The Reward of Kindness in a Village Family
In Birleigh a Woolen-works family tale unfolds from honest father Weredwelt Fleming to daughter Eleanor and Fletcher Stanley. A penniless English wanderer, Joseph Bordale, is sheltered by the Stanleys, later saving them from financial ruin. Bordale reveals a noble ancestry and leaves large inheritance, rewarding their kindness ten years later.
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Birleigh
Clemence Fleming
Eleanor
Mr. Fleming
Fleming
George Stanley
Stanley
Fletcher
Mr. Stanley
Joseph Bordale
Father Bordale
Mr. Berdale
Miscellany Reflection on Growth and Speech
A collection of aphorisms on growing up grounded in humility. It contrasts ambition with modest beginnings and notes that spoken words carry power, shaping outcomes for others. It also critiques fashions and the folly of forced appearances.
The Ladder helper and the duty to others
An aphorism rich in moral reflection urges sacrifice of desire to duty and humility before death. It notes time and eternity to rejoice, and that those who assist others below may be more valuable than those in lofty positions. It concludes with a moral comparison about the man who holds the ladder.
Smiling Greeting as Social Measure in Early Advice
The text urges receiving relations and friends with a smiling engaging air to avoid losing pleasure in seeing them. It notes that true advancement is not measured by height but by looking down with contempt on those beneath.
Manly Living Advice on Society and Charity
A moral exhortation promotes living as a social, brotherly, charitable person. It urges sympathy and earnest labor for the common good, urging individuals to adopt a cooperative, humane lifestyle.
Living for a Greater Good at Home and Abroad
The passage urges rising to noble aims through daily duty and says charity begins at home but should extend internationally. It calls for treating the world as a global citizen while maintaining a local attachment, advocating generosity toward the welfare of all people beyond one’s own quarter or street.
Rules for Bank Customers and Jerrold's Life Portrait
A satirical piece lists bank etiquette rules to save time and aid clerks, from avoiding stamping mishaps to early deposits and record keeping. It then shifts to a biographical sketch of Douglas Jerrold, detailing his frail health, vibrant wit, club life, charity, and a poignant portrait of his final days and friendships.
Moonlit Joiniest Faces Seen By Eye And Fancy
A fragment suggests moonlit views where observers see half with sight and half with imagination, hinting at a poetic or surreal impression. The text evokes image and idea blending under moonlight, inviting a personal interpretation.
Flour stained confession on Fort street sparks legal talk
A Detroit Free Press item recounts a Fort Street scene where a woman in flour-dusted hands seeks legal advice from a policeman. She fears being led astray by a married boarder and asks if any law protects a woman of her age. The officer suggests alerting him with threats and possible jail, then she exits hopeful.
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Clawine Orr
Fort Street
East
S’posen
Posen
Ioug
Detroit Free Press
When the lot falls upon Curly-head in a child’s rite
A poignant verse narrates a mother’s fear as a divination game ends with one child’s fate uncertain. The poem contrasts childish play with the sorrow of potential loss, invoking faith to temper the heartache and reflect on life’s fragility.
Vanquished Eagle Offers Cat’s Brave Counterplay
A Baltimore observer recounts a Kent county Maryland farm incident where a large eagle seized a cat in a potato patch. The cat fought back, clung to the eagle’s breast, and forced a descent to the bay. The eagle dropped into the water while the cat swam ashore, then the bird hastily fled.
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Baltimore
Bay Shore
Kent County
Maryland
Joke of Thropore Hook at Oxford Carouse
An anecdote describes Hook visiting Oxford University and joining old schoolfellows in a tavern revel. The proctor asks if he belongs to the university, Hook quietly answers with a quip about Manchester velvet price, provoking laughter as the rector withdraws humiliated.
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Hook
Manchester
Hooks
Temptation Always Returns When Least Expected
The passage warns that temptation is never completely defeated and will return after periods of seeming victory. It cautions against assuming lasting safety from corruption, noting that sin may lie dormant like a winter snake and reawaken with warmth and renewed temptation. The comparison to Christ’s temptations emphasizes vigilance and seasonality of spiritual struggle.
Yesterday's life pages and future pen
The passage reflects on yesterday's joys and sorrows as a life book being written with the pen of life. It urges recording noble deeds and kind thoughts to ensure pleasant readings for the future, noting the unchangeable effects that determine our status in the afterlife.
Repeal of Public Peace Act in 1875 Session
Public laws passed at the May session 1875 repeal Chapter 412 titled An Act in Relation to the Preservation of the Public Peace. Chapter 412 is repealed and the act takes effect immediately on passage.
Rhode Island Census Funding Act of 1875 Summary
An act to appropriate twenty thousand dollars for Rhode Island State government to support the 1875 decennial census. The State Auditor may issue orders on the General Treasurer for census expenses, upon certificates from the Superintendent of the State Census, to carry out Chapter 449 of Public Laws.
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General Assembly
Rhode Island
Census Board
Amendment to writs and service statutes of 1875 1876
An Act amending Chapter 195 of the General Statutes on writs of attachment and service, adding a summons clause, detailing cross county service and subsequent attachments, and setting July 1 1875 as the effective date. Also amends Chapter 414 of the Public Laws regarding salary provisions for the Secretary of State.
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General Assembly
Amendment to statutes on dog control in 1875 act
Chapter 511 amends Chapter 83 of the General Statutes to allow a town sergeant to make complaints when no special constable is authorized under Section 17. The act, passed June 25 1875, takes effect upon passage.
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General Assembly
Amendment to Public Laws on Sheriff's pay for Kent County
An act amends Chapters 456 and 462 of the Public Laws. It adds Kent County to the list of counties, fixing sheriff salaries at four hundred dollars for Bristol Kent and Washington. The act becomes effective upon passage.
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Bristol
Kent
Washington
Kent County
Amendment to Statutes on Town Officials and School Funding
An 1875 act amends Chapter 47 Title IX to specify duties of towns and officials regarding public schools. It requires the town treasurer to, by July 1 each year, transmit to the Commissioner of Public Schools a certificate of the amount voted to raise by tax for school support for the current year and related details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Assembly
Public Weighers Prohibition Amended in Coal Trade Act
An act amends Chapter 180 by deleting a clause about coal selling and adds a provision: no person can act as a public weigher if they have any buyer seller or financial interest in the coal or merchandise involved. The act takes effect upon passage.
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General Assembly
Public Law Reform on Court Fees in State Treasury
Chapter 513 adds to prior acts, requiring clerks of the Supreme Court and Court of Common Pleas to collect all fees in civil or criminal cases and remit them to the General Treasury. No fees may be taxed against the State. Certification by Secretary of State Joshua M. Addeman.
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General Assembly
Supreme Court
Court of Common Pleas
General Treasury
Joshua M. Addeman
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Mary
Jong
Popular Science Monthly
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