05 Jun 1878
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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1878
Page
1
The extract speaks in a poetic mood on the months May and June, hinting at rebirth, longing, and alienation. It contemplates a distant gaze or birthplace as a metaphor for insight and fate, with literary flourishes about renewal and paradise. Scribner for June.
A poetic fragment by Caroline A. Mason praising a muse as rose, honey, and beauty. It laments that no verse can fully praise Her, whose rare lips alone can utter the tribute, with references to Hymettus Hybla and Sappho. Scribner for June.
A child speaks to a doll Polly about not growing despite care and food. The narrative blends a kitten and parrot hints, with the child chiding the silent dolly and wishing for words. The piece captures whimsy and affection, ending with the doll as a cherished companion from Sarah O. Jewetl.
Mrs Jennie B Heth delivers an Otter Greek Lyceum essay on education before Carroll County readers, arguing childhood joys fade without learning and that education enlarges the mind and heightens lasting happiness. It stresses developing faculties, mental discipline, and the deepening of inner sentiment beyond outward display.
A speaker extols education as the sunlit path to wisdom and goodness. He urges teachers and parents to cultivate mind structure, perseverance, and compassionate influence, warning against corporal punishment and partisan schooling while stressing home roots and orderly school plans. The talk ends with reflections on lifelong character and the passing of time.
Open letter from Postmaster General D M Key dated May 28 1878 urged Southern voters to back President Hayes and resist moves to depose him. He argues the 1876 election was settled by the electoral commission and warns against Mexicanizing U S institutions, urging union solidarity and party loyalty in the Forty sixth Congress.
The excerpt discusses self honesty and humility, contrasting the wish to hide faults with the rarity of truthful living. It questions self portrayal, noting people fear exposing even their virtues while concealing vice. It frames a moral standard from a biblical reference.
The passage laments conservative Southern Democrats in the House yielding to party discipline after the presidential contest. It portrays them as clay in the Potter’s hands, lining up under the whip and leaving a trio to face retribution on a future day of judgment.
Captain W H Hardy of Meridian spoke at the Gainsville Ala Confederate monument unveiling. In a Meridian Mercury address he argued soldiers slept beneath the mounds as defenders of liberty, denying traitor status and asserting they died for the defense of cherished liberties and free government principles.
The passage accuses the Democratic Party of using prolonged hard times to gain from a future presidential campaign while predicting that when Republicans resume prosperity for industries there will be a national lament over missed opportunities. It references Fernandy Wood, Samuel J. Randall, and Cox as notable figures.
A distinguished Japanese traveler writing home says the main education for young men here is rowing. He observes large boat houses called colleges and identifies Yale and Harvard as its principals.
A mother advocates surrounding children with constant love as the key to amiable, harmonious growth. She shares how praise and affection transformed her daughter's peevishness into happiness and obedience, likening love to sunshine that brings character and virtue.
A West Hill man awoke in a vague state and, in the dark, pulled on his wife’s striped stockings. Believing himself fully dressed, he wandered about and collapsed, later accusing burglars or a circus clown after seeing his legs by lamp light.
A church announces the death of Deacon Jones and the election of Daniel Brown to fill the post. Brown, unfamiliar with duties, practices collection by using a copper measure tied to a broom-handle, testing it on his bull Harry who snorts empty, prompting the deacon to joke that no offering is needed and he is merely making out.
A San Francisco merchant, given letters of introduction, calmly urges a journey to the Yosemite, the big trees, and the Santa Clara Valley though he has not seen them. He then travels by overland train to enjoy the coasts of Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
A jumble of detached lines mentions clergymen, Simon Cameron, a widow, a national hangman call, fish stories, Currant worms, era humor, and odd editorials. Notable bits reference a Brazilian royal baby, a Chicago lecture, and a Naples poet lodging in Rue Guant.
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