Dim Eyes in an Old Home and Quiet Prayers
A reflective verse depicting dimming sight in a quaint home at dawn and night, as a watcher yearns for a loved one to return. It speaks of sorrow, tearful lullabies, and prayers rising to the heavens seeking divine blessing to keep loved ones from harm and guide them back.
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Bailey
Thames Street
Bristol
G. A. Pierce & CO
Angists
P.O
R. I
Burton
Jack Hood
Hood
The Poor Poet of Cripplegate and a Cripplegate tale
A narrator recalls a November night in poverty when a refined young woman visits his garret seeking shelter and supper. Their bond uncovers a family tragedy, revealing a long lost daughter and a former wife, culminating in a rediscovered union and a cherubic revival of hope.
Autumnal Influence Felt in Summer Scenes
The passage contemplates a cool autumnal influence amid midsummer heat. It describes verdant hills and abundant flowers, yet a pensive sadness pervades the warmth. The observer senses autumn in every breath of wind and light, a bittersweet prophecy of year’s decay.
How to Prosper in Business Advice from a Handbook
This excerpt urges firm resolve and steady effort to succeed in business. It stresses choosing a specific path, persistent diligence, and, for merchants, the value of local newspaper advertising. It uses metaphorical lines about streams and footmarks to emphasize commitment and avoiding regret over wasted opportunities.
Fifty Years in an Iron Cage at Buckland Mass
A man named esi Spaulding, confined in an iron cage for over fifty years, remains immobile and naked, kept warm only by the heated room. Son of Rev Josiah Spaulding, he was once indulged yet became insane, attempting to murder his parents and sister after escaping fetters, and now his condition is hopeless and incurable.
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Arcates
Sural
Locher
Shaberoon
Poet
Cripplegate
Cherub
Naterder
Elza
Maria L
Maria
Sophie
Sophia
God of Heaven
God of All Worlds
Lisbon
Daere
Matta
Tve
Buckland
Massachusetts
Esi Spaulding
Josiah Spaulding
Rockland
Williams College
Fragmented Prose on Virtue and Liberal Farming Practices
Readers are treated to a mosaic of aphorisms on civility and self-improvement, then a long excerpt on liberal farming and animal care credited to Josiah Quincy. It discusses kindness, restraint in judgment, and the value of pleasing others, followed by essays on rewards in education and agriculture, and a note on falconry revival in Champagne with a detailed description of the Chalet du Mourmelon facilities.
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Jnaat
Champagne
France
Au Mourmelon
Chalons
Boor on the Other Lea Brightens a Train Wakeful Night
A Western railroad car tale shows a hoarse Hibernian entertainer and a boot swap caper. Pat, waking three a.m. travelers, asks if any man owns a boat and later discovers his boots are mis-sized and worn on the wrong feet, causing comic confusion and laughter among passengers.
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Uenal
Hibernian
Pat
Insurance sales pitch ends in deaf woman confusion
A Travelers Insurance agent in a Kanosha to Milwaukie car tried to sell accident life insurance to an elderly deaf woman, repeatedly shouting his questions about insuring life. The scene devolved into comic confusion as passengers listened, with the incident marking a humorous miscommunication about insurance.
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Kanosha
Milwaukie
Travelers Insurance Company
Hartford
Kenosha
Oshkosh
Darter
Johneon
Jivans
Mule prophesies judgment in Arkansas neighborhood
A Southern paper reports excitement near Mrs Rabb opposite Friars Point Arkansas where a negro claimed a mule spoke to him while he whipped it. The mule allegedly ordered him home to prepare for judgment day. The man became frantic and is now confined after his outburst.
Dust Sermon Sparks Child's Dust Question
A child named Eda, newly allowed to Sabbath school, learns she is made of dust. She ponders the truth and asks why the dust cannot be made into more dirt, watching her mother sweep and applying the lesson to life. The moment reflects a quiet, reflective humor from a young mind.
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Eda
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L. C. A. Greene
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Bour
Oriers
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Joseph L. Gardner
W. TI. Morse
Thames and
Constitution Streets
Atset
Delaware and Hudson Canal Co
Rondoubt Clean
Bricht
Bennet
State Street
O &O
BT Monroe
Anna
Clinton
Suba Bribera
Walter Cradock
Tepes Revver
Providence
Europe
Robert & VW
H.N. Glifford & Son
UNION
Peetery
H.N. Gifford & Son
Union Variety
H. N. Gifford & Son
Ilson
Gifford & Son
Washington
Pierce
J.B. Munro's
E B. Pierce
Bradford Street
Desford
W. B. Rim
Rachel
Gilead
Wiven
Tank
Soupier
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Andersonville
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Belle Island
Antietam
Thava
Mr. Johnson
Nashville
Sam
Great
Union Party
John Wilkes Booth
Andrew Johnson
America
Mary Jane Catherwaite
Saturday Review
Pall Mall Gazette
Pitt
Cambridge
Fox
House of Commons
Burke
Canning
Eton
Marquis Wellesley
Robert Peel
Oxford
Whewall
Fladstone
Christ Church
Roundell Elmer
Lowe
Goschen
Troy
N. Y
Hudson River
Supreme Court
Railroad Company
New York Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals
Josiah Quincy
Sinautar
India
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