29 Nov 1879
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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1879
Page
1
A long excerpt blends Bulwer-Lytton style verse about death and immortality with a narrative about a missing child. It follows a grieving couple whose son vanishes, their hopeful reunion after a fortune enables a cross-continental ad campaign, a burglary attempt, a fatal confrontation, and a final miraculous return to a reconciled family. The piece shifts between elegiac poetry and a domestic melodrama of loss, fear, and eventual peace.
A moral meditation condemns the pleasure some take in teasing others. It argues that lingering torment harms the mind more than any physical injury, likening cruel mockery to savagery and urging restraint within families and society. The piece asserts that those who derive delight from mental suffering commit grave sin and should abandon such conduct.
The issue features papers on agricultural distress in Britain farming in Kansas and small fruit success along with Rare Lawn Trees and The Mississippi Jetties. It includes portraits of Bayard Taylor and O Don ovan, critiques by Stedman, and notices on new American novels. It promotes a two year Illustrated Historical Papers series beginning January. Price 4.00 a year 35 cents per issue. Subscriptions start with November.
A Maryland editorial argues large landholdings harm farmers and society. It urges small well kept farms of forty to one hundred acres as more productive and humane, noting progress in divesting hereditary estates and urging merchants in Baltimore to back the rural shift.
A young mother tells her five year old son of the prodigal son in misery away from home. The child’s quick question, Why didn't he eat the pig, delivers a practical moment as the mother describes hunger and humility in the tale.
A moral on advertising arguing that all business activity from coats on doors to notices in post offices is advertising. It praises the printing press and modern media as essential, warns against cheap tricks, and asserts that wise advertising yields rich rewards despite cost.
The essay traces coffee’s origin from Arabia and Upper Ethiopia where it began as a beverage to keep monks awake. Reported by shepherds that livestock prospered after eating the berries, coffee spread to Arab and European regions, reaching Peru in about two centuries. A single plant from 1714 became the progenitor for French plantations in the West Indies, while the Dutch introduced it to Java and the East Indies.
About seventy years ago near Brownville on the Monongahela a race with a $100 purse was advertised for one mile heats. Hays entered his trained bull by riding it to the mill with corn, mounting on horseback with a dried ox hide saddle and horns, and carried a tin horn. Judges and horse owners questioned the outsider’s unusual entry.
A historical column examines the death of Mrs. Dickens and the public moral judgment on marriages of literary greats. It contrasts Dickens with Byron Shelley Thackeray and George Eliot, noting public scrutiny, alleged affairs, and the impact on family life and domestic virtue.
Two grammarians argued whether the phrase should be my wages is high or my wages are high. A day laborer settled the quarrel with a humorous reply about wages being low and the folly of the dispute.
A young woman scorns the current fashion among her sisters of writing a letter and then cross writing it to illegibility and declares she would rather her epistle be without an overskirt of ink.
The article urges enrichening light soils with a shallow clay top-dress each fall to stabilize moisture and improve strawberry yields. It warns against quick stimulants like guano, favors sand on clay and careful manuring, and notes peat and gravelly soils require tailored treatment. It emphasizes moisture during flowering and fruiting and mentions irrigation can boost yields, with broader advice on soil management and experience.
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