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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1883
Page
4
Defiance County Express recounts the life of Ben Binstenger a gardener famed for kindness and odd humor. The poem notes his tears when cutting onions his love of onions corn and garden produce and his epitaph praising a life filled with sweet peace at home.
In a Burlington garden Tompkins recalls college days on Champlain Valley with his old classmate. He reveals his rise in Chicago, the Wilmington girl Lucy Cary and the costly truth that Lucy has died, ending a long emotional pilgrimage that began in youthful ambition and friendship.
A collage of quips and skits from various era newspapers. Jokes about marriage and manners mix with rural humor and playful wordplay. Read as stray captions and editorial snippets reflecting light, tongue in cheek style.
The item surveys religious topics from Yale admissions to the Hebrew asylum in New York, church leadership salaries in Oakland, and debates over church naming. It notes Moody’s gift to Northfield with matching funds, summer church practices, and Bishop Pinckney’s extensive diocese work and pledge to poorer clergy before his death.
For Young Readers presents a lyric about a baby growing, comparing features to flowers and birds. The text muses on a baby aging and an absent infant, with lines evoking a parent’s longing and a past era’s imagery.
In August 1813 Creek warriors led by Weatherford stormed Fort Mims, killing hundreds and forcing settlers to seek safety in stockade forts like Sinquefield in Clarke County. Isaac Haden, a huntsman with sixty dogs, charged the attackers to save women and children, breaking through the Indians and entering the fort unhurt after a dramatic pursuit that left his horse dead and bullets through his clothing.
Bishop Dudley urges that truth is the foundation of true manhood. He warns against sham professions and urges Tom to be thoroughly true, scorning lies and pretense, so character can be built on solid truth toward a godlike, truthful life.
The piece argues forest planting in the prairie as windbreaks can shield homes and aid farming, cites Northwestern laws, and recalls a Harvard professor’s critique. A Minnesota traveler cites lakeside tree belts on southeastern shores as proof, noting winds and prairie fires shape tree growth. It also mentions short notes from St. Paul Press, St. Louis Globe, and a London oddity about a Little Falls man lighting a napkin with a breath of fire.
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