Faults Begin at Home Amid Glass Houses
A moral verse urging self-scrutiny before judging others. It warns that everyone has faults and emphasizes starting reform with oneself. The lines invoke the proverb about people with glass houses and note the world is wide, with both old and young prone to fault.
Son Returns From West and Wins Faith and Family
On a misty May morning Simeon Brown bids farewell to his mother and Faith, promising a future together as he leaves for the West. A November storm delays his homecoming. a telegram reveals his presumed death, then a miraculous return as Faith’s Bible becomes his talisman and a plan for a united family unfolds.
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Simeon Brown
Simeon
Goa Blesson
Faith Hunter
Mother
Sam Faith
Faith
Morocco
Lisbeth
Reuben
Gentleman Bob and the mission of mercy told by a colonel
A long tale of a young Ensign nicknamed Gentle man Bob who inspires peers through restraint, courage, and quiet learning. He maps a missing village, aids a disturbed comrade, and saves a wounded officer under fire, earning respectful cheers before the colonel reveals he is the narrator’s father.
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Graylock
Bob
Henry Haverock
Mess
Beh
Bol
Colon
Hanper
Laughing Lill and the merry roundelay from St Nicholas
The verse by Margaret Johnson published in St Nicholas for September portrays Laughing Lill living on a hill. It depicts rain or shine, and a stream dancing to the mill as Lill sings, with the robin and a cheerful refrain.
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Margaret Johnson
St. Nicholas
Paganini Sees New Guarnerius Look Like The Real One
While nearing Paris after England, Paganini’s beloved Guarnerius was damaged when it fell from his coach. Vuillaume repaired it and made a convincing counterfeit, leading Paganini to doubt which violin was his. The Paris maker then offered both instruments as keepsakes after revealing the sham, stirring debate on imitation and authenticity.
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Paris
England
Paganini
Guarnerius
Vuillaume
Rownd
Mysterious blue water wall shocks Monhegan fishers
Stranex fishermen report a sharp whitish stream cutting sixty five to seventy miles of blue water off Monhegan Me forming a clear vertical wall that alters mackerel behavior. Captain Stephen J. Martin recalls a similar 1849-1851 pattern near George's Bank while Toronto's Sunday quiet unfolds with closed cars and empty streets.
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Monhegan
Stephen J. Martin
United States Fish Commission
George’s Bank
In a public meeting a man praised toil while aged eighty one
A speaker at a public meeting claimed he had not abstained from flavors and was interrupted by a quip that he would have been a hundred if he had. The text notes that heroism is never easy even for scholars, and mentions labor and opportunities for the world.
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Faith
Lisbeth
Simeon
Reuben
Joseph
Ikbor
Younster
U. S
Tom
Anta
Interior Department
Yellowstone Park
Boston Common
Boston
Tobey
Charlie
Mary
Lavors
Tabor
Ien
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Simmie
Mel
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Albe
Frances J. Dyer
Missus
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Hassock
Lane
Toronto
Widian Arrow Ieans