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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1881
Page
3
A fragmented poem fragment describes doves clapping wings and morning light over wood and town. Imagery includes red rose ray, a wheel turn, and waves against a sailboat, with a dreamlike sense of life and nature in dawn.
A former slave recounts a twenty year courtship with Skiddy a maid in service, their struggle with poverty and separation, her fatal illness and death, and the narrator's religious transformation. He describes jealousy from an old lover, Skiddys steadfast devotion, and his eventual marriage to another woman. He credits her death with his salvation and recalls a heavenward vision with Skiddy.
A verdant youth applying for an editorial post is grilled with trick questions about bones and numbers. The interview escalates to a mock geometry puzzle, producing a comic collapse as the candidate exits, and the editors deem him weighed in the balance and found wanting.
A child watches snow through a window as verses speak of winter’s gloom and spring’s return. The piece ponders storms for the heart and promises sunshine after the snows, with hopeful notes about growth and renewal.
The article extols Birds of Paradise as among the most brilliant in color and form. It describes the Great Emerald Paradise Bird in detail, notes regional names such as God’s Birds, and recounts legends and ancient beliefs about their appearance, nesting, and preservation by Europeans.
The passage notes that ssots, known as the Swallows of Lernate, migrate with tempestuous seasons. They are rarely seen during such weather, leading to the belief they migrate to areas with plentiful food at their appointed times, similar to swallows.
A little boy named Hans misbehaves at home causing trouble with a pepper-pot a cat and a locked blue platter. After spinning the platter and peppering the cat Hans ends up crying with pepper on his face and a broken dish results as his mother enters.
The Little Sower offers guidance on courteous talk and behavior. It urges listeners to look at speakers, speak clearly, avoid unpleasant acts, and think thrice before spanking. It also counsels facing hard tasks honestly and confessing when wrong to maintain a clear conscience.
A Chester County trapper sets a choke trap for a cat but a crow interferes, snagging one claw in the iron jaws while a hawk arrives. A neighbor arrives to dispatch both birds. In Missouri a governor's daughter Miss Violet Brown recovers from a school fire by leaping to safety. A Boston girl reads the Bible aloud at home, calling William Dad the Shahite as 'Bidad' appears.
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