25 May 1841
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Newspaper
Huron Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1841
Page
1
The notice lists annual subscription terms two dollars payable in advance with a higher rate after arrears, editors may discontinue only after arrears are paid, ads priced at one dollar per square for three insertions and twenty-five cents per later insertion, rates vary by length and column width, country produce payments noted.
A short reflective poem warns that actions harm enduring treasures. It uses metaphor of a flower crushed a lamp quenched a broken harp a bird's song a gem lost and a cup spilled to urge gentle handling of love and trust. The speaker laments irreversible damage to beauty sound and treasure when care is neglected.
In a Lowell room a pair in cap mourning bids farewell as Ellen Gray and her brother William Gray part for New York. Ellen to labor for her education, love letters from William, and a rumored Lowell marriage precede the later reconciliation of Amy Clifford to Ellen after meeting Elmira and General Corbin. Amy adopts Ellen after prejudice fades, praising factory workers and Lowell’s spindles.
A mother prays by a dying infant, then watches the child recover and later falter as the son grows to manhood. The piece follows religious reflections, a fall into vice, and the mother and father praying for mercy. A separate note jokes about Mr Fox the British minister marrying a Yankee girl amid interwoven public notices and light gossip. The tone mixes pious drama with period social commentary.
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