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Newspaper
Elkhart Observer
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1872
Page
4
A long poem describes a wife bound to a cruel husband by subservience and grace. She endures poverty and toil to support him and their children while her refined sensibilities and beauty go largely unnoticed. In old age she nears heaven as the master pleads for forgiveness, but returns only remorse and scant reward.
In 1771 South Carolina, Kate Heath overhears Lord Rawdon plan a dawn attack on General Green at Ninety Six. She races eight miles through British lines on her horse Selim, defeats pursuers with a pistol shot, reaches Green, and reports the plot. Green forgives her courage and intends to pursue Rawdon, while praising divine guidance.
In a brief farewell General bids safe journey as Kate Heath rides home. She witnesses the war’s end and peace spread across the land. Not long after, she marries Walter Gordon, a former American Army Colonel.
A collection of editorial quotes from H G and G H praising General Grant, blaming Democrats for the rebellion, and arguing for Grant’s leadership. The snippets discuss political loyalties, the 1872 presidential prospects, and critiques of opposition.
An antiquarian note recalls Mother Shimpton's prophecy first published in 1488 and republished in 1641. It claims nine years remain to test whether the final lines will prove as true as the earlier verses and lists astonishing future events such as carriages without horses and flights of thoughts worldwide.
The New England Farmer urges pruning only when sap is thick and hard to cut. Do not prune when the saw gleams with sap. prune when sap vessels are empty to avoid injury. Shortening cuts are safer, as large vessels remain intact and leaves absorb sap. Sap movement peaks mid June and after autumn leaf fall.
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