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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1876
Page
3
Mary loses control of several lambs that follow her to the schoolhouse. The lambs disrupt classes while the schoolmaster tries to restore order, but they keep reappearing until Mary comforts them, claiming she is to blame for keeping them from trouble.
A verse about small donations easing hardship. The speaker notes a few pennies or old clothes can aid the sick and needy, and that even modest acts can comfort the poor. The tale ends with a poor old man dying content, helped by simple warmth and charity.
Prosper Mermace recounts a Servian village fear of vampires. A young girl, Khava, is attacked by a specter believed to be Wieczhany, prompting exhumation and a pyre. The ritual ends with Khava’s slow decline, fevered visions, and her death after eleven days, amid village hysteria and morbid cures.
A compilation notes Bishop Havens planning to sail for Africa in October. Rhode Island clams used to aid churches. congregational and Methodist concerns in the United States and Britain. a pope’s encyclical anticipated on Brazilian bishops and Freemasons. remarks on arithmetic education and chaplains on the frontier. Icelandic ash, and a hundred thirteen Chinese students visiting the Centennial with Chinese government support.
The Philadelphia Centennial exhibition draws mixed reaction from stock breeders and visitors. Draft stallions from Toronto valued at 75000, costly handkerchiefs, and rat rumors color coverage. A Western lecturer vows advice for future trips amid evolving preparations in Pennsylvania Rhode Island and Delaware. Centennial managers face sobering receipts versus expectations as the fair unfolds with varying public enthusiasm.
A London Times summary notes slow French population growth compared with other nations. It cites emigration to colonies like New Zealand and fears of extinction as France doubles rare births slowly over centuries. It discusses inheritance laws causing parceling, sterility among prosperous classes, and broader demographic decline.
An echoed fable depicts a farmer joyful at harvest who speaks of building bigger barns to store grain. A heavenly whisper counters with a plea to share with the poor, insisting repentance on a fatal night. The prose captures pride, wealth, and mortality through a cautionary parable from The Undergraduate.
A traveler recalls a devout host who begins with a Holy Spirit filled prayer for Christ like love yet mocks patience when tested by a servant. Daniel questions the expected reward of his prayers as the host resists the change such pleading would bring, illustrating a lesson in humility and belief. From Daniel Quorum and His Religious Notions.
A tribute to Paul highlighting his sincere energy and courteous tact. The text praises his forceful integrity and “speaking the truth in love,” noting his sympathy and influence among men and his consideration of others at social gatherings. The tone reflects Presbyterian reverence.
A quotation extols the joys of religion as a support from youth to old age. It argues faith sustains prosperity and tempers adversity, soothing both slumbers and waking hours. Wealth and rank fade, but the Christian joy remains a divine gift housed in heaven.
A reflection on moral power, asserting that a rightly living man wields greater influence through quiet integrity than a vociferous critic. Character is likened to bells whose gentle sound carries lasting resonance even when accidentally rung.
A narrator asserts most terrors are imagined until encountering a specter seated in a chair. He approaches the apparition and sits, but the horrid figure refuses to share the seat with him. The exchange underscores the unreal nature of fear versus the tangible presence.
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