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Newspaper
The Abilene Reflector
Location
Abilene, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1884
Page
2
Poem verses recount gratitude for harvest and divine provision with themes of praise for sunshine rain and the giver of good. It reflects on labor, mercy, and national blessings, urging songs of gratitude for freedom peace and family virtues across seasons and storms. Margeret Songer is cited from Demorest's Monthly.
In a Tennessee style tale Cassy Mayne, an orphan raised by Uncle Gideon Blake, faces social exclusion and a denied invitation to a Greenwood Hill party. A late night robbery scare, Aunt Abby Thayer’s brave defense, and Frank Whitcomb’s clumsy rescue lead to Cassy’s eventual place in a new family circle and a hopeful Thanksgiving reunion.
A veteran writer reflects on leaving the legal profession after a client’s sudden death. The tale blends personal loss, humor, and critique of practice as the narrator describes quitting law, selling his library, and retreating to a quiet life, ending with a wry dismissal of his former career. The piece contrasts professional ambition with the solace of retirement, citing sorrow, financial strain, and social ostracism.
Captain McLean of the bark Fifth of Lorn from Lyttleton reports July 22 at 20 1 N 29 48 W a worm eaten spar towed to the ship and a vast shoal of fish abandoned it to eat barnacles. Birds attacked the fish with speed as a gannet seized the monster and drowned it while a shoal several acres wide lay on the sea.
The article recalls English tramp regulation demanding arrest for begging, and notes truancy in the road ward. It recounts encounters with weary soldiers and lords of the road outside London, Keighley, and other locales, describing hardships, workhouse lodging fees, and itinerant mechanics seeking work.
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