26 Jun 1878
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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1878
Page
1
Poetic meditation on farewell and unfinished love. A mourner asks how to endure earthly years without the beloved’s voice and touch, imagining possible joys in the hereafter while haunted by loss. The speaker envisages a future meeting in Lifeternal but confronts relentless earthly grief and longing.
Narrator relays Mrs. Temple's tale from the National Hotel in Washington during the war era. John Wilkes Booth vies with Robert Lincoln for Bessie Hale while Lincoln counsels mercy, as Booth's jealousy and a looming conspiracy unfold amid social gaiety. Booth's later death and Bessie's shattered life culminate in a grim goodbye.
A social philosopher urges dancing including the waltz to curb rude village games seen at church socials. He argues that where dancing dies, kissing games arise, noting a Vermont murder trial where a deacon blamed a fatal kiss on a church social. He links school festivals, parental decency, and clergymen to these “string-games” and defends dancing as moral correction.
A young woman complains she has more parents and step parents than anyone she knows. Her tale traces divorces and remarriages that leave her living with a stepmother she loves and a stepfather who treats her kindly, yet never feels truly at home with any one family. The story lampoons constant marrying and its effect on a girl’s sense of home.
The Rural World warns not to place manure directly on tree roots during planting. It notes harm from manure in contact with roots and advises applying manure above the roots as holes fill. Cow or well rotted stable manure can be used, and coarse manure may be spread around stems to enrich soil and protect against frost.
The passage asserts that fortune rests on external causes while happiness comes from within. It highlights three core ingredients: a manly mind, an affectionate heart, and a temperate imagination. The former helps endure hardship, the second enhances joy, and the last shields from reckless desires.
A discussion on rude travelers who rush at train stations and steamboat piers. It contrasts inferior crowds with modest, wellmannered travelers who remain calm, plan ahead, and avoid the feverish haste that marks the modern journey. The piece cites Cornhill on orderly conduct and urges restraint.
In Sangamon County Circuit Court, Lincoln countered a skilled advocate by pointing out the opposing lawyer’s dress. He urged the jury to inspect the standing collar buttoned with the wrong end to and the points sticking behind his ears. The tactic broke the jury's spell and aided Lincoln's case.
A London lady sought a cook, enduring sharp cross examinations at a registry. She finally hired a kitchen superintendent because the terrace residence sounded aristocratic, while several excellent options were refused for fear of vulgar street address terms.
A Massasoit House scene shows workers testing pipes by biting a metal rod to the stopcock and blocking ears. One man claimed to hear a small amount of water moving, illustrating a curious method used to detect flow. The Sprit ud Union notes two or three workers can sense water flow with teeth and ears.
The fragment contemplates atonement as the force aligning the believer with God and with each other. It echoes the idea of unity through a single mind and will, asserting that true perfection lies in being one with the divine and with the divine in oneself.
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