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Newspaper
Wallaroo Times And Mining Journal
Location
Wallaroo, South Australia, Australia
Date
Oct 30, 1869
Page
2
An elderly wife sits by the fire reflecting on losses as a kitten tangles a basket of worsted. She recalls children taken abroad and mourns the lone remaining pair of stockings to mend tonight while her husband shares a gentle, listening silence. The verse evokes memory, absence, and enduring duty.
The poem tells of a seafaring romance where vows of fidelity are exchanged as a northern voyage stirs longing. The sailor clings to icy masts while dreams of home haunt him, and the maiden’s garden gate scene contrasts with their fading passion as life proceeds.
The Queen and younger children remain in Scotland likely until mid November. The Princess of Wales seeks baths at Wildbad in the Black Forest for her chronic ailment and benefits are noted. The Prince accompanies her then returns to England and heads to Abergeldie for grouse shooting. The Prince Consort’s birthday anniversary gathering occurs at his Obelisk with tenants to honor his memory.
Cornish folkways describe curing warts by counting, charms, or rose shoots and donkeys. A seventh son and Sunday-born children are believed blessed. Pixies and green women tales persist in Devon and Cornwall with tales of magical Leek misdirection and pixy ridden horses.
A critical piece argues that judges show leniency toward brutal offenders while punishing minor thefts by the weak. It laments a culture of tolerated violence in London society, claiming magistrates secretly admire force and misapply justice, harming the vulnerable and trampling on the weak.
A sharp critique of British legal mercy mocks judges and Bow Street magistrates for leniency toward criminals. The piece argues society tolerates brutal crime and questions the fairness of capital punishment, suggesting a tension between traditional law and humane sentiment in urban justice.
The writer questions credulity yet urges open inquiry into spiritism and related phenomena. He cites Faraday, mesmerism, clairvoyance, electro-biology, table turning and rapping, arguing for cautious acceptance of truth amid imposture. He notes skeptics but defends genuine inquiry and mentions local figures in the field.
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