31 May 1867
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Newspaper
Waynesboro Village Record
Location
Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1867
Page
1
A reflective verse urges a mother to guide and comfort a child with gentle tone and steady encouragement. It compares careful teaching to placing a gem in a crown, emphasizing patience, kindness, and consistent training for a hopeful young heart.
A quirky guide describes assembling a makeshift waterfall disguise using four pounds of rags shavings a tin pan arrow an old hat stuffing an old stocking with paper a mole an old straw and a nutmeg grater rolled together concealed in a bed net with beads to fashion a headpiece.
In a bustling dry goods store on a fashionable promenade a lone buyer observes shoppers and clerks. A diminutive pale woman with two fatherless children seeks a dress but cannot afford the yards asked, until a generous proprietor quietly covers her bill with a greenback from his own purse.
A quiet act of generosity binds a parcel to a grateful woman. The benefactor, once deemed uncharitable for withholding aid to a missionary drive, quietly funds good works without praise. The writer calls him a nature's nobleman whose generosity remains unseen by the world.
General Brisbin defends frank speech and denounces demagogues while urging freedom of speech and human rights from Maine to the Gulf. He praises voters who demand truth from representatives and attacks political tricksters, in a Sunbury Gazette reprint from Lexington, 1867.
A Wisconsin man elopes with a married woman and meets his wife at a Chicago hotel breakfast table. The two couples, after discussion, each returns with his own spouse to the deserted homes, preserving domestic peace.
A Civil War era scene recalls Grant’s midnight council after Gettysburg era losses. Generals Mead Burnside Sickles Howard and Schofield join in silence as Lee’s forces threaten supplies. A midnight order to advance changes fate and a smile recalls humanity. Also features warnings on children’s ventilation and the sobering impact of war relics and knapsacks left by front line soldiers.
A gentleman tempts a swearing laborer with ten dollars to swear in a graveyard at midnight. Alone with God the man repents, vows not to swear again, and thanks the giver. The piece then cites Beacher on inheritance of moral qualities and a Penticman warning about guarding the inner watchdog against bad guests.
Washington correspondent describes a New Albany man and former 59th Indiana Volunteer who was mistakenly buried alive in 1862 at St. Louis. He endured two and a half days in a tomb, heard a sentry’s discharge, was later rescued, and recalls unseen, beautiful sensations amid music before waking. No name published, but credibility vouched.
A distressed speaker laments sin and ruined reputation leaving sorrow to parents, shame to siblings, a widowed wife, and tainted names for children. The tone condemns a life of disgrace and premature death while questioning fashionable excess and late-night meals.
A man visited a neighboring county clerk to obtain a marriage license, then sought another to cancel the first. He claimed the first bride was too smart and would learn his plans, and after multiple stated engagements he finally married the third woman. The clerk relayed the tale to the Richmond Despatch.
The eccentric visitor drags his ox wagon family through town clinging to old beliefs. He mistakes places, trades meat for pennies, sings Barbara Allen to a crying baby, and chases repairs for a kettle and plow while rejecting internal improvements and the idea of newspapers.
A quote on enduring hope and the old woman’s anxious gaze among mourners highlights resilience. The search for support amid loss echoes through a somber scene.
A meditation on immortality contrasts life with death, portraying angels guiding souls to a heavenly rest and call to live righteously. The piece weaves poetry with a tale of a Yankee peddler barter and a British reaction to Lincoln's inaugural address, ending with light humorous anecdotes about pumpkins and pigeons.
An old lady cites a famous line while warning about storms after shearing. Quilp laments two eternal losses the umbrella and its thief. townsfolk joke about Opera House tickets and charity. A quip about beer dyeing and a lad's doll adds comic color to the scene.
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