26 Sep 1866
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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1866
Page
1
Poetic reflection on wind and seas, pledges and destinies. The piece muses on youth and decay, human folly, and the endurance of time as Life of Lives and Time runs on. A Chicago Journal line anchors the meditation on fate and mortality.
A group of young visitors mock John Portman and his poor family at the farmhouse door prompting John to grapple with humiliation and despair. He laments his fate, envies city youths, and vows to endure hardship while continuing hard labor in the fields.
John Portman, once crushed by poverty and blindness, receives hopeful guidance from Jennie Knight. Together they revitalize the family farm through drains, subsoiling, and crops, turning a neglected forty acres into a thriving estate with rich harvests, new attire for Mother Port and Alice, and a repute that draws visitors.
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