06 Aug 1879
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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1879
Page
1
Poem excerpt by J G Whittier describing a traveler in a black forest river scene. A guide discusses infidel souls and mercy, ending with a prayerful plea to God for redemption. The voyage glides through shadows to reveal a hidden sense of providence and divine grace in nature.
A solicitor encounters a tall mysterious woman claiming to deliver a late Mr. Bramleigh’s will from Coleman Street. The document bequeaths all Bramleigh property to his housekeeper Hannah Churton, with concerns about the will’s form and missing executor appointment. The woman insists on acting as executrix as the master’s direction. The scene unfolds as the lawyer probes motives and proper procedure.
A man Bramleigh drafts a will in his dying hours leaving most to Dr. Ramsey and Magdalen Maitland, with Hannah Churton as life annuitant. Lieut Maitland contests the will, exposing the housekeeper as the architect of the plot as Bramleigh dies next day and Magdalen inherits after the court challenge.
The passage notes laughter as an ancient and odd human cry and suggests studying it during interruptions at a club. It highlights the variety of spasmodic sounds and the surprising shift from rational speech to animal-like expressions amid conversation.
A thinking farmer says a man can starve if he raises corn for sale while stock profits dominate. Most earnings come from stock, not grain. Quick gains come from buying cheap stock, improving it, and selling soon at low prices. Turning wild horses profitable, but premium beef rewards the wealthy. Cheap land with good range enables rapid stock turnover and higher profits.
A Boston Transcript note recalls a Worcester lawyer who faced a strong Supreme Court decision and tried to soften it with remarks about respect for the court while admitting a bias. The anecdote highlights the prudence of not challenging court rulings. Also mentioned is Philadelphia architect R. J. Dobbins who now owns eight hotels.
A historical note on leap frog among tadpoles and frogs describes a symbolic initiation ceremony. Young frogs line up three feet apart, led by an elder chorus, then leap over one another in sequence while learning the lesson that to leap over you must be leapt over. Boys later imitate the ritual, though it remains a serious practice for frogs.
A beggar, claiming to be a Christian, pleads with a clergyman for fifty cents. He laments four days on faith alone, insists on needing food to balance faith, and warns he will backslide without a meal, hoping to save a fellow Christian from temptation.
A common error in window gardening is crowding too many plants in little space depriving each of air and light. Mixing tropical temperate and alpine plants under identical conditions leads to sickly growth. Better to grow one healthy plant that blooms well than many weak ones.
A witty exchange shows a professor asking who will see Mr R before Monday while a female student jokes she will get hit Sunday night, reflecting light scandal in campus chatter and social norms of the era.
A Forney progress writer muses that great beauty is rare and often unattached to real individuals. He argues nations have produced few living beauties in centuries, and many famed heroines like Beatrice, Rosalind, and Margaret exist mainly in poetry or as literary portraits rather than actual historic figures.
An ancient cypress in Somma Lombardy is claimed to be the oldest tree on the European continent. It may have stood since the era of Julius Cyegar, dating roughly 1,911 years ago, and reaches 106 feet in height with a 20 foot trunk at one foot from ground. Napoleon reportedly diverted the Simplon road to spare the tree.
In a terse exchange two gentlemen debate money and happiness. One asserts money does everything for a man while the other counters that money cannot match what some men will do for money, highlighting moral contrasts in wealth.
A Gainesville Florida legal document included the long list of names of a young Negro man. The names comprised a striking succession such as Europe Asia Henry Taylor Thomas Mintern Abraham Lincoln Mendell Hall Josiah Walls Shadrich Timmons John Fitzimmons William A Saunders Jonathan Lambreath Jones, highlighting the unusual breadth of identifiers in a single record.
A tramp seeks work from a doctor and volunteers grave digging as his skill. He explains he can dig dig graves, presenting himself for hire based on that ability.
A fragmented notice discusses US wartime aims to secure water depth for grain shipments, arguing wheat costs and profits affect England and Asia. It notes Bombay to London pricing, Turkey and Asia exports growing, and India’s exports to the US rising before 1877, illustrating broader changes in global grain trade dynamics.
A sensational courtroom exchange shows a late judge railing at women in the gallery, deriding "decent women" and remarking on the presence of sheriff’s ladies. The scene includes taunting remarks toward female attendees as a magistrate voices disdain for their appearance during trials. The account notes the crowded bench and the shock of onlookers at the harsh language.
The text asserts that among those who play the piano, only one band ever learns the correct use of the pedal. It reflects a claim about musicianship and technique from an early source.
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