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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1874
Page
6
A collage of brief notes and quips from different papers cites Alfred Wallace on human antiquity, a Boston church budgeting 142000 yearly, and varied humorous asides. It references Eng rhetoric, a Rochester publisher, a Quaker hat, and a Jest about a barber haircut asides across several city papers.
On a rainy Saturday night two young colored girls hurry to fetch food while an old woman struggles with an umbrella and bundle. One girl rescues the bundle and opens the umbrella for the woman, receiving a blessing as rain falls. The act is a simple example of cheerful kindness.
A farm horse in Southern New Hampshire signals distress by whinnying to attract attention. The horse repeatedly returns to its master and then to the sheep pasture before leading a farmer’s wife to a scene where a savage dog holds a sheep by the throat. The act inspires young readers to be persevering and helpful.
Henry Ward Beecher laments a universal taste for causing pain, from cruel jokes and sharp tongue barbs to teasing and deliberate misery. He cites petty cruelties in youth and adulthood, noting how some revel in others' suffering while urging gentler social sport remains possible.
A small terrier named Trip is described as faithful and affectionate. He comforts grandpa during coughing fits and becomes guardian to a litter of kittens found in the cellar. Trip loves naps in grandpa’s chair, offers a white paw, and yields the chair if asked. He also enjoys playful frolics with the kittens.
A schoolboy's toothache begins at eight, peaks at eight forty five with intense pain, subsides by nine, and ends swiftly. At night he must have four quarts of walnuts drying upstairs, or there is no place to do it.
Pall Mall Gazette reports the Pelerin narrative of an appearance on December 8 asking for Paris only, with 3 000 to 4 000 witnesses. The seer foresees a brief political crisis, lasting moments, and avoids fixed dates while predicting further visions. James Gordon Bennett praised for charity. Jules Michelet dies.
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