The Reverend's Odd Parlor Party Ends in Sorrow
In a tale from the NY M8 pages Lydia Zane Pierson recounts how Rev Mrs M hosts a lavish party for rich parishioners, inviting wounded veterans and orphans. The event exposes class, charity, and the minister’s moral shock as the guest list reveals hardship over privilege. The story closes with a poignant death of the beloved schoolmaster Doctor Phil Amy after a winter mishap.
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Lydia Zane Pierson
Bedell
Nancy
Neecy
The Selfless Life in Nature's Quiet Teachings
An ornate devotional essay reprints Joan Topp's oration on interconnection. A garden rose, a lone tree, a mountain brook, and a distant star declare they live not to themselves, each serving creation and humanity as proof that all beings sustain one another in divine order.
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Nancy
Niles
Tha Weat
Dr. B
Mr. M
Mr. Niles
Pennsylvania College
Joan Topp
Jone
Earth
Daxterus
Death
Eaton
Eaton County
Elliot
Expansive Benevolence and Color Prejudice Debate
A long denunciation of racial prejudice contrasts with a call for universal humanity. It quotes an Eaton County editorial condemning anti Negro sentiment while urging readers to accept natural causes for complexion changes across zones. The piece also recounts Mr Cass's debate on Oregon boundary warnings, stressing cautious talk of war with Britain and urging restraint.
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Brotherhood of Man
Germany
Poland
Spain
Portugal
Barbary States
Egypt
Eaton Bugle
Wise and salutary influence in human happiness
A fragmented, archaic passage argues that every rational being must contribute to the general stock of happiness. It posits reciprocal influence between mind and mind and between mind and matter, asserting all creation serves a useful purpose and none lives unto itself.
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Phil Amy
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