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Newspaper
Lexington Clipper
Location
Lexington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1858
Page
1
Poem expresses a speaker’s purpose to live for those who love and know him, to emulate martyrs and patriots, and to seek a future of reason, virtue, and aid to others. It reflects a devotional stance, linking divine communion with humane action and substantial literary references.
A reflective piece urges compassionate action guided by Christian discernment and condemns indiscriminate pity. It recounts the Oxfordshire murder of Mr. Hayes and the Bradford case, where circumstantial evidence led to Bradford’s conviction though a footman later confessed, dying with remorse.
The speaker contrasts wealth funded care with the harsher reality of poverty. Sympathy for the sick grows when poverty strips away comforts and a home, turning aid into a moral obligation. Remedies and comforts are urged, trusting God to bless the generosity in time of need. Gries Cosnerman & Co.
A four year old asks what a holy ghost is after hearing frightful tales. The storyteller recalls a boyhood brush with a white figure that proved to be a drying shirt on the line, wind and all, turning into a lesson for the child about fear and imagination.
A speaker who raised his voice was supported by two men and a boy, forming a small, unified group during the incident. The event highlights a coordinated display of emphasis and assistance.
Dr. Dick contrasts the unenlightened mind clinging to old customs with the illuminated mind guided by science. The latter sees divine order in nature, from plants and mushrooms to insects and aquatic life, detecting wonders in every scale and feeling reverence for the Creator.
A classroom scene features dialogue on grammar and case with a remark about an overdue substitution. The conversation touches on noun definitions and a delinquent list, ending with a rebuke to stop throwing paper wad at girls. The piece hints at a method of collecting subscriptions in cooperation with the constable and printers.
A moral exhortation against imitation praising simple honesty. It contrasts natural character with affectation, warns that copying great figures robs authenticity, and uses the Russian Empress ice palace as a metaphor. The piece urges readers to build and reveal their own true character.
An amusing scene on the Baltimore bound for Cleveland as a rough man boards with a large bull dog. He tries to leave the log in the office for safekeeping, clashes with the clerk, and the dog is left to watch the scene as the boat departs. Ohio. Eagle.
A family recounts the loss of a tiny baby in a tender dialogue with a mother asking who took the child to the afterlife. The mother affirms the Christ child’s embrace and cites a verse about letting little children come to him.
Dr Mosley in his Treatise on Coffee notes French use of coffee linked to gravel. In French colonies and Turkey coffee is a principal beverage, while gout cases are described as uncommon. Dr Faur cites Deve rau who suffered gout from age 25 to 50 but after four years of coffee use reportedly had no gout symptoms.
A frontier man describes performing his own operation by inserting a piece of chicken flesh into a wound. It adhered and healed well until he tried to grow a moustache. One side sprouted hair while the other grew feathers, creating a bizarre mismatch.
A humorous tale from a late 19th or early 20th century column features a poor Irish man seeking work with a harsh master who admits no Irish workers after a previous employee died on his hands. The exchange ends with the claimant insisting he can obtain a certificate proving he never died in any master service.
A Leecestershire man claims in harvest lore you can turn a horse into a field and wake to grain above his hoofs. A Yorkshire man retorts that in Yorkshire you can turn a horse into a field and not find him the next morning.
Dr Spooner opines that Mark Antony’s gift to a woman would be valueless if the woman were bad, noting a virtuous wife is a better deal than a bad one at any price.
A reflective note on cautious expression and the inevitability of death. The text cautions readers to temper their judgments to avoid offending others while acknowledging mortality and imperfect human behavior.
A woman explained her choice to remain single by noting she cannot support a husband. Her frank remark reflects on independence and constraints she faces.
A fragment notes a county newspaper advertisement for black stockings in varied colors. It quotes a terse moral: merit grows with applause, peace for sin suffices if it leads to amendment, and fear of censure kills genius.
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