02 Dec 1891
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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1891
Page
1
A jumble of aphorisms and snippets mixes humor and moral reflection. It notes love, work, and cautionary lines about gossip, duels, and religious virtue, with scattered references to Eddie, Miss Ligeous, and a few oddities about cats and candles.
A cheerful party boards the Shoo Fly to Clinton with Mount Olive as a backdrop. The writer praises Lucy a fourteen year old beauty and the Clinton visit with its elegant women and a famed Senator Ransom speech. The trip ends with a Wilmington dinner and admiring remarks about a gracious Wilmington daughter, closing with reflections on happiness and paradise.
The article argues true happiness in a home comes from openness to others not private luxury. It praises homes that welcome the weary and share hospitality, portraying the generous host as a good citizen and Christian and a man who makes his home a beacon for the community.
A admonitory essay argues that gossip is a personal confession of malice or stupidity. It warns the young to shun idle chatter and cultivate restraint before local communities, churches, and neighbors suffer rifts and lifelong enmity.
An ode praising unseen courage in daily labor. It lauds workers and especially women for enduring toil and sorrow with quiet fortitude, promising a future crown of reward and peaceful rest after a life of beneficent deeds.
A reflective essay extols the mature man who has spent his youth in science and life, claiming the second half of life offers mastery in work, measured intellect, and deliberate progress. It sees growth of knowledge as endless, with renewed happiness and hope each year.
A humorous scene recounts Eddie visiting his girlfriend Elizabeth Jane as snow falls. He reads a poem and describes her snoring in vivid, playful terms, comparing it to musical and animal imagery while noting her peaceful sleep beneath blankets.
A description extols charity as a pure virtue likened to a star in darkness and sunshine on clouds. It compares charity to a fragrant flower whose scent lingers on a person’s character, bestowing sweetness and a holy benediction.
A reflection on how rapidly life changes as a beloved friendship, once sweet and fragrant, is struck down by a harsh blight. The piece contrasts the flower of companionship with the chilling impact of anger, emphasizing the pain of abrupt loss.
A reflection on smiles compares human joy to a twilight between day and night. It contrasts diamond flash with eye flash and likens a nonsmiling face to a bud that cannot blossom, suggesting laughter brightens life more than sobriety.
The passage argues that any woman who wounds or mortifies others proves her true nature is coarse and vulgar, regardless of beauty refinement or cultivation. It condemns attacks on those considered above in purity nobility and virtue.
A rumor claims a teacher kissed female pupils as punishment. The piece alleges forty old maids enrolled as students to provoke harsher penalties, stirring local debate over discipline and propriety in the school.
A man asks his wife why a hush band is like dough. She jokes it is hard to get off her hands. He plans a different reply but falls silent as his heart sinks in quiet disappointment.
The passage extols kindness and love as guiding forces shaping humanity into a brotherhood of peace. It proclaims these virtues as the roots of everlasting life in God's paradise.
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