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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1890
Page
6
A lyrical scene of a quiet countryside at dusk with calm fields and stillness pervading the landscape. The poem depicts sleeping rabbits, scented lanes, and a lilac glow spreading across nature as shadows lengthen and the day settles into deep silence.
In 1857 Northern India, Ismail the Major Armstrong’s native helper risks life to carry fire on a ruse to warn English forces. The plan delays the siege at Huttabagh, Ismail dives for a boat, is presumed drowned, but later inspires a relief attack that breaks the besiegers and saves Colonel Ayres and his garrison.
A collage of humorous phrases and snippets from various papers. It includes reflections on cruelty and listening, a brief poem about a boy and a watermelon, and light exchanges in gossip style dialog. Names and outlets referenced include Epoch Somerville Journal Life Washington Post and Savannah News.
A Pennsylvania historian owns a 1478 Latin Vulgate Bible bound in maple and hogskin with red illuminated initials that have survived four centuries. The volume, one of the earliest printed works, predates Luther by five years and may have been chained in a monastery.
A humorous anecdote recounts D N Buchanan discovering a milk snake attempting to swallow a horned toad. The pair fought up and down stairs until the toad pierced the snake’s mouth with its horns, killing both. J M Richardson preserves the pair in alcohol for examination.
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