06 Oct 1866
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Newspaper
Shepherdstown Register
Location
Shepherdstown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1866
Page
1
A reflective poem contrasts yearning and memory with a blind boy isolated from play. The narrator recalls a night visit and whispered vows, then shifts to a tender scene of a sightless child watching fields and skies, feeling joy and sorrow in nature’s light. The piece weaves past love, duty, and youth into a somber meditation.
An 1863 narrative recounts Major Mosby’s raid from Dranesville to Miskel’s house near Herndon, detailing the surprise party led by Captain Flint, Moran and Hatcher, the hand to hand combat, Mosby’s mounted rally, and the pursuit along the turnpike resulting in ten Federals killed, fifteen wounded, and eighty three prisoners with heavy Confederate losses. It notes the wider impact on local loyalties and includes related Civil War anecdotes and a Tennessee women’s appeal to President Johnson.
A provost guard brings a colored man to the office on theft charges of watermelons. The man speaks of a possible prior death and soldiers, while a post office clerk misreads an occasion and encounters a man named Drake in the ladies' department, misdirecting him to the opposite side to reach the ducks.
A pupil of Abbe Sieard offers reflections: gratitude is memory of the heart, hope is blossom of happiness, desire is a tree in leaf while hope is a tree in flower. He cites eternity as a day without yesterday or tomorrow and defines God as the merchant of nature, the eye of justice, the watchmaker of the universe. God never doubts and thus never reasons.
A fragmentary catalog contrasts roles in a household with humorous and affectionate sketches. It voices women, husbands, wives, Fayber, mother, child, and baby through vivid, playful descriptions. A jam metaphor closes the piece with light whimsy.
A fragmentary notice notes a large waterfall trend at Niagara. It mentions a marriage between Thomas Hawk and Mise See tah Love. The piece characterizes a person named Tommyhawk Dove with a harsh portrayal, suggesting a savage impression.
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