Merry Morsels by Henry Blount
A collection of wry proverbs and sentimental quips on money virtue and cheer. It blends humor with moral musings and extracts about family life society and love in a late nineteenth century voice.
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01 Jun 1892
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Wilson Mirror in Wilson, North Carolina
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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1892
Page
1
Ever Present Comfort in Trials and Divine Recall
This piece reassures believers that God remembers every humble act of faith and every sorrowful moment. It emphasizes God’s omniscience and omnipresence guiding the Christian through sorrow, illness, and dying, promising comfort, intercession, and eternal reward in heaven.
Elegant Simplicity The Virtue of Subtle Grace and Practice
The essay argues that true elegant simplicity demands income and taste, not showiness. It compares graceful movement to years of disciplined practice and simple prose to avoid sesquipedalian bombast. It extols a character of quietly enduring virtue as a lasting jewel of elegance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roget
Emerson
A Sweet Sabbath Scene
A venerated Sunday mood describes church street after a radiant dawn of windows and a sea of joyful maidens returning from Saturday night ablutions en route to worship. The scene praises purity, angelic smiles, and the hopeful growth of innocent youth into virtuous Christian character.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church Street
Keep Your Letters Never Burn Love Letters for Memory
An impassioned prose piece urges readers to preserve cherished letters. It extols keeping love letters from youthful days and notes their power to revive memories of beloved family members and departed spouses, describing letters as links binding hearts to a treasured past.
The Commencement Season Verse
A reflective poem on graduates and social reform. It critiques lax morals and cites issues of drink and excess as dangers to city life. The speaker urges action to eradicate vice and discipline public behavior for a better future.
Fearful Outlook on Tariffs and Hard Times Warned
The piece laments rising prices and hardship, noting delicate cultured girls unable to pay two cents for chewing gum and forced to cut quids from shoe heels. It warns times of tariff strain may come, drawing a parallel to sieges and urging states to heed warnings early.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerusalem
A Minor Misunderstanding Stirs Laughter Nearby
A minister visiting a home shortly after a new baby arrived finds humor in a hearing impaired mother who misinterprets his question about the infant. She describes her persistent grippe and suggests he will soon suffer a similar cold, then offers hospitality as she prepares to comfort him.
Critique of Pharisaical Attitudes in Christian Purity Claims
The speaker condemns self righteous Christians who claim immaculate purity while lacking genuine virtue. Christianity, they say, should produce tenderness gentleness kindness forbearance charity and forgiveness rather than a boastful superior spirit.
Speech by Henry Blount Draws Standing Ovation
Henry Blount arose and spoke for about fifty minutes, holding the audience spellbound with ornate and eloquent oratory. Attendees called it the finest effort they ever heard, rich with burning feeling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Progress
Henry Blount
Where Grace and Beauty Dwell in Turner Suggs Home
A passionate voice pleads for grace and beauty, inviting Imogene to join in a loving, blissful home. The speaker offers cheer and satisfaction, praising virtue and emotional fulfillment within a charming residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turner Suggs
Imogene
Prolific thanks to Joe Caldwell and Charlotte visit
Henry Blount praised the city of Charlotte and its people after his eloquent remarks during a public appearance. A portion of his speech appeared in the Observer the next morning, and residents expressed hope for a future return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Caldwell
Charlotte Observer
Henry Blount
The
Observer
Blount
Charlotte
A Heart Throb Adorns Evening Dreams of a Maiden
The passage extols a fair young woman as a beacon of exquisite grace and beauty. It likens her to a jewel without blemish and promises the reward of a grand earldom to the suitor who wins her, praising her virtues and charms as heavenly and enchanting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earth
A Jewel in Wilcon Captivates with Carrie Zollicofer
Describes Miss Carrie Zollicofer as a petite, pretty, and fascinating visitor in Wilson whose sparkling eyes and smile are dubbed witchery and enchantment. The prose claims no prior maiden in Wilson has been more enthusiastically admired, inviting delirious admiration and rapture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilcon
Carrie
Wilson
Carrie Zollicofer
Golden hair inspires tender verse in a pie mystery
A Souvenir Eddie gleefully clutches a strand of golden hair and recites a lyric about awakening his heart, then reveals the joke punchline that the hair came from a huckleberry pie, in a whimsical office moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddie
Dagger of Ice Stings Affection in Tender Reproof
A rebuke from one deeply adored cuts like an ice dagger. The verse describes a lover wrapped in heartfelt warmth and longing, yet the rebuke freezes the current with a chill of despair. The imagery contrasts intense affection with cold reprimand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Desair
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