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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1870
Page
3
A reflective family poem traces sixty years shared by a husband and wife, from spring hills to autumn country, through labor and loss to a nearing end. The speaker reassures the partner, promises onward faith, and envisions the eternal city beyond the gates as they grow weak yet steadfast in love.
Paul Raymond, a young lawyer, fears danger to Janie Martin after a troubling dream. Janie, governess to a distinguished family, plans to visit her ill stepmother in Courtfield, aided by a telegram from A. Montague. Despite Paul urging caution, Janie insists on leaving, threatening the engagement and prompting a tense farewell at the station.
A night journey on a foggy May road ends in danger when Janie Martin encounters the villain Lindley Grey aboard a coach. Paul Raymond dreams a warning, aids Janie, and Lindley Grey is captured. Janie and Raymond wed. a separate tale unfolds at Woodcliffe where Leroy swears revenge on Lillian Irwin but Cecil Ainsworth is saved.
In this Western Rural piece J. H. Axrem argues for labor saving devices, praising clothes wringers for saving work, back, and muscles. He attacks old fogyism, cites Elias Howe, and urges selective adoption of useful machines while warning against useless clutter. Clemens, Michigan.
Dr Hall warns that picking the ears with hard objects risks rupturing the drum and damaging hearing. He says never insert items into the ear, wax protects the canal, and if wax hardens consult a physician or use tepid water saliva or glycerine to soften it. If no improvement in a week seek medical help. A humor line follows about a schoolgirl’s answer on Adam’s loss.
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