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Newspaper
Prescott Transcript
Location
Prescott, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1860
Page
1
Poetic reflections on memory and aging contrast with vivid travel vignettes from Paris and the journey to Marseilles. The writer notes social life, language struggles, and urban plans, interleaved with moral observations and a tribute to enduring virtue in women.
An English miner named Martin moves with his family to Galena and then Shuilsburg to drill a deep shaft hoping for a fortune. After five years of toil and dwindling savings, he endures poverty, illness, and hardship as his obsession to strike riches persists despite his wife’s pleas to quit and seek other work.
On a steamer voyage in July 1860 the writer recalls Paris as a finer city than London with broad streets lofty houses and fewer coal-dust stained façades. He describes the Hotel du Louvre Palais Royal Tuileries Champs Elysees and Bois de Boulogne, the outdoor life of cafes and gardens, and a cosmopolitan crowd in the evenings with Zouave uniforms among the pedestrians.
The story follows a determined miner who endured seven grim years of hardship and isolation in a remote shaft. After sickness and near despair he discovers a hidden cave filled with galena ore, enlarges an opening, and emerges rich with a fortune estimated at over a quarter of a million dollars. His perseverance and faith finally pay off, transforming his life and that of his family.
The excerpt muses on the name Mary, tracing its Hebrew root meaning tear and recalling its sweet associations. It notes how the name stirs memories and emotions, warning against confusing appearances with true principles and urging careful judgment of character over surface virtue.
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