires, tested near Edinburgh and poised for broader use.
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Abraham
Bethel
David
Mount Zion
Esau
Richel
Job
Isaiah
Saul
Bethany
Lazirus
Mary
Martha
Simon the Leper
Judas
R. W. Thompson
Edinburg
Ban
Mr. Thompson
Java
India
Messrs. Fowler & Co
Leeds
Thomson
Paris
Feeding the flock with kindness and decisive resolve
A critic urges ministers to feed their flock with affectionate words not harsh rebuke. The tale of Pizarro shows decisive choice shaping fate, as he draws a line between hardship and ease and chooses Peru over Panama, leading eleven followers south.
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Christ
Pizarro
Peru
Gallo
Panama
Prescott
Curiosity and Truth in the Mind of Charity
A reflection on the honorable mind choosing to pause where truth and neighborly love intersect. The passage suggests the love of truth yields to charitable restraint, stopping the pursuit when further search would harm others or contradict goodwill.
Longfellow Quote on Compassion for Erring Souls
A reflective excerpt citing mercy over anger toward others faults. It contemplates one poor heart’s sin, struggles, temptations, moments of hope and fear, and the isolation of want, urging that such souls be left with the divine.
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Longfellow
Origins of garden plants traced to distant lands
A children's piece lists the origins of common garden plants and fruits. Dates are North African, potatoes from Peru and Mexico, onions from Egypt, cucumbers from the East, and apples and pears from Europe, with many others including barley from the Himalayas and sunflowers from Peru.
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North Africa
Siberia
Himalaya
Tartary
Paru
Mexico
Persia
East Indies
Sicily
Naples
Europe
Arabia
Egypt
Greece
Germany
Sardinia
China
Japan
Crete
Peru
Italy
Taios
Reading aloud and elocution in English education
A Pall Mall Gazette piece argues educated Englishmen often stumble reading prayers and prose aloud, citing heads at Eaton and Westminster and Oxford graduates. It questions emphasis on elocution in education and includes a witty anecdote of a patient blaming ineffective cures, with a doctor smashing a gin decanter.
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Pall Mall Gazette
England
Eaton
Westminster
Rugby
Oxford
Cambridge
Wild bear sign causes uproar at roadside inn
An innkeeper buys a ten dollar wild bear sign from painter Tom Tarkin and asks it to be chain free. A storm blows the sign away, prompting a dispute over whether a wild bear can stay unchained. The painter insists on a chained bear next time, and the owner pays fifteen dollars for a durable oil-painted wild bear.
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Ifa
Ila
Conversation on conduct and emotion in prose style
A reflective snippet notes that disciplined listening asking and speaking in measure marks good character and that tears can signal deep affliction. The voice emphasizes calm restraint and measured speech as manly traits.
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Gdhe
Phenix
Hope Street
Bristol
Don’teaver
Merri
Westminster Street
Providence
R. I
Inster
Ve Street
Hhldren
Mae
Stite
Thames Streets
N.B
Nuhlia
E &O
Slwes
Miller
Family
Bradford Street
Jorg
Unama Ani
Bradford
Bradford's
A. N Gippord & Son
Thames Street
Spooner & Son
WB. Kimball
Gop Sad Plata Chern
B. Kimb Sata
Ugar Houke
Graham Floar
Bradrd Street
Wonro
A. Gnod
P. J. Bradford
State Street
Orleans
Porto Rico
HN. Gifford & Son’s
Geo H. Reynolds
Deo
John Wing Monro
Izaak Walton
Tuero
Wheelman
Jesus Brrimens
Tunis
Sam
Kant
Tao Pnet
Gome
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