Idle Rejoice as Time’s Promise Is Believed Kept
A reflective verse fragment notes the idle masses rejoicing at a promise of time and rest, putting hands in pockets and sleeping while trusting the promise will be fulfilled.
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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1879
Page
4
A reflective verse fragment notes the idle masses rejoicing at a promise of time and rest, putting hands in pockets and sleeping while trusting the promise will be fulfilled.
Rose Van Dyke a poor, devoted schoolteacher shelters Terese Van Tassel a cousin who arrives to claim a future. Philip Lee, torn by past loves, courts Rose but is drawn to wealth and a grand union. A stormy confession reveals Terese’s true motive and Rose’s endurance as Philip proclaims their destined fortune.
The piece recalls Madame Bonaparte’s life and the modest provisions her father left in his will. Parisian note spoke of her resemblance to Napoleon and widespread praise from contemporaries. Quotes from Lady Morgan Talleyrand Crillon and a Baltimore banker frame her brilliance, ambition, and the era’s politics.
A recipe instructs to pour hot water over cranberries and steep until cold. Then combine one quart berries with one pint sugar and one pint water, boil twenty minutes, add sugar and boil fifteen minutes more, mash evenly, strain into a bowl, cool and slice to serve.
A stray line from a clipped 19th century scene shows a boy displaying torn trousers to illustrate a mishap after a cap toppled over a picket fence. The moment hints at a lighthearted prelude to springtime mischief.
The Forty-Sixth Congress reports busy days in April with memorials and bills. Blaine’s amendment on arms and a currency rule clash frame Senate and House actions as committees advance, adjourn, and a new pro tempore is chosen amid illness signals and legislative maneuvering.
A traveler recalls the great bell of Moscow at Ivan’s base. Cast under Boris Godunov, it shattered in Alexis I’s reign, recast in 1654, weighing 288000 pounds, later restored to 444000 pounds on a pedestal. It endured fires and collapses, with Empress Anne and Emperor Nicholas influencing its fate.
On April 5 at the Mt Joy fair grounds under the District Agricultural Society a field trial of corn planters drew about three hundred farmers from Scott Clinton Muscatine and Cedar counties. Trials ran from 2 to 5 30 p m with entries including G W Browns Rotary Drop and Deere Rotary Drop Planter with Haworth Barnes Check Rower. The Deere Rotary Drop Planter won the prize as the best overall, per a committee led by Johnson Maw.
A recipe describes steaming rice in milk over boiling water, then adding egg yolks butter and lemon rind. Fold in lemon juice and sugar, bake as a pudding with a meringue topping made from beaten egg whites, then brown in the oven.
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