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Newspaper
Marshall Messenger
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1875
Page
7
A brassbound verse depicts four children in a tenement play scene with roles mother baby son and daughter. The mother’s ill behavior and housework ethics are mirrored as a moral lesson. The verses urge readers to heed the children's simple domestic example rather than cry for hush.
Frank Reeves loses Miss Rushton’s letter when his dog Roger steals it but he searches the woods until Miss Rushton appears and helps him learn the truth. Revealing his lie, Frank chooses honesty, and Miss Rushton praises his courage, then they discover the envelope later in the woods.
A Baltimore resident kept a Florida alligator in a water tub outdoors. During a severe cold snap the water froze, trapping the alligator in ice with only a small portion of body visible. After 48 hours thawing restored life and activity, suggesting vitality remained dormant during freezing.
Dr Platt notes Old M Cooper of King's Bromley who lived to six generations and could say a matronly blessing through descendants. The passage traces family lines from Zuingerus to Lady Clive and Horace Walpole, highlighting early marriages as the force behind deep lineage. A garden willow at Andrew Johnson’s residence is also mentioned.
Evangelist Rev. E. P. Hammond writes from Vernon Connecticut praising Kansas crops. He cites a minister’s account of vast grass across 100 acres and fields reaching nine feet high, with 5,000 acres averaging six feet. He urges young men to move west to work land as a path to prosperity.
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