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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1883
Page
2
A poem fragment by James Russell Lowell speaks of a coachman outside in moonlight yearning for the speaker's life. The speaker imagines envy as the man longs for freedom, warmth, and fashionable attire while bound by social limits. The verse contrasts wealth and certainty inside with the outsider's desire and restraint.
In the rigid politeness of Mr Calthorpe there is no genial greeting as the Colonel asks after Maurice. Calthorpe reveals Maurice has left, and the two men discuss debts and the possibility of foreclosing the mortgages to remove the burden from Cuthbert. The exchange shows mutual respect strained by past failures, and a plan to wait and see how events unfold before decisive action.
A vivid tour of Gladstone's rooms reveals a library overflowing with books, portraits, and busts. The study serves as the mind’s workshop with separate tables for literature, politics, and Mrs Gladstone’s causes, while portraits of Cobden and Canning watch over a scholarly bustle.
A collage of quips and small comic bits from various papers. Lines reference a type-setter song, will adages, printing press parables, a Toledo Blade scene, a Chicago Tribune exchange, a soldier’s cowardice remark, a traveling misadventure, a classroom anecdote about bones, and gags from the Detroit Post and others. The text preserves brisk humor and clipped dialogue without full context.
The verse contrasts merriment in warm June weather with resilience in winter. It urges the brave little spirit to rise to meet gloom, keep laughter when the sun shines, and face the season's hardship with steadiness.
A readaloud tale centers on Little Sunshine whose bright cheerful face and constant wail lift moods. When her doll breaks she remains sunny, cheering others with optimism. Olivia teaches that greatness grows from self reliance, vim, and a strong will nurtured from youth, highlighting Tommy Davison as an example.
In a first person reminiscence from N. S. Tribune, a grandmother recalls wartime days when her mother and she tended a mill alone as men fought. A white pig falls into the water, mother and Betsy Ann Dyer manage the gate, mother dives for the pig but rescues her own son Jimmy. Afterward, Jimmy asks why she didn’t get him sooner, and the family laughs at his bravery as floods later erase villages.
Washington gossip notes General Sherman, a social favorite in Washington, forgetting his dinner spot. He wandered from his doorstep in dinner dress, asking Mrs. Sherman for guidance. A passerby, General Van Vliet, was spotted heading to a dinner, prompting the plan to follow. The tale ends with a humorous nod to dinner etiquette abroad and a remark on hangman customs in Ireland.
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