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Newspaper
The Evening Star
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1872
Page
3
A simple autumn scene shows a family by the fire as a boy watches corn pop. The kernels fly, a girl gathers them into a “flock of milk white sheep,” and the boy dreams of a house, barn, and tree while his sister steadies the stool. They share the warm harvest and finish the corn.
Willie Mayhew resists lying to avoid punishment and recalls mother’s gentleness as he defends honesty. A seaside village boyhood scene shifts from a game to moral reflections, then to the village circus where music and wonder draw him away from mischief.
A boy named Will glimpses a dreamlike circus with twelve cavalier and twelve mare regall pageantry, then returns to his stormbound village to face his stern father Deacon Mayhew. The Deacon’s rigid piety masks cruelty as he disciplines Will to protect a family secret and a mother’s sorrow.
A mother, Mrs Mayhew, waits for news of her wandering son in a quiet rural setting. A neighbor, noting the Deacon's strict temper, vows to fetch the boy home and avert a whipping as twilight deepens and the mystery of the missing child lingers.
The piece argues there is no national American voice but a habit of speech that can be improved through proper training for a more pleasing tone. It also details the Pacific Railroad Committee’s findings on Northern Pacific Railroad operations, noting no charges, high quality work, and planned expansions. It ends with the drowning of Daniel O Connell, grandson of the Irish leader, after his yacht sank near Kingstown.
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