07 Feb 1872
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Newspaper
Marshall Statesman
Location
Marshall, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1872
Page
1
A lyrical fragment describes a man haunted by a vanished noon and a beloved Elisa, dreaming by firelight as night approaches. He contemplates mortality and a yearning for mercy, imagining a welcoming heaven and a compassionate, fatherly presence for those left heartbroken.
An old essay urges husbands to praise wives through deeds as the surest tonic for happiness, arguing neglect harms love and home life. A comic tale follows Charles Mathews mistaking a real peer for a friend, imagining titles until Lord Ranelagh’s horse awaits at the door.
The piece surveys dreams as trains of thought and their sometimes fulfilled, coincidental, or prophetic nature. It cites Sir Walter Scott, Dr. Gregory, Dr. Reid, and a Edinburgh invasion fear, then discusses presentiments and New York dream prevalence. It recounts H. H. Breckinridge refusing a duel with wit, noting the folly of harming a fellow human and preferring humane outcomes.
The account details General Von Hartmann a Bavarian commander once a French army volunteer who earned the Legion of Honor at Orleans and later received the German Tron Cross. It then shifts to Westminster Hall Horace Walpole and Queen Anne anecdotes, and ends with Sir Walter Raleigh and a smoking tale showing how tobacco entered England with a dramatic mug-flinging servant.
Johnson and Boswell tell of a doctor who silences a Billingsgate woman by labeling her as a noun pronoun verb adverb adjective conjunction preposition and interjection. She rages, falls to mud, unable to answer. The tale ends with a note on securing a sale through proper Halford usage.
The piece warns fire as a dangerous servant, urges better ignition controls, and cites vast wartime deaths across Europe from 1792 to 1815, plus state losses in the Civil War era, noting New York’s population drop and urging vigilance in home fire safety. It also touches insects misattributed to death watches and Captain John Smith’s exploits.
The passage discusses health wisdom on appetite and drinking water. It cites John Bailes who lived to 128 with brown bread and cheese and water and milk, claims water sustains health, and mentions Hypocrates noting water drinkers are often hungrier, plus Lord Healthfield’s and Sir John Sinclair’s notes that water or vegetables favored over alcohol aided longevity.
An elderly man in a small furnished apartment follows a strict daily routine. He rises at 5 AM, works diligently, hosts visitors from nine to noon, dines at eight, and drinks wine once daily. For forty years he has not varied this schedule. He prefers writing his own letters and keeps several confidants to relay messages. He remains active yet irritated by public attention.
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