13 Nov 1880
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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1880
Page
1
A reflective verse describes a winter scene with embers, violets, anemones, and brown leaves as death casts a shadow. The speaker laments a beloved departed, noting thirty years of memory, birds, May flowers, and recalling a past romance as snow falls and firelight flickers.
In a Quebec village Griffith pursues Nannette, a beauty beloved by Theophile the organist. After a failed engagement and a desperate act by Theophile, the sacred painting Saint Agathe is rumored to shed tears, prompting belief in a miracle and a lasting legend in the local church.
A Dublin correspondent describes a steel coat designed to stop revolver bullets but not rifle rounds, worn under a plain jacket with three steel bands sewn into canvas. The piece weighs heavy yet distributes its weight on the shoulders. bullets at eleven paces leave only dents. The article also surveys literary fame after death, contrasting Otway Burns and Thoreau, noting publishers’ and public’s shifting tastes and the late discovery of Thoreau’s manuscripts.
A detailed note on Maud a highly bred mare trained by Blair and wife in Cincinnati. They pampered her with apples sugar and kindness. Maud responds to the call and follows the driver. She is 16 hands tall about 60 pounds and ready for a light sulky. Blair aims for a 2 09 season goal and 1 03 half mile pole.
A reflective piece laments the withering of summer beauty and its contrast with the human heart. It contrasts nature’s cycles with lasting heartbreak, noting that seasons may return but blighted feelings do not revive. The prose touches sorrow, memory, and the enduring ache of lost affection.
A reflection on Sunday laws in France being repealed yet Sabbath observance rising under the Republic. The piece contrasts French secular reform with lingering U.S. regional traditions, noting strong New England observance and urban variations in Cincinnati Louisville New Orleans and Newburyport. A brief anecdote contrasts English and American quips about guns and national pride.
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