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Newspaper
Troy Herald
Location
Troy, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1874
Page
2
A fragmentary verse presents a speaker amid a cold scene by a golden shore, reflecting on life as a silver sea. The lines mention a fall, an eye reading the sky, and a calm far from storms, with a dreamlike, original imagery.
An account of a three month surveying journey in a remote Canadian bend describes a perilous river, tense camp talk by the fire, and a nightmare of wolves. A sudden rustle and a burst of fireside fear heighten the sense of danger in the dark forest.
In a camp tale a Yankee named Silas Woods recounts fending off wolves drawn by a blazing fire. He describes a tense night in a barn with Shunyser and others, the pack surrounding the structure, a rope escape, and a dramatic last warning howl as dawn neared.
An old chronicle recalls Clive Alter in Rome Oneida County as a preacher who cursed a collapsing church platform during a swearing sermon. A Scottish dominie scene unfolds with Snooka meeting Maggie Lauder. A London club theft tale ends with coats and pockets emptied as gentry question a thief’s “regular business.”
A barely readable passage notes 15 728 fond hearts beating at 7 864 in Philadelphia last year. It mentions men willing to work for five dollars a barrel for caine, with the line about a job not tempting them.
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