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Newspaper
Plainfield Courier
Location
Plainfield, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1891
Page
3
A whimsical fragment asks if morning exists and questions day and dawn. The speaker ponders mountains, brightness, sound, and a pilgrim seeking a place called morning. Names Emily Dickinson and Nicholas appear amid playful, surreal imagery.
In the oil belt tale, Greasy Joe woos Vroni Rabenholtz while Dry Hole Tim’s lease goes awry. A Sunday signing sinks Tim’s bid, Vroni and Joe wed, and the gusher finally crowns their luck in Butler.
Aunt Salomy narrates a village wedding dispute between Dolly and Tom Dodson as Meffodist and Baptist lines clash. Deacon Smallin pressures against the union while Old Dodson pushes for a consent at Eleazar meeting house. In a tense scene Squire Duggan arranges a license, and the crowd awaits the ceremony amid church rivalries.
The poem paints a pastoral scene with springtime images in Oxfordshire. It features references to the beech tree, green fields, leaves, primroses, and sheep pastures. It evokes seasonal renewal through nature and rural life with occasional archaic diction. The piece closes with poet Louise Imogene Gwinn expressing return to labor and song as pastors pass.
In a rural scene narrated by Miss Proctor, Squire Duggan announces a wedding license for Tom and Dolly, quelling hecklers with authority. The ceremony follows with family feuds and a rambunctious community response, ending in a large family with twins named after their grandfathers.
The article recalls Charles Sedillot proposing the term microbe in 1878 during a Paris Academy of Science lecture. It notes Sedillot, aided by Littre, used and popularized the word to describe living germs, superseding many older terms, with Pasteur attending and contributing to its adoption.
Theatrical manager Charlie Frohman sought a suitable actor for The Lady of Lyons. He asked a veteran performer if he could do the landlord, and the actor replied with pride that he has played landlords all over the country and would not fail.
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