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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1874
Page
6
A mosaic of quips and quotations from a bygone era, listing puns about medicine art mother in law and peculiar adages. It includes snippets on fashion hair fashion, a Cromogift shop in Dexter Maine, and a Boston Globe note about church chromos for converts.
A May morning scene in the pine woods shows a bustling gathering of woodland creatures led by Mother Red. The heated debate centers on invading two legged men and a sawmill, with Robin, Father Red, an astronomer owl, and a Saucy young squirrel contributing tales and warnings before the meeting adjourns.
A spring story from Clara MW in Stump recounts wrens building nests on a porch and in a man’s box. The birds raise two sets of young, defend their nests from a larger intruder, and finally drive it away with a tin can signal to the sun.
A minister family visits a new field and child Freddy, seven, quips about the parsonage claim. He notes the parsonage is really two stories, while a door and kitchen count hint at a larger tale, prompting family laughter as the boy tests his father’s account.
A dramatic ode extols horsemanship as a moral trainer from ancient Hippodrome to modern riders. It blends references to Zendibad and The Arabian Knights with calls to teach these ideas in public schools, praising Peterson's Magazine and Peterson’s educational offerings for 1875. The piece also advertises Peterson's December number and club subscription deals.
A portrait of a country school mom age about twenty three and a half, strict in etiquette and language, who tutors the narrator and endures hard work and low pay. She raises many children as a stepmother, receives formal respect, and embodies paradoxical propriety and affection.
The November issue features Strahan's New Hyperion installment with illustrations, Emmette's Where our Brownstone Fronts Come From on Portland brownstone quarries, Black's Three Feathers, Lyttons The Genius of Conservatism, Jennie Woodville’s Little Joe, Trollopes Galera, Gunning’s Naturalist in Buzzard's Bay, Malcolm by George MacDonald, Love at First Sight, and Euterpe in America with concise notes on varied topics.
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