08 Jun 1892
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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1892
Page
1
A scattered poem like set of maxims traces social advice on love manners and virtue. It riffs on femininity politeness music memory and kindness with fragmented lines and varied images from daily life and sentimental musings.
The Wilson Collegiate Institute celebrated commencement last week with an extraordinary address by Ransom praised for grace and eloquence. A Thursday night concert under Miss Jillian Penick drew a packed chapel while graduates Ida Warren and Sadie Gay delivered essays and diplomas were handed by John E. Woodard.
A moonlit night scene describes tranquil waves and dreamlike imagery as a young man woos at a window with poetic lines. An ebony face appears and interrupts with a humorous quip about supper onions, breaking the moment and sending him away in sadness.
The piece lauds Dr W P Mercer for a generous letter that uplifts spirits amid toil and deprivation. It calls his writing refined and noble, praising a Elm City address as pretty and felicitous, with classic learning and sparkling wit. It notes a desire to hear him again if his next appointment is near.
In Ed Exum's house grief fills the air as tiny Edgar, just fifteen months old, dies and is laid to rest in hopeful belief. The notice frames the child's brief life and heavenly transfer with solemn comfort, acknowledging sorrow and faith.
The piece mocks excessive rhetoric in commencement season praising florid eloquence. It notes students and faculty, likening impassioned speech to stormy gesticulation and playful yet praising comparisons to mythic Athens. It centers on Hannah as the subject of praise despite others' scorn.
Eddie submits a humorous lyric on a picnic day filled with misadventures and bungling delights. It humorously describes bees ants lemons custard pie and jam tea pepper and a soggy homeward return. The piece playfuly contrasts eager plans with woe and dust at day’s end.
A man seeks dental help from Dr Joyner who examines a hollow tooth and offers a quick pull. The patient fears pain and declines the extraction. The dentist jokes that the man may have a softening of the brain after the encounter.
A couple leaves a crowded chapel with differing desires on Thursday night. He urges a moonlit stroll, while she, overheated and tired from the heat, prefers to retreat to a saloon for cream.
At a crowded chapel concert last Thursday a young woman arrived late and found no seats except on gentlemen laps. Her father, removing his glasses, asked if she sat down and she admitted she did, blushing at the awkward scene. The incident ended with a quiet, awkward moment.
A narrator recalls a maid on the porch gently rocking as a man watches her knit a stocking. The scene unfolds with intimate, sleepy rhythm, reflecting quiet domestic affection and a cradle moment between them.
In moonlit front gate scene a man asks his beloved to marry him. She asks for time and replies with a playful limit that she will decide once the moon hides behind a cloud. The exchange blends romance and whimsy in a brief vignette.
A dubious comparison suggests it is safer to poke a sleeping lion than to draw an unmarried woman's attention to her gray hair. The passage warns that a lion calms quickly while a woman’s anger endures, likening her hatred to an endless Frook.
A Wilson youth never shaved before was given shaving apparatus. He began shaving at once and used the device so much his beard grew rapidly. His ongoing ambition mirrors Banquo’s ghost, resisting control.
A reflection on pride and character arguing that true worth lies in integrity and helpful life rather than wealth birth or fashion. The piece counsels that pride in status or possessions marks folly, while pride in one’s honorable conduct marks the right man.
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