Fragmentary verse fragment reflects sorrow and loss
A distressed speaker recalls life once bright when a beloved woman was present, expressing weariness and sadness. The lines convey personal grief and longing for the past.
28 Oct 1852
Page 1
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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1852
Page
1
A distressed speaker recalls life once bright when a beloved woman was present, expressing weariness and sadness. The lines convey personal grief and longing for the past.
A young boy begs two or three sweet smelling flowers for Annie a sick girl in Palmer's block. A kindly woman gathers a small bouquet and visits in the evening, delivering scent and hope, while Annie speaks of love for flowers and faith in God amid illness and impending death.
In the American Messenger account, Annie wishes to glorify God through death and embraces submission to divine will. Her sister Annie’s flowers brighten her bedside as she dies, with Willie’s absence noted and a mother’s solemn farewell in a coffin scene.
Scientific American explains body heat as a slow internal combustion process. Breathing acts like bellows, blood warms in the lungs, and heat is produced by oxygen and carbon interactions. The piece notes humans resist extreme cold, body temperature around 98 to 100 F, and hints at clothing and feeding effects on warmth. Also includes a recipe for Cory mzAL Puppino.
A Missouri tale describes a green countryman selling about two dozen chickens in Jefferson as the Legislature met. He carries them in a string, aims for the Hall of Representatives, and is blocked by the doorkeeper as members joke about buying his fowls. The scene ends with the crowd voting to buy the chickens by penny purse and the man leaving unflattered. A second item notes a man climbs St Pauls Church steeple in New York to attach a rope for repainting ladders, a yearly feat by Joseph Dawson, with painting costing about $600. The page ends with a remark from Scientific American: there is more error in hatred than in love.
A memoir style reminiscence recounts Curran recalling his early Dublin debating days. He describes forming a small club with friends at the Temple and his clumsy but persistent effort to master parliamentary eloquence in the Irish Senate.
The Ger mantown Telegraph notes two remedies for clover hay caused coughs in horses. Feed from a manger to avoid dust from racks, or cure clover hay in the cock to preserve sweetness and elasticity while drying, saving time in busy seasons.
A brief note urging tomato lovers to master cultivation, focusing on soil health, watering, and care to produce better yields and healthier plants.
The article examines factors affecting milk quality including breed, feed, weather, season, milking patterns, and cow form. It notes beisty milk richness, spring drinking milk, summer cheese, autumn butter, exercise effects, and pasture versus stable milk. It shifts to a moral reflection on family strife, urging Holy Spirit influence to heal quarrels between siblings.
A Jefferson Farmer essay urges strict effort across all trades. It argues thorough work yields profit, noting a 200 acre farmer who neglects 50 acres loses value, while 50 well-tended acres outperform 100 half-hearted. The piece ends with a proverb to adopt do well whatever you do.
A column of home advice notes tidy walkways and dry paths between house and barn, urging gravel or plank roads to avoid mud. It also satirizes friends, misfortune, and small rustic anecdotes while offering household tips for outhouses, bait for mice, and a recipe for Indian Bread.
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