11 Dec 1879
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Newspaper
Millheim Journal
Location
Millheim, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1879
Page
1
The poem reflects on time as measured by souls and tears rather than years or youth. It contrasts young and old, speaks of crosses and crowns, and describes enduring hardship as better than long idle existence. The speaker seeks strength through trials, prayer, and perseverance across life’s stormy seas.
Thomas Warren and his family aboard the Petrel face starvation after losing work and money on the voyage to San Francisco. A dying miser’s silver keg temptingly turns up in a nearby hut. Warren resists stealing it and learns the keg is the late Thomas Marston’s, intended for his sister Mary. Merchant Mr. Barmont proves the wealth is rightful, and Warren later thrives in business.
The article notes iridescent glass revived from ancient days, with Bohemian glass leading the trend. It explains the chemical process by which glass gains rainbow colors, the superficial nature of the iridescence, and its appeal to European markets and collectors.
Do not entertain rumors about reputable citizens or spread calumny without solid proof. Do not let passion impair judgment or abandon principle for personal feeling. Do not break confidences or betray friends, and avoid harboring hostility over conflicting opinions. Tax bounding dam is beginning to figure in politics.
Barker a white skinned but Cherokee citizen outlaw who led a gang including Triplet Scogden and Mason terrorized the Cherokee nation for 28 years. Their raid on Caneyville Kansas in August ended with Barker’s death after a brutal ambush. Triplet died next day in Vinita after escaping.
A list of dining etiquette precepts advises quiet eating with full attention to manners. It covers chewing, speaking, table cleanliness, avoiding distractions, breaking bread, and proper use of hands and cutlery, ending with a curt correction about cutting meat.
A 45-year-old widow from near Salem in Wayne County walked to visit a brother in Pike County. She became trapped in Tinkwig Swamp for eight days, subsisting on bark and rainwater. Basden and locals freed her after hearing her moans and summoning aid. she is weak but expected to recover with her mind impaired by the ordeal.
A widow named Avery, about 45, from near Salem in Wayne county, Pa., walked to visit a brother near the Lackawaxen river in Pike county. She became lost after dark in dense woods and sank into Tinkwig Swamp, crying for help as she struggled to free herself and remained trapped.
Mrs. Avery survived eight days in a swamp with no food except bark and water from a bag. Basden from Lackawaxen township heard her moaning and, with neighbors, rescued her after locating her amid the mire. She is weak but expected to recover though her mind is impaired by the ordeal.
In downtown Detroit along Woodward avenue a district carrier is approached by a kindly woman who asks him to fetch onions for her chow chow. He declines, citing his duties, while the encounter unfolds with moral reflections on hospitality and self restraint.
In a London drawing room Lady Alcock held a reception for the Chinese embassy ladies. The lone gentleman guest was the Chinese ambassador in a deep yellow brocade over dress. The ambassador's wife and sister wore red skirts with purple black over-dresses as richly embroidered outfits. Their hair was piled high with beads and ornaments, and a child of the ambassador's sister wore blue brocade with a beaded skull-cap style headdress.
The passage argues that universal moderation in church dress would ease social burdens, reduce vanity among the rich and envy among the poor, strengthen attendance in bad weather, and save time on Sundays, enabling better use of resources for good works. It links modest attire to honesty, worship focus, and broader societal harmony.
The article warns storms bring dangerous electricity and urges staying indoors with windows and doors shut. It notes lightning can strike from rising clouds even when sun shines, and that dry indoor air conducts electricity. It advises against sitting on porches or near open windows during storms and mentions a telegraph wire fatality as a cautionary example.
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