10 May 1879
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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1879
Page
1
An excerpt from RWF Gilder in Scribner presents a dramatic stanza sequence where a friend pleads against a harsh night and driving wreck, fearing loss and fate. The speaker offers resolve, with a master’s call and a farewell as walls seem to sever under perilous weather.
In a domestic tale, Jessie Wintrinham grows suspicious of her husband Rich after a gossiping visitor suggests his infidelity. She secretly tests him on a New York journey, ends by confessing her ruse, and Rich forgives her with a kiss, affirming trust. The piece closes with a social critique of women eyeing other women as cruel, cowardly, and petty.
A London News correspondent describes a Naples street beggar on Via Toledo. Daily she earns 20 francs, never speaks or asks for alms, until municipal guards seize her and send her to Mendicants Home. A cabaret beggar emerges, a healthy thirtyish woman from a respectable family who funds lavish late-night revellings.
A reflective piece on graceful departures from rooms and roles, noting social tact in leaving calls and public positions. It contrasts awkward farewells with genuine thanks, recounting an absent guest who inadvertently thanks the host and butler as he leaves.
The article discusses how proper exercise boosts digestion and appetite, especially outdoors, while fatigue impairs eating and digestion. It recommends rest before refeeding, suggesting an hour of rest and warm tea to restore appetite, and urges a rest period between work and meals. It ends with a humorous quip from a boy to a woman about a housekeeper in a farcical country.
A young man suggests questioning the pop before popping the question. A man breathes eighteen times per minute, and three hundred seventy five hogsheads of air per hour. Mies Rabbitt of the soap family wears £250,000 worth of diamonds and prevents the bee society.
The article argues that regular cultivation is essential for productive farms and gardens. It warns weeds overpower crops if neglected, emphasizes systematic work, and urges preventing weeds from seeding or dispersal to neighboring lands. It frames weed control as a test of a farmer’s mastery and discipline.
Dr. Holland argues against heavy reliance on congregational singing, saying it detracts from music quality and church appeal. He favors a first class quartet with a single public hymn, reserving choir leadership for the soloists and a brief choral for the congregation, to balance musical offices.
A reflective excerpt extols parental affection shown through teaching children virtue. It praises great souls for loyalty to higher ideals, celebrates courage, and notes love’s limits with meanness, while advising daily learning, cautioning against unacted resolutions, and valuing praise with critique.
Maria Gilbert aged eighty died at the Shakers Saturday evening after a short illness thought to be from a spider bite two weeks earlier. Grand niece of Gen. Ethan Allen, she was born with six fingers, reared two children, and served fifty years in the Shaker community with trusted roles. Her life linked to early frontier experiences and a noted family trait.
A religious sermon discusses Isaiah 55 1-4 focusing on the universal invitation to drink from the gospel fountain. It links Christ’s atonement to free forgiveness and outlines three gospel provisions water milk and wine as symbols of salvation nourishment and comfort followed by practical suggestions for spiritual fulfillment.
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