12 Jul 1893
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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1893
Page
1
A fragmentary collection of aphorisms and dreamy moral reflections touches on love faith and integrity. It blends poetic musings about virtue infidelity courage and domestic harmony with religious tone and admonitions to persevere and cherish a tender home life.
The piece urges all who serve in any role to perform duty with integrity and vigor. It compares workers from firemen to pilots, coal shovellers, and nature’s orchestrators, praising perseverance and moral courage as the path to lasting fame and divine reward.
A moral exhortation warns that evil thoughts breed distrust and slander, wreck lives, and erode character. It urges readers to bar the mind against malice, noting that inward battles define destiny, and only noble contemplation preserves the soul and society.
A lyric speaker extolls his beloved through nature driven imagery. He calls on an angel to describe her and compares her to sun and stars, sea and stream, birds and leaves. The poem weaves vision of her voice, eyes, and grace with the muses contemplating her beauty.
A reflective meditation on heartbreak and memory. It discusses how time and faith offer little cure for deep emotional wounds from love. Remembrance can briefly illuminate past joys, yet leave the future path darker and more desolate.
A reflective piece extols the country as a source of vigor and renewed awareness. The author describes nature’s beauty and the tranquil woods, but notes insects and pests annoyance during walks. The tone blends praise with a wry acknowledgment of discomforts encountered in rural exploration.
A lovers embrace turns to distress as suggestive pet names provoke a wary foe of truth. She begs for a soothing term while he, sensitive to danger, departs before her sentence ends. The scene centers on their defended affection and the peril of passion.
A spoony girl coaxes Clarence to declare love and even asks him to shave his mustache as it tickles her, prompting curiosity the next morning about his reason for trimming the facial hair.
A person recalls a Monday night dream of marrying a sweet maiden and asks the future wife to deposit six or seven dollars with a reliable person to cover expenses, promising blissful happiness if she agrees to join the Benedictine corps.
The speaker praises a woman whose eyes catch a peerless light like night skies and whose voice and charm melt misery. The lines describe her smile as a bright beacon, her speech and presence easing cares with music and tender imagery of cherry lips and a warming caress.
A devotional reflection extols love as greater than faith and hope noting faith can move mountains and perform miracles while love travels freely, abides everywhere, and is identified with Heaven as God’s essence. It contrasts faith’s weariness with love’s tireless nature.
A man, angered by a girl calling a pug near a residence, prepares to ring the bell and demand apologies before realizing the child was shouting for her dog. He cannot shake the mix up from his memory.
A fragment from a humor column shows a visitor asking about dew drops while the perspiring editor dodges due bills. The exchange highlights newsroom pressures and the editor’s financial burdens in a light tone.
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