06 May 1864
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Newspaper
Waynesboro Village Record
Location
Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1864
Page
1
A lone leader kneels on frozen sod and prays to God for mercy and strength. He pleads to spare his homeland and purge pride while seeking divine aid, then the clouds break and a guiding star appears, bringing renewed calm.
Spring comes in soft array and mantle hills. Birds sing and streams ripple as woodland life awakens. The verse asks joy and hope to shine, bids farewell to regret and fear, and envisions love bringing pleasure and renewal.
In June a lean beggar boy, dirty and ragged, stands at a garden fence admiring tulips as a little girl named Helen defends him. Her brother Hinton objects but the girl offers kindness, urging him to pick tulips if he wishes, shifting the scene from scorn to generosity.
In a garden scene a widow recalls a childlike act of kindness years earlier. A former beggar boy, now a hardworking man in blue overalls, returns to thank her as the tulips bloom again. The moment binds past and present in a quiet, moral tableau.
The article argues couples should openly acknowledge each other’s faults and weaknesses. It urges loving correction and forgiving tolerance, warning against the idea of being blind to faults as a harmful illusion. Couples must bear burdens together and avoid pretended perfection to achieve happiness.
A sermon urges planning the Sabbath with purpose not chance. It cites how older folks waste time and warns of eternal consequences. The piece notes diverse cultural names for the Sabbath and emphasizes it as the Lord's day of rest. A comic panel about a child's height ends the excerpt.
A respected pastor Rev Thornton Haven is accused of impropriety in a village parsonage. Deacons confront him after testimonies from Fanny Lawton. Haven denies kissing her and preserves his innocence as the church meeting ends with a tense but unresolved verdict.
A drunken young man attacked a door in a St Lawrence County home and was leg amputated by a female associate with a saw. The leg proved wooden, and the supposed victim survived after dawn revelations and medical care. Local editor notes disbelief at first but confirms a remarkable tale with an extraordinary ending.
A reader narrates a jest about old bachelors and a hotel lodging mishap ending with a runaway bride made from household scraps. An Irish priest anecdote follows, illustrating a comic miracle by a kick that proves perception vs. reality.
A quip noting a watch contains a spring and plays on the idea of a thirsty person seeking a drink.
The poem reflects on creation by a single divine force. It notes the sun and moon, stars, rivers, shrubs, roses, rhymes with ripening, and the ocean and land all formed for a purpose by an all powerful hand. Winds and storms receive their mission.
A Milwaukee woman shoots a shop dummy mistaken for an intruder in a jealous rage. The scene unfolds as a husband pretends to set up a display, while the wife, hearing voices, fires through a door injuring the dummy. The incident ends with revelation and reflection.
A Confederate prisoner recalls finding a dying boy clutching a sister's picture in a battlefield. The boy begged not to have it taken, saying he would wear it near his heart as a last gift from his sister. The story contrasts his plea with broader remarks on secession and a brief Grant anecdote about a special car at Brandy Station.
Rev Dr Storrs cites a returned prisoner remarking on the bitter hatred of women while in the South, adding that religion originates with women and mothers who carry the key of souls in their presence. He laments sorrow and emphasizes welfare over personal grief.
Miles O Reilly the jailed soldier pardoned by Lincoln arrives in New York on furlough to raucous acclaim from former comrades. He sends a humorous thanks to the president and recites a playful epitaph idea as he reenters public life.
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