15 Aug 1885
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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1885
Page
1
A fragmentary devotional poem praises an angel for guiding the speaker, blessing life with virtue and endurance. It venerates a sacred presence blending mother, wife, and friend, and credits simple prayer with elevating thoughts toward heaven.
The piece surveys graves of Washington Adams Jefferson Madison Monroe and Jackson, detailing Mount Vernon vaults with two sarcophagi, Quincy tombs for John Adams and John Quincy Adams, Jefferson’s rough granite obelisk near Monticello, Madison’s four graves near Orange, Monroe’s marble sarcophagus with a Gothic temple in Richmond, and Andrew Jackson’s hermitage grave site with a domed Doric-column monument.
The article lists grave sites and monuments for U S presidents including Andrew Jackson Martin Van Buren James Knox Polk Zachary Taylor Millard Fillmore Franklin Pierce James Buchanan Abraham Lincoln and others across cemeteries in New York Richmond and Ohio It reflects on tomb styles and the spread of mausoleums with brief remarks on the presidents and their final resting places. It also covers Maud S the trotting horse and commentary on Christianity and philosophy by the New York Sun.
This piece recounts Carlyle the critic and essayist as a lifelong tobacco user. It notes his boyhood smoking in Eccleston and Edinburgh, his father's moderate pipe habit, and his own large tobacco allowance. An amusing Chelsea shop dialogue illustrates his insistence on the veracities as the correct tobacco.
A whimsical report uses nautical imagery to describe a dentist encountering obstacles and mishaps during a voyage, highlighting unexpected difficulties and the need for perseverance.
Rev J Hyatt Smith recalls living with his brother in Buffalo when Mark Twain occupied a nearby cottage. Twain lounged on the veranda in a dressing gown and slippers and warned that the neighbor’s roof was on fire prompting the family to scatter upstairs. The smoke of a casual morning led to a humorous but tense moment before Twain vanished.
Light is swifter than sound and we see actions before their outcomes. In higher realms, brave deeds for right may go unheard or delayed on earth. Yet God sees the blow struck and waits for no earthly echo, condemning or praising motive instantly beyond time.
A Vie Parisienne piece mocks its own advice on female allure while noting that many so called laws for attractiveness are impractical. It suggests some rules could apply to men too, such as listening, honesty, and quick judgment, though they are unlikely to be followed.
A popular summer pastime leads to a beach prank as a young woman is buried in sand at Long Branch leaving only her face visible beneath a hat. Two curious men uncover her, see her watching blue eyes, pink cheeks, and she flees as onlookers roar. A lighthearted mishap ends with laughter and a quick retreat.
A speaker recalls a valley in youth and the lure of old loves and faith. She travels to a place of graves and memories, finding peace in the line Lost things are found in God. The poem contrasts longing for a rural homeland with the realities of mortality and faith.
A lingering tale of flirtation in Italian towns contrasts northern openness with Naples where silence and discreet gestures govern admiration. The piece explains a subtle facial motion drawn from cheek to chin to convey praise, a sign understood by all women from peeress to peasant, signaling deep admiration in a society wary of public displays.
The piece depicts the mosquito as a versatile creature able to balance, dodge, sing at night, and probe human anatomy with a tool like precision. It exaggerates its reach as a lifelike machine with wings legs and a portable forge, likening bites to hot drilling tools and applying humorous metaphors.
A Baltimorean quip notes a new courtship wrinkle in fashion magazines. A young woman decorates a miniature trunk with resort scenes and sends it by messenger to her intended, hinting at a wedding trip as the next step, with the tailor possibly earning new clothes orders.
A garbled sheet presents disjointed lines about a iron steamer and spiritualists, a boy challenged by a schoolmistress, a girl finding old butter with a gray fish, and a candidacy remark. The piece strings humor and moral notes with scattered observations on behavior and society.
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