07 Jun 1893
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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1893
Page
1
A fragmented moralistic poem by Henry Blount weaves brief maxims on habit, honor, diligence, kindness, and religious hope. The piece blends aphorisms about character, beauty, love, and the soul with references to Heaven and Christian promises, amid wordy, archaic phrasing.
A Naples scene unfolds with George wooing his love under moonlight. He begs her to sit on his lap and declare devotion, but she declines citing a boil. The moment ends with George fainting, the woman lamenting, and a quip about mashed boil lingering as a punchline.
An essay argues that plain women with brains rival beauty in social influence. Smart wives provide partnership and support, making home a haven that steadies men amid business pressures and life’s storms.
A glowing chronique lauds Henry Blount as a superb orator and creative genius. The piece celebrates his eloquent, richly imagined address that captivated several hundred listeners with humor, rhetoric, and vivid scenes. It compares his style to Lysias and mocks only the audience's boundless admiration.
A vivid Sunday scene on Church Street portrays radiant sunshine, perfumed flowers, and bevy of happy girls heading to Sabbath Sunday School. The narrator compares the moment to a blessing from Heaven and recalls the gentle teaching of Jesus about children in His arms.
A fragmentary passage reflects a grieving husband comforted by his wife while recalling heavenly images. The text emphasizes the wife’s angelic presence as a source of renewal, bringing dreamlike visions of birds and flowers and a sense of heavenly peace.
An exchange argues poverty is not disgraceful though humiliating and degrading. It lauds the poor honest laborer and rejects social rank based on birth or fortune, claiming true worth lies in character rather than clothes or ancestry. It praises those who toil and raise children despite poverty.
The passage asserts inequality of rank wealth and intellect as natural ordained, but argues that equality of hopes alms and true thoughts is possible, and that there is equality of common destiny despite nature's abundance of mountain and thistle.
A playful poem describes a pitcher with a white ball and a tricky inshoot curve that defeats strikers. Children question why the ball fools hitters as the ball refuses to go where the striker expects. The teacher explains the pitcher twists the ball causing the baffling drop and unpredictable flight.
On a Sunday afternoon Eddie fights sleep as a swarm of flies clings to his lips and eyelids. His muse speaks urging that Summer is a lovely time with few faults, yet crime lies in the flies on you.
A quirky verse plays with letters to form phrases. It hints at spelling as a puzzle and ends with a grim pun about a speller choosing “slouxeyesighed” as a dark outcome. The text uses playful misdirections on sounds and symbols.
An exchange notes Bill Jones was shot in the basement of Merchants' Hotel in this place and expected to die. The event is described as a fatal spot by locals.
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