13 Mar 1886
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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1886
Page
1
A compact verse warns daily harm from careless words a cloud over kindness and strife. It urges hissing and friendship over biting remarks and the lasting stain on spirit when tongues offend. Various lines describe a feathered dart reaching a tender heart and advise restraint in speech.
A long narrative recounts a incident from about two years before the war in a prosperous town. A 14 year old girl living with her family in a hamlet is nearly killed when a cow she is near is driven by a frightened animal after a boy fires at a bird. The boy, the killer of the bird, flees but later reconnects with the family, learns the girl survived, and eventually wins her hand after years of separation and return from abroad. A subsequent digression compares this tale to a Senator from Florida and a living prototype painted by Muller in a gallery.
General Van Vocket, fresh from West Point, rode past a fine St. Louis house where a young woman waved to him. He learned Miss Alma Russell and her father, wealthy merchant Mr. Russell, invited him in. After a brief courtship they became engaged and soon married.
A Western editor laments a rash union in Iowa where a young woman married a handsome roller skater without knowing his past. After a quiet ceremony they lived in a home she owned. the relationship unraveled when a second wife appeared. The piece warns against marrying flashy men who live on brides’ money and notes public sympathy won’t erase regret. A separate notice mocks an mistaken elopement report involving Widow Grimes and parodies a bank officer’s refusal to help a starting Irish applicant.
The piece advocates letting young men pursue freely and suggests graceful indifference if affection fades. It urges women to seek new prospects if one romance stalls, noting many suitable bachelors remain in Chicago. The column reads like a light social manual on dating, urging restraint and self reliance.
A reflective note questions how wealth would change behavior, arguing true character shows in both wealth and poverty. The piece cites biblical and knightly ideals, then recalls a Petosky sleighing rhyme, ending with a question on whether the age of chivalry is dead.
A lyric piece recalls a perilous river journey with vivid imagery of crumbling sands and a shifting silver tide. Voices speak to a bright morning, dangerous attraction, and a vanished hope as a line between beauty and peril is crossed. The speaker laments a loss, ending with a somber tribute to Tift.
A White House scene shows the President admonishing his private secretary Daniel for sending valentines and verses praising red haired women. The President calls the sentiment unfit for official correspondence and urges no more valentines while praising all girls as charming.
The passage extols willows for fireproof flooring and lumber, noting a Stockbridge Massachusetts white willow of remarkable girth and reach. It cites experts in Illinois England and Fuller on rapid growth and uses from cricket bins to furniture, and concludes willows offer significant economic value and profit per acre.
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