04 Apr 1879
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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1879
Page
1
A fragmentary verse reflects on a chestnut tree’s summer shade and autumn shedding, tracing memory and longing through homeland imagery. The speaker recalls a Danish king, children’s voices, and forge fires, concluding that love and memory give life to a once living weed.
Mrs. Loring, mourning the loss of two children to scarlet fever, mopes under a cloud of sorrow. A friend urges outward kindness, leading to a visit with Mrs. Adrian, who shares how purposeful action through helping others lightens grief. Mrs. Loring adopts an adopted child and finds renewed strength and a brighter outlook, guided by faith and service.
Edward King notes a bustling levee scene in New Orleans as steamers from England Norway and Russia load cotton while Mississippi river boats line the banks. Whites and blacks bustle between steamboats, cotton presses, and brokers offices as mules toil in the heat. Laborers, planters, and traders discuss politics and cotton prices, creating a vivid Saturday spectacle of river life.
A Philadelphia farmer named Jerry Foster arrives with butter eggs potatoes and a ready dressed pig. He sells his roasted pig to Mr Randolph for seventy five cents and dines alone with the landlord and wife. When the Randolps leave he finishes the dinner by himself and departs before they return. He never dined there again.
Joseph Hummell, a German-born Cincinnati newsvendor once bedridden by wounds, is set to sail to London with funds advanced by friends to claim a £1,000,000 English fortune for his wife. After years of poverty and his wife’s invalid status, a London lawyer confirmed their line of descent from Caspar Weiss, with the inheritance awaiting proper legal action.
The passage urges personal responsibility, urging readers to mind their own affairs rather than critique others. It values heartfelt, spontaneous kindness over duty bound notes and cautions against excessive hesitation that weakens resolve and purpose. The tone resembles reflective aphorisms encouraging noble action and true affection.
A fragment of humorous and observational phrases notes wind, landmarks, and life in spring. It mentions a German theory on nutrition, New York marriages among young women, and various rhymes about springtime behavior, birds, pests, and playful scenes, all presented in a brisk, quippy tone.
A Boston Transcripts excerpt relays an aged sea captain's maxim that talk is not needed for success. He argues enterprise prospers when actions Speak, while prudent discretion and guarded confidences aid opportunity. The piece contrasts talkative planning with decisive doing and cautions openness without cynicism.
A Youth's Companion excerpt discusses cold causation and medical views. It notes traditional beliefs about skin excretions and cold exposure, explains the fever profile of a cold, and lists potential complications such as rheumatic pains and nasal catarrh. It advises sweating with warm clothing and keeping pores open for several days.
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