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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1871
Page
6
The excerpt argues that true happiness comes from industry and virtue, not indolence. It emphasizes the need for religion refined by culture, and for Christians to live actively in the world with love, truth, and disinterested benevolence.
A forest fable tells of a proud oak named King of the Forest who shuns winter guarding, then falls when storms come. little mosses cradle him in spring. Nearby, Mr. Chamberlain of Pedford unveils miniature trees hung in wire frames with fruit and moss, promising table horticulture and curiosity.
The narrative recalls a tale of a miller named Yacob Miller judged after death for petty deceit. The Christlike judge admonishes, while townsfolk watch a wide moral drama about vanity and affliction as the final sentence nears.
A country merchant long ago attempted to order two tailor's irons from a city hardware firm. Initial draft read Please send me two tailor's gooses and was discarded for grammar. He revised to Please send me two tail or geese then, in desperation, penned a final request that read Meaira Sovandag Please send my one sailor's BOKe and hang it, send me another.
On appeal Judge Stanley of San Francisco County Court admits the Chinese defendant to testify in his own behalf and reverses the lower court ruling ruling in the defendant's favor.
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