14 Jun 1893
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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1893
Page
1
Henry Blount s lively but curiously misspelled verse and aphorisms mix wry wit and moral musings. The piece puns on fate, virtue, and social norms, with ironies about dogs, monks, and speech while celebrating kindness and charity in a reflective tone.
A defense of the traditional domestic role for women, arguing the true sphere is the home. It extols wifely and maternal love, motherhood as guiding intellect, and home as Edenic nursery of affection guiding happiness and social harmony. The piece praises home life over public roles and voting rights, urging reverence for the home.
A sentimental account of Baby May's death, the family gathered at her side, her faint return to life, and a prayerful reflection on faith. The narrative centers on bereavement, gratitude, and the image of the child asking for help to cross over, with biblical allusions and a guardian father figure.
George and his best girl share a tender moment on the front steps but the mood is ruined when she reveals onions perfume the air. He teases her passion with a joke about onions, and she flees in despair as the scent lingers, ending their intimate scene.
A lyrical address to an ideal beloved describes comfort and release found in their embrace. The speaker envisions lying with cheeks resting on the beloved’s chest and finds heaven in shared warmth and rapture, claiming earthly woes dissolve into blissful passion.
The timid fiancé risks overstepping as the fiancé’s proposal is barely made when the bride teases him about not kissing her yet. Their awkward moment leads to a lighthearted, unintended kiss that is interrupted by a sudden sneeze.
In a grammar class the teacher asks Johnny to correct It are very cold The boy wipes perspiration from his forehead and repeats it are burned hot proving the lesson on subject verb agreement in everyday speech.
The New York World quotes Patti arguing Wagner’s music harms the voice and cites singers Nilsson Albani and Kellogg as examples. She insists the vocal apparatus cannot endure Wagner’s demands and rejects attempting more arias.
The passage argues that true attractiveness comes from mental worth and social qualities rather than facial appearance. It asserts virtue radiates like stars, making physical defects fade in reflected glory, and urges improving the mind and heart as the lasting perfume of life.
A distorted vignette shows E Jidie entering the office with extreme mischief as he riffs on a risqué verse about kissing. The speaker recalls bracing for an excruciating pun and then notes the moment when the phrase was interrupted by a surprising intrusion from a father figure with a disruptive entrance. The fragment ends in a sigh of woe and fatigue.
The verse recalls a cold pillow of indifference and a heart’s decay into lifeless lethargy. It contrasts a once warm affection with a blighted dream that tied life to bliss and now only echoes sorrow as an endless current.
Delightful Visitors Wilson feels enchanted by a group of fair maidens whose glances stir young men with waves of rapture. One heart wanders from the spell toward a sweeter destiny where joy and contentment bloom and life aligns with grand duty.
A lyric line extols a pale beautiful waif from paradise with a Venus like face. The speaker praises her grace and charm while noting she eats onions collards beans and sich in an earthy detail that startles him.
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