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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1874
Page
6
A quirky jumble of phrases references ships bread rolls watches and a home baby. The text muses on a watch word a woman's face space to pack a trunk and a sailor noting the man in the moon. It hints at match-making and Sulphur Springs with playful wordplay.
A forlorn boy named Joey sells matches on a street and longs for bread. A kind young girl and her mother invite him into their home, feed him generously, and teach him about God and charity. Joey's life changes as he embraces Christian ideals and finds purpose.
The passage assembles quotes from Goethe Lowell Seneca Auerbach Richter PastoriteChastes Josh Billings Epicurus Burke and others. It juxtaposes ideas on height truth felicity stimulants liberty obscurity and gratitude, illustrating varied views on life morality and human behavior.
A humorous moral verse lists commandments for a husband including fidelity to the wife, not admiring other women, dressing well for the wife, allowing the wife the last word, avoiding drunkenness, staying out late, and keeping peace at home. It ends by invoking Benedict to keep these divine rules.
A writer portrays Gen. Sherman as a kind, amiable figure who avoids religious posturing at his daughter's Catholic wedding. The piece recalls his famed dancing remark and presents a personal creed emphasizing forgiveness and mutual kindness, claiming his belief in humane conduct and divine pardon for good intent.
The tale recounts Robert Emmet showing resolve when he mistook corrosive cubic material for acid cooling powder. He drank an antidote chalk, while a quieter act followed as he retrieved more chalk from the stable to neutralize the poison, avoiding a fatal outcome.
A Virginia bull-dog fights a rival cur and loses only to rise, limp away, then recover as the victor walks off. The tale questions whether instinct alone governs animal motion or if the defeated dog retained hidden intelligence after being bested.
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