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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1869
Page
3
An assortment of verse and prose from a 19th century periodical. It includes affectionate stanzas about a model husband and wife, a polemic against women’s rights reform, and a Miles O'Reilly poem about a Civil War oath and the toll of battle, with references to Harper's Weekly and 1864.
A bleak poem describing a cold dark day and unrelenting rain. The speaker laments a weary life, thoughts turning to the past, and urges a sad heart to cease repining as clouds hide hope beneath the common fate of all.
The text traces coffee from Arabian monastic origins to widespread use in Europe and America. It notes a 1614 plant that spawned West Indian plantations and claims U S yearly coffee costs reach fourteen to fifteen million dollars. It also distinguishes Mocha, Java, East India, and West Indian bean qualities and colors.
A long excerpt from President Wayland’s 1865 autobiographical essay urges young men to pursue defined goals, avoid low associations, and seek self improvement through discipline and superior company. The narrator recalls a schoolmate’s drift into liquor, slovenliness, and eventual decline, then recounts a perilous encounter with Tonto Apaches in Arizona sparked by a mirror’s vanity, ending with a tense escape while the Apaches admire their own reflections.
A first person recounting journey across the plains toward Tucson with emigrants. The narrator details hardships of wagon trains, quarrels, and fear of Indians, then ventures alone toward the Santa Cruz and into a vast desert landscape. He describes mezquite forests, the Gila corridor, and vivid red granite mesas under a lilac haze.
A reflective aphorism set on character and virtue. It contrasts entertaining good thoughts with warding off evil, warns that beauty without honesty poisons a box of gold, and extols gratitude as the music of the heart guided by kindness.
A verse urging self-reliance and industry with the maxim to "hoe your own row." It contrasts workers who build and cultivate with idlers who demand a living, stressing personal effort, persistence, and the benefits of diligent labor to prosper and gain friends. It emphasizes ground preparation, sowing, and reaping as essential for growth.
A reflective piece describes a springtime stream turning the old mill area into a pond where lilies emerge from dark mud. It celebrates patience and Nature's quiet treasures, inviting children to wake before dawn to witness the unfolding buds and the sunlit lily cups. It ends with a note on perseverance and the stubborn beauty found in dark places.
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