08 Jan 1873
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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1873
Page
1
A dream message on perfectness and saintly growth, urging patience and effort. The speaker, transported by a vision, learns that sainthood comes slowly through work and hope. It proclaims that God fashions saints from common men and that better days will yield the needed transformation.
A somber poem describes an Archer attack on a fawn and a sick hind, a father lamenting his daughter's fate, and a daughter’s farewell as night deepens. The scene shifts through cold hills and spectral trees with snow, frost, and a red moon. The speaker ends with finding the daughter by a locked mill-wheel as night seals the frozen landscape.
An English bank accountant recounts a near ruin after a would be robber flees with twenty two thousand pounds turning out to be a mislaid bag and a borrowed coat containing the loot. The tale blends cautionary crime, household mishap, and a happy, anticlimactic recovery.
The speaker argues that commands like Fret not thyself bind all believers with solemn imperatives. Even actions deemed minor by the world require obedience, for knowingly violating any divine command reveals a heart not right with God.
The girls employed by Macallar Williams Parker declined one weeks wages, deeming the aggregate sum acceptable due to the firm’s heavy losses. The firm offered to assist, inviting Miss Jennie Collins to direct any of their own or other needy workers to them for relief.
A reflective note describes surrendering to divine will each day. The speaker expresses devotion and a sense of caregiving like a mother bearing and protecting a child within a faithful journey. The tone is contemplative and spiritual.
A frontier editor recalls being challenged to a duel in the silver rush era of Virginia City Nevada. He details Navy six shooters at fifteen paces, a barn door target, and a bird shot that revealed a rival editor’s boastful accuracy. The long tale ends with a moral pivot against dueling and a vow to warn youth about its dangers.
The article details glove production from skin selection in Champagne to final assembly. It covers tanning, dyeing, reanimating, cutting, sewing by hand, and quality pricing, noting the tireur’s skill and the slow output of two pairs per day for a sewing worker.
A reflective piece on memory and self control urges neglect of angry remarks and slander. It argues that forgetting petty insults is wise, and that speaking ill spreads quarrels while silence prevents hurt. It likens gossip to gathering old burrs and thistles, reminding readers to avoid repeating unkind words.
A statesman, fond of literature and old china, published a book hoping for nothing and received a £500 cheque. He waved it with excitement, declaring the revel he would have in Wardour Street and neighboring china shops.
An Israelitish friend consoles his brother in a Chataii Street store over a comical incident. A man buys a goat for seventy dollars but pays only seventy fractions due, leading to an earnest confession of foolhardy miscalculation and a monetary loss.
A beggar, offered two slices of bread and butter at a house, immediately refuses. The donor asks what is wrong with the bread and butter, to which the mendicant grumbles that he dislikes the way it is put on. The exchange ends with no meal shared.
A fragmentary line voices uncertainty about fate and mockery of men, suggesting a humorous or ironic reflection. The text hints at unpredictable outcomes and potential embarrassment or misfortune. No clear persons or events are identifiable from the readable portion.
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