11 Feb 1899
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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1899
Page
1
A poem fragment evokes spring in a woodland scene with birda and streams, as the speaker longs for renewal while dying. The voice appeals to a great mother and contemplates a peaceful afterlife in a golden green glade, citing Eden Philpotte as the author.
In a Civil War chase through autumn fields, a daring lad on a mare defies Roundhead troopers. He dodges across lanes toward a royalist refuge, exchanging shots and risky dashes, but finally collapses on a grand staircase as dispatches slip away.
In July 1872 the Rev Dr BR W Dale of Birmingham while visiting Carisbrooke slipped on an wall, broke an arm and dislocated an elbow. Dr Hatley preached at Ventnor on Sunday with text He keepeth all his bones noting the surgeon’s misread line caused laughter. Dale, unaware at first, realized the joke after leaving the pulpit.
The painter Constable, famed for his placid temper, forgives a broken canvas after his child damaged a work with a broom handle. Julian Charles Young relays the scene witnessed by his uncle in Constable’s house.
A correspondent recalls an Italian prelate as a self styled master of English who preached at a renowned college. His sermon mixed neologisms that amused yet unsettled the crowd before collapsing on the claim that humanity faces three enemies: the devil, the world, and the meat.
A lecturer recalls a terrible accident he witnessed while an amused audience member quips about foggy vision and mislaid glasses in a lighthearted exchange.
Q P Holder describes a harrowing pursuit of wild burros on Santa Catalina Island near Mount Orizaba. The hunt features expert riders on trained mustangs, treacherous rocky terrain, and a challenging chase across canyons as three burros evade capture with cunning and speed. The account emphasizes skill, danger, and the rugged landscape.
A tale from the Buffalo Commercial recounts Rev Otts well Wood, an English preacher who testified in a north country assize court. When the deaf judge urged him to spell aloud, Wood spelled O T T S W E L L U O D, prompting the judge to despair. The piece notes a comparably memorable name W cube O square D once used at Annapolis Naval Academy.
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