10 Feb 1872
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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1872
Page
1
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In a tale of passion and plots, Genevieve Berrian fends off Ross Gra ham with an opal star gift while Isabel Leith schemes to win him. The jewel’s true sender is revealed after betrayals and heartbreak across Italy and America, ending in quiet rueful acceptance.
Patrick Henry described by Rev. Fontaine of Louisiana as a great orator and reformer, drawn from unpublished family papers. The lecture traced his lineage to Colonel John Henry of Aberdeen, his poverty despite honor, and his disciplined life, with notes on his speeches, religious belief, and last public words.
A fragmentary verse notes a wise man and a poor man defined by money. It cites a Vermont tale claiming a man recently sold ten bystid soft potatoes for a sum, illustrating paradoxical value and scarcity in a rural setting.
A historical reflection on how musical tones travel farther than loud noise, noting Cremona violins from 1600 retain pure tone as modern violins seem louder up close. It contrasts voice purity with animal sounds, and mentions children's voices aiding defense in nature. A brief anecdote ends with a child’s joke about spare legs at a depot.
An Alabama barroom white man offered to pay a quart of liquor if a negro drank it at one pull and the negro died. In Lyndon Vermont a liquor trial witness testified he drank with two men including a lawyer and the judge, stirring unrest in court. Sunlight melting ice mirrors love softening a hard heart.
The piece argues presence of mind stems from hopeful, not purely temperamental factors. It cites Napoleon as highly present but excitable, and suggests rapid thought and hopefulness enable quick, clear action in danger. Emerson quotes Napoleon on moral courage, while the author cautions against attributing presence of mind to courage alone and notes people rarely analyze their own qualities.
A child expressed a wish to be male so she could swear after dropping her books in the mud, reflecting a moment of playful rebellion and gendered language.
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