13 May 1891
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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1891
Page
1
A column blends aphorisms and moral reflections with social commentary. It critiques virtue and vice while recounting a troubling tale about Eddie and a youthful misstep, ending with a poignant confession and tears.
The community gathered in the Court House yard for a memorial service led by Rev. Cole and Col. Bruton. Capt. T J Hadley of The Confederate Veterans Association spoke, then mourners decorated the Maplewood Confederate Mound with flowers. A salute by Capt. Wotten’s company followed, honoring fallen martyrs and the resurrection theme.
Mirror notes Nash Court two weeks of activity with Wilson Batts versus Baily over seized property. Jury awards value of property to the wife, while praising Nashville’s growth and rail line prospects to Oxford and Coast Line. Local hotel, Carolina Institute, and church communities highlighted for civic vitality.
The piece extols Maplewood as a serene burial place where memory and mourning mingle with beauty. It notes graves unite rich and poor, calls for a summer house to shelter visitors from雨 and rustic seats for rest and reflection, urging town authorities to act.
Be a u ' ti it' ul l I oO h r i n 7 y These mornings, wrapped in a silver sheen of glimmering light, dream ing of the effulgent splendors of glory-lit June, while the perfume of her budding flowers fills every bosom with joy. Bathed in radiance, mornings seem as Heaven kissing the earth and wooing it to the embrace of light.
A woman tests a new pair of shoes with careful, repeated fittings and scrutinizing looks, comparing fit and appearance from all angles. She debates price and comfort, finally deciding to buy after numerous checks and reflections.
A playful verse extols spring harvest with a rhyme about beets peas and turnips and a carrot courting metaphor. The speaker urges a blessed union of garden produce and springtime joy in light silliness and farming whimsy.
A comical account describes Eddie's decision to shave his moustache after his girlfriend complains it interferes with kissing. He visits Taborn's barber shop to have the hair removed, and the barber questions his sanity before the moustache finally disappears.
The death notice honors Mrs Ruffin wife of Dr Ruffin a refined Episcopal church member noted for her purity gentleness and kindness. It recalls her Christian virtues and the sorrow felt by family and friends at her passing.
The passage humorously contemplates kissing one’s own image in a glass and admiring one’s own physiogamy while recalling a Wilmington Messenger note. It praises Henry Blount, editor of the Witson Mirror, for receiving twenty one invitations to literary addresses and predicts a charmed audience at Greenville Female College on June 16.
A woman entering church on Sunday experiences a dramatic fashion disruption as a large bustle trips her, causing a swift shift from grace to frustration and a wish for retaliation. The narrative contrasts her calm beauty with the comic accident and ensuing anger.
A young maiden at the Wilson Collegiate Institute appeared unsettled on her way to school. She explained she had nystagmus or ocular tremor tied to a cerebellar condition, and described a complex epistolary malady, while a clerk watched in perplexity and chose to ignore the medical jargon rather than react to her words.
The Rev Dr Peterson of Virginia preached at the Methodist church on Sunday. His sermons pleased all listeners with unique dramatic style and striking, hopeful thoughts that rose to melioric brilliance and enhanced the theme with growing beauty.
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