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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1871
Page
3
The poem contemplates a rabbi's musings on angelic orders and heavenly ascent. The speaker contrasts divine will with human humility, imagining a moment of perfect song and a place near the throne if heaven comes to him rather than he to heaven.
A reflective column urges readers to abandon imagined skeletons in closets and stop dwelling on the past. It contrasts old Peter Gosling’s groan with advice to live in the present, temper idealism with reality, and discard troubling fantasies that drain joy and health.
The Orangeville Union Sunday School held its annual convention with Andrew Hinds elected President and William Trotter Secretary. Reports show Orangeville union averaging 140 scholars with 28 conversions, Elk Elorado 40, Bruach Creek 86, Franklin 40, Oneco 59 with six conversions and 80 percent rise since May. The event featured singing, prayers, discussions on teaching methods, and a strong emphasis on teachers’ qualifications and heart for God.
A Greenfield Ohio correspondent reports a social party incident where a beautiful wealthy young woman provoked a stranger by assuming his gaze. He examined her chain with a hidden photograph reveal, prompting a humorous turn as she considers marrying him to keep the necklace. The piece notes she bought the chain cheaply from a traveling peddler. Napoleon gives a brief speech at Obialehurst to workers amid an annual treaty scene, saying he has helped England and the workers cheer, followed by a band playing We May Be Happy Yet.
A dense meditation on retirement, solitude, and inner life, weaving quotes from Bacon, Emerson, and others. It argues that true wisdom blends study and seclusion, guiding the mind toward higher duties, with celebrated passages praising solitary contemplation as a source of strength and moral clarity.
The Winslow Sabbath School Convention met July 9 at the Presbyterian church with J Smallwood calling the meeting to order and J H Gamber elected president. A diligent program was reported and carried out, with several members participating. school reports showed flourishing conditions and strong attendance though parental interest lagged. A committee was named to visit District No. 6 to potentially organize a Sabbath school there. Attendance and interest were high, aiming to renew energy and zeal in Sabbath school work. Jas Gaweys was president and Pai Sweeny secretary.
A collection of aphorisms on time, morality, and human folly. Observations critique impatience, listening, cheating, politics, vanity, repentance, and self deception with humor and sharp judgment. Notable lines contrast wisdom and crowding, praise and self love, and the dangers of pride.
A Colorado saloon keeper describes creating a mixed poison drink called the sheep herder's delight to control a rough crowd. He recounts patrons taking one or two drinks, some collapsing, and an indulged peddler later stealing his own pack and hiding it in the woods.
In Manchester Vermont a minuscule addition to its population emerges as a newborn described as four twenty four ounce child figures. The anecdotal tale notes a perfectly formed infant with a face small enough to be covered by a cent, and references four fanciful lady’s finger rings that could be slipped on its arm.
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