Horns at Home May number promises family education
The April issue closes the second volume and May begins a new year. Horns at Home plans broad social discussion from its managements view, aiming to elevate tastes, improve minds, and entertain readers with fiction and sketches. It seeks clubs for a vigorous second year, promises an elegant steel engraving, and outlines subscriptions, prices, and volume options.
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Better Than Gold In Labor And Home
A lyrical meditation extols labor as a path to sleep, contentment, and virtue. It contrasts wealth with the virtue and peace found in honest work, domestic duty, and the devoted wife who sustains a household with care, modesty, and charitable acts.
Carry the Thing Through to Become a Hero
The passage urges unwavering resolve to pursue a goal to completion. It emphasizes self belief, relentless effort, and personal energy as keys to fortune, status, and respect. It declares success follows steady, determined action regardless of pleasures or social gains.
Narrow Escape From Train At York Depot
A man identified as Welsh narrowly escaped serious harm when found with his head on a departing train’s track at York Depot in Fenn. He was intoxicated and lifted onto the track after being freed from the machinery. He questioned the crowd but thanked them for rescuing him before leaving.
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York
Fenn
Welsh
Sabbath Observance Elevates Nation and Community
A Hall's Journal excerpt argues that nations and communities respecting the Sabbath gain prosperity and order. It links religious observance to longevity, virtue, and public trust, urging individuals to support Sabbath worship and Bible study and to aid communal religious efforts.
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Hall
Sayings of Josh Billings with crooked spellings
A collection of maxims with humorous mis-spellings on honesty happiness marriage and life. It pokes fun at human foibles and plain speaking, noting practical wisdom and social quirks in a rustic tone.
Father and Mother mourned in a storm of memory
The piece reflects on how parental loss strips away shelter and guidance, leaving the bereaved to bear alone the burdens of life. It contrasts deep sorrow with flashes of old humor and a roguish lawyer joke, illustrating memory’s mix of grief and wit.
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S. Magazine
No Drop of Poison: A Boy's Stand in the Shop
A poor boy apprenticed to a mechanic refuses to drink offered alcohol by fellow workers. His firm stance angers them, but he persists. The outcome follows: the others become drunkards while he grows into a sober master mechanic, mentoring many and amassing a fortune.
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Mammar
America
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T Mechanic
How Near is Heaven for Christians
A reflective meditation on the imminence of heaven for believers. It contrasts earthly struggles with the soon arrival of eternal light, peace, and rest, noting the transient nature of clouds and the joyful prospect of meeting the Heavenly Father in a land of verdant plains.
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Apt Quotation On Bishop Doane and Temperance Ridicule
A fragment recalls Bishop Doane of New Jersey, opposed temperance, hosting drinks with Rev. Parkins from the Sons of Temperance. Doane offers wine and brandy, Parkins declines citing religious restraint, and the bishop grows irritable. The piece mocks indulgence and questions excessive luxury among ministers and editors.
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Wall
Perking
Sons of Temperance
Fragmented quote on wealth and happiness in life
A reflective line contrasts wealth and status, arguing happiness comes from a radiant spirit that endures trials and finds joy in small comforts rather than material riches. The text suggests personal mindset shapes contentment amid adversity.
Irish Emigrant Seeks Meaning Of Sunset In Portsmouth
An Irish emigrant asks a sailor what that is and learns it is sunset. Pat exclaims astonishment at the idea of the sun going down in this country with such jauntiness.
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Portsmouth
Pat
Wordplay and press liberty spark midwest gossip
A quirky exchange features a punster claiming marriage impossibility and an editor fined for overstepping press liberty. A young Indy overhears a cheeky note about pocket handkerchiefs, reflecting playful banter and social teasing in a bustling city scene.
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