03 Feb 1892
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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1892
Page
1
A jumble of aphorisms and fanciful lines on religion, virtue, life, and society. The verse tone pokes at manners with wry observations, noting cheerfulness, ambition, gossip, and the temptations of fame.
An obituary tribute to Dr Rosser in Wilson recalls his devoted ministry and eloquent sermons. The piece likens his life to a towering oak now wintered, praising his virtues and the hope of immortality shewn in his final works and last sermon.
A Wilson Collegiate Institute student discusses art with enthusiasm and humor. She claims the ear is the hardest part to draw, while the narrator jokes about back pay and fashion. The piece ends with a playful self deprecating remark about a private anatomy detail.
A mother’s keen intuition sees both joys and sorrows of her children and bears their burdens. Do not hide troubles from her for frankness strengthens the soul toward heavenly likeness and she remains a protective guardian angel of guidance and sympathy.
A poetic reflection on drinking and its ruin. The speaker recalls indulging in bourbon whiskey and bad gin and brandy, describing mornings after, the mind's weakness, and the haunting, lunaric idiocy of sobriety. The piece laments cocktails as a sweeter sin than wars or famine, ending with a caricature of waking to lunacy.
The piece outlines the editor’s duties as extensive and varied. It emphasizes calling, gleaning, selecting, discriminating, deciding, observing, and explaining as core functions, noting many districts to hear from and the burdens the role entails.
A lyrical meditation on the warmth and sanctity of childhood home. The passage evokes fathers and mothers, pastoral scenes, and the word home as a fountain of memory, beauty, and faith, timelessly shaping every reader. It contrasts everyday scenes with the precious, cherished notion of home.
A reflective essay explores the charm of laughter and smiles, comparing a sweet laugh to flutes on water and a smile to sun on the landscape. It warns against habitual insincerity, notes varied smile types, and urges inward virtue to keep the heart radiant and the face beautified.
Happiness cannot be shared or earned by money fame or status. it lies in the full exercise of all our faculties. A complete life, though imperfect, yields greater happiness as it becomes fuller and richer through our own efforts.
The piece condemns gossip and tale bearing as idle and disreputable, stating that when it forms malicious slander it becomes a crime. It notes the harm to those wronged and the law may not always protect or redress them.
In prosperity envy and bickering flare yet compassion rises when misfortune strikes. The fiercest passions yield to humane mercy as communities respond with charity to ease distress and heal wounds, offering outstretched hands and soothing kindness.
A playful linguistics riddle discusses actions with set and sit applied to a hen wash bench basin dog tail and foot. It notes constraints on who can set or sit and when a grammarian or cog might object. The puzzle ends with a man unassailed by the Cog or gram marians after setting aside the tail and sitting.
Answers solicited on varied topics ask about Warner Lodge Burnett Dodge Martinez Poe Hunt Carleton Sterne and others. The prompt seeks explanations of why or of what these figures did or were known for, referencing literary and historical contexts.
A philosophical editor urges smiles to foster dimples and warns against gloomy looks. He suggests avoiding the proprietor of a perpetual frown and not wandering about as if attending a funeral to maintain a pleasant demeanor.
A curious observation notes that molecules of the solid substance touch each other, a claim once doubted by many, illustrated by a man biting a shirt button in his pie crust. The remark highlights the paradoxical nature of early theories and ongoing debates in science.
In a light exchange at a seaside oyster saloon, a woman declares her love for scalloped oysters and devotion to them. He attempts humor with a scallop joke but falters as she responds with a sharp rebuke, leaving him wilted.
A meditation on resolutions as a spiritual practice. It compares good resolutions to a chord at first temptation and argues they should be bound by prayer, stretched toward God, and re tied if they slip, keeping them firm through continual effort.
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