08 Mar 1872
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Newspaper
Van Wert Weekly Bulletin
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1872
Page
1
A nostalgic verse recalls a rural homestead with hay scented doors and a spring. The speaker addresses strangers, urging reverence for memories of barns, trees, brook, birds, and orchards that linger in the heart and invite gentle remembrance.
On the Solent at night a young crossing sweeps with a tale of a poor shoeless boy who finds a gold bracelet and a sixpence. He returns the bracelet after his mother counsels honesty, leading to a better home, schooling, and a new Australia voyage.
A mother urges the grandmother to stop whipping the misbehaving boy. The speaker recalls past punishments from his father and argues that corporal discipline bred deceit and fear, not virtue, ending with a plea to try loving guidance again.
The piece warns of a new London dodge where a woman feigns distress to beg for eighteen pence. Unsuspecting men pay the sum to avoid public shame, as the law offers no remedy yet for this alleged outrage.
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