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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1883
Page
3
The article traces historic beliefs about gems shaping human imagination and fate, from planetary influence and sacred stones to day-by-day wearing rules. It notes emeralds, diamonds, sapphires, and amethysts linked to astronomy, religion, and royalty, and observes modern interest in ancient jewels returning to splendor.
A Homespun Homily for Husbands recalls a Rhode Island revival tale of a blacksmith who lifts a pail of water for his wife, illustrating how religious awakening can foster shared domestic labor. It contrasts John and Mrs Smith’s exhausting routines, urging husbands to assist with chores to ease fatigue and restore happiness.
A fragment from a 19th or early 20th century paper presents a humorous exchange about home and disorder at a curbside scene. It includes a humorous homeward sentiment, a memory of a domestic mess, and a curious tale of a thorn fragment resurfacing in a leg. The chunk ends with a stray note about hens hatching better when nests are on the ground.
A miscellany of farm and household guidance including tea rolls recipe, kerosene lamp repair with plaster, cautions on cold night back home, benefits of wood ashes as pasture top-dressing, and advice to avoid letting boiled water stagnate in tea kettles to prevent disease.
The article argues that milk quality reflects the diet, not just breed. It cites Darwin and American examples showing high feeding can enhance milking traits and offspring, while stressing the need for judicious feeding to avoid harm from confinement or excessive fat. Properly used, high feeding boosts milk without injury.
A trainer explains that language to horse matters only with the bit and backing is harder. Begin without load, stand before the colt, press the bit while saying back, reward with patting, repeat until the word links to the backward step, then try with wagon behind.
Religious verse exhorts faithful labor in the Lord with biblical lines, promising divine guidance and protection through weariness. It envisions a future day of triumph when believers receive the Crown of Life after enduring toil and tears.
Rev Arthur Little of the New England Congregational Church Chicago argues that a trained moral nature is essential to robust manhood. He urges early, disciplined moral training as a gymnasium for character, stressing habit, self restraint, and conscience over mere intellect to resist modern temptations and build true manhood.
The text urges training the mind to know what and why we believe, distinguishing truth from deception, and hating the devil of greed, impurity, deceit, and intemperance. It calls for prophets and teachers, and a disciplined moral formation to choose rightly and love good.
An Atlanta Constitution excerpt recounts Sam Jones arguing with a skeptic about faith needing personal action. Jones compares belief to cattle reaching water on a platform, insisting one must step on the platform to experience proof and the resulting faith.
Dr. Withrow critiques false professors while praising true faith as valuable and counterfeiters as drawn to high denominations of coin. He notes few Evangelical communicants in 1800 rising to one in five, mocks infidelity, cites New York trade sales reflecting reading tastes, and insists Christianity endures despite black sheep in every flock.
A collage of aphorisms and anecdotes from Cotton Montaigne and others, urging honesty humility and courage in the face of life’s shadows. Quotations touch on envy truth faith loyalty and practical religion with brief citizen anecdotes and a Watchman note on church conduct.
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