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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1881
Page
7
A wreath of mourning and resolve centers on a mother waiting in a doorway as Washington dispatches reveal the nation’s loss. The verse honors the son and recalls the mother’s steadfast prayers and the country’s pledge to honor his service. The poem links personal grief to national duty under the shadow of war.
In Minot Center Maine Mrs Osgood a widow with a forty acre farm explains she has cut about six tons of hay and expects twelve this year. She mows with a one horse mower uses children for help and manages onions potatoes oats and sheep while running a farm that she says has not paid out yet. She emphasizes her daily workload from dawn mowing to cooking and sewing for a family of children.
Uncle Tim, a village wood-sawer, nearly shoots at a minister but then chats on the fence. The minister praises Tim’s attentive listening, saying such hearers would make sermons better. Ancie im and Jess reflect on listening and the minister’s hard work.
The minister listens as Uncle Tim extols appreciation for others efforts. He cites Deacon Mason, Widder Hatch, a school mistress, Sanford's boy, and Jim Brady, noting how kind words and recognition can lift individuals. The text argues for community reading rooms, wholesome amusements, and family-centered leisure over isolating pursuits.
An English traveler’s account from Hayti reports cannibalism and barbaric rites under priestly control. Instances include women eating a child, natives dig up corpses for meat, and a cask of human flesh sold to a ship. The piece questions U.S. diplomatic ties and suggests missionary focus on Hayti.
The piece argues amusements should counteract a man’s daily work, favoring brain games for muscle workers and physical outlets like horseback riding for balance. It criticizes lack of suitable amusements for lawyers clerics and merchants and endorses concerts and reading rooms to refresh workingmen and return them to labor.
Captain Henry relays a nine year old Garfield taming a four year old colt on a farm. The boy gradually bridled the wild animal then mounted and rode despite kicks and rearings, narrowly escaping a crash beneath an oak before deciding to abandon further courting of the mare.
In Somerset Kentucky five miles south on the Cumberland River cedar bluffs host a nightly bird gathering as swarms darken the sky at sundown. Spectators report birds of many species and colors, with chaos at roosts yet apparent harmony in the treetops. Local poor folk harvest the birds for livelihood.
Prayers were offered for President Garfield's recovery in New York on September 10 at Congregation Telfaret Israel in Mrepin. Rev. Jacob Jalosky, arriving from St Petersburg, Russia, officiated reading Russian prayers later translated into English.
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