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Newspaper
Dixon Sun
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1883
Page
2
Poem traces a morning walk through woods at dawn. The speaker notes light, dew, and animal life, hearing birds and a brook while imagistically imagining a woodland cottage and a brown eyed maid. Century Magazine attribution to William M. Brings.
A five year old boy Tommy visits Carry Young at the jail yard and befriends a prisoner named Williams. The boy’s innocence and a shared moment prompt Williams to seek redemption. after a thwarted prison break, guards intervene, and Williams is pardoned and goes on to lead an upright life. The tale ends with a moral drawn from Tommy’s visit.
A Iowa State Register piece recounts a father teaching two sons the value and slow growth of money. The boys earn a cart by saving a dollar weekly, resisting temptations to spend, and eventually purchasing the cart after six months of effort.
A collage of short notices mentions Mrs. Booth in Philadelphia talking to birds, Rev. John H. Mellvain authoring The Wisdom of Holy Scripture, Ex-Sergeant-at-Arms John R. French entering lecture work, Miss La Forge’s death in Washington, Clark Russell as son of Henry Russell in London, Lucy Larcom citing American lyricists, J R Hollins and Miss Tina Smith’s Fort Gaines wedding, Anandabai Joshee coming to Philadelphia to study medicine, and Florence Marryat recounting Dickens's David Copperfield piracy episode and its fix.
The playful quip notes a blind wood-sawyer who cannot see yet many have seen him saw. It showcases Josh Billings’ trademark humor blending paradox and wordplay in a concise epigram.
A collage of light sketches and quips from various papers. Jests include a Yale student swallowing a pin for ninety nine cents, an editor juggling love letters and tariffs, a bell-ringing encounter with a vain boy, and a wry account of a man missing lunch due to a long maid's absence.
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