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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1883
Page
7
A reflective poem fragment contrasts sunlit scenes with recent storms. It envisions renewal as flowers, birds, and children persist after rain, recalling past pains fading as brighter days return. James Berry Bensel signs this verse from Youth's Companion.
Robin Hood and companions confront a ragged beggar who outsmarts them after a fight. The beggar defeats Robin with a staff, blinds Little John and Scathelock with meal, then escapes. The trio later learns their lesson, punished for attacking a defenseless man, and report to Robin.
A Philadelphia Press correspodent recounts St. Augustine lore linking Juan Ponce de Leon to the city’s founding in 1512. The tale blends romance and myth with Aleida, Tomoka, and a spring of youth near Sebastian River, ending in a battle and a marble inscribed tomb for De Leon.
A passenger saved from the burning Granite State on the Goodspeed's Landing run acted strangely after rescue, mistaking cotton bales for freight and jumping overboard to swim. He believed he was still on the burning vessel and only later realized his surroundings. Other items note a courthouse mouse distracting a Carson murder trial and rattlesnakes found in the Santa Anna Mountains.
Daily tips on farming and home economy include keeping prime animals to prevent loss, apple crops in off years, clover seed quality and storage, summer squash preparation, Persian insect powder usage, hedges with Japan quince, and a raisin cake recipe with cream of tartar and soda for moisture.
A historical discussion explains wakefulness after daytime activity and frequent night awakenings. It suggests self-help tactics such as cold-water splashes, dry bread eaten at night, counting, reciting the alphabet, and calming thoughts to induce sleep, noting a good conscience aids rest.
The writer urges every landowner to cultivate a garden arguing that a family of five or six can be largely fed from a small plot. He notes that women often perform most work and find both health and profit, detailing a rough four to three day plan for manure, plowing, bed making, and sowing, emphasizing systematic effort.
A devotional piece urges living for sin no more and using remaining time in Thy service. It asks for daily strength to bear crosses with cheerfulness and kindness, seeking God’s presence and purpose in every day, and looks toward Christian duties and heavenly home. The schedule lists June to September Bible readings and lessons from Acts Joshua Judges and Ruth.
The essay argues that memory skews past events, urging acceptance of God’s providence. It warns against blaming luck or fortune for outcomes, urging use of past lessons for future success and restitution. It contrasts Christian faith with fatalism and notes how retrospection should guide present deeds and amends.
A Lutheran letter praises religion’s social value while warning that notorious criminals like Crowell exploit church ties. It urges Christians to guard membership, keep rogues and hypocrites out, and demand spotless conduct from all in church and Sunday school.
A Honolulu planter visits Philadelphia for medical advice after eight years as a leper deemed incurable by native doctors. He has traveled to eminent authorities in vain hopes of escaping the relentless disease, aided by his sufficient means.
A compendium of aphorisms and reflections on resignation, trust in the divine physician, biblical teaching as a harbinger of righteousness, cheerfulness, decisive action, temperance, and the unity of mind and body. The excerpts present moral guidance from Madame Swetchine, Newton, Rev. N B Remick, Arthur Helps, Dr Maxtineau, and others.
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