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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1878
Page
3
Poetic obituary recounts Lewis Fities who died November 14 1877 after a brief life. The verse recalls his youth and hopeful morning and reflects on his passing as night approaches, with friends gathered in wakeful, hushed observance.
John Patterson, bashfully in love with Kitty Wynne, hides in an old hogshead after spotting Kitty and her cousin Hetty in the orchard. As Kitty teases and spells out his name, John must endure exposure, his patched clothes and flour-smeared garb, while hidden from view. The scene captures a comic, tender moment of unspoken affection in a rural setting.
John Patterson, shy and poor, wins Kitty with his care as Hetty teases. Kitty defends John’s kindness, noting his mortgage payments and book purchases. A tense moment with Hetty’s gun plan becomes a rousing confession under an apple tree, witnessed by Netty years later.
A Rural New Yorker correspondent urges households to grow flowers for children, friends, and festive occasions. The author argues flowers purify life, ease grief, and brighten homes even in modest settings, noting time spent on gardening becomes enjoyable and habits deepen year by year. A few perennials and rose bushes planted each spring can build a lasting, pleasing display.
A verse extols fresh air over pills and the hunt, praising the gun and woodland toil as superior to fishing for solace. The piece contrasts Europe’s push toward the metric system with American hesitance, citing a St. Petersburg committee urging adoption within two years as Adams praised the system as a monumental labor saver.
A discussion of the impact of a happy, hopeful wife on family life, followed by a poker anecdote showing human folly, and ending with a spiritual image: the church as one body sharing the Lord's Supper. The tone blends moral exhortation with colorful local anecdote and religious reflection.
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