05 Dec 1877
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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1877
Page
1
A lyrical meditation from The Galaxy for December describing a maiden by a mirror. The scene centers on pale beauty, silvery light, delicate features, and intimate self-adoration as she gazes, touches, and kisses her reflection, evoking themes of morning, love, and dreamlike reverie.
The Washington Letter details a Senate deadlock disrupted by Vice President Wheeler’s tie vote, the carpet bagger controversy around Conover and Patterson, and Democrats’ bid for Senate control. It discusses the Resumption Repeal bill’s House passage, GOP loyalties, and speculation on adjournment for Thanksgiving as the extra session winds down.
In a refined western town Judge and family see a daughter marry a man who gradually succumbs to drink. His decline harms business, social standing, and eventually his family, culminating in death after a drunkard’s curse is passed to a child. The piece condemns civilized hypocrisy and moral decline. AL Dudley, a prominent lawyer, defends a client in a hog theft case and later quips about repayment with pork.
A vivid portrait of Cairo as a modern Eastern metropolis with European touches including Eskebieh qUARTers transformed into boulevards and palaces. An interview with actress Miss Anderson reveals touring life, her meetings with Longfellow Sherman and Dom Pedro, plus her fencing hobby and claim of early stage devotion.
A fragmentary verse treats a teacup as divine and venerable. The speaker praises the cup as Celestial work and notes blue trap marks suggesting it is nearly five centuries old. The poem imagines tea brewed for a king in regal imagery.
A Hartford Times piece notes that the current Congress has younger, predominantly dark haired members with few redheads and several gray heads, while the Boston Globe recalls a cat anecdote about resilience and a Broad way fall, illustrating contrasting newspaper voices of the era.
An anonymous writer in the December Atlantic offers a favorable, creditable view of Washington society, arguing it is more sensible and rationally enjoyable than that found in the large commercial or manufacturing cities of the Union.
A Freeport letter corrects the November wedding notice for Miss Thompson. It notes she did not teach in Freeport for years, that the marriage occurred on November 12 at a relative’s home two miles from Baileyville, and identifies the couple as Geo. D. Cline and Miss Mary T. Thompson, married by Rev. Dr. Jowett.
A nostalgic meditation on family singing and memory, recalling mothers songs and schoolyard scenes that awaken long-forgotten images of youth. Interwoven are brief vignettes and a comic aside about a statue, a dinner party discussio n, and stage critics in a lively but fragmentary social column.
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