23 Nov 1892
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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1892
Page
1
A collage of aphorisms and wry musings on life, honesty, and manners. It juxtaposes quotes on sincerity and kindness with playful observations about nature, home, and the quiet influence of virtuous living.
An exhortation urging husbands to continually express love and endearment to their wives. It argues that affectionate words and attentive acts sustain harmony, bloom romance, and turn home into a paradise, with wives thriving on demonstrations of devotion and care.
A sermon extols Christianity as fragrance and warmth not a nuisance. Religion is described as perfumes spices and light that ease pain temptations and gloom. It cites Samuel Rutherford Richard Baxter John Bunyan and claims religion heals sorrows loneliness and broken hearts.
A reflective meditation on home as a universal, divinely gifted sentiment. The piece extols warmth and comfort of familiar places, scenes, and creatures, from hearth and hills to dogs and pigeons, framing home as a powerful, enduring motive of humanity.
This piece extols marriage as the holiest institution and the foundation of civilization. It asserts that a family provides all life’s joys and that love and a worthy partner are essential for both women and men to find meaning and advancement.
A father scolds George for biting his sister while noting another incident of biting by Mr Smith. The scene shifts to the boy’s memory of affectionate union and delirium, leading him to decide not to threaten further offenses.
George and a lover sit by embers as she asks about printing work. He says going to press and she notes the form is ready. An angry father bursts in with a shooting stick and ejects George. The girl laments the incident and flees Upstairs in tears over the evening’s scene.
A moral on handling disputes between friends. Do not accuse until you have heard the other’s explanation. Misunderstandings can freeze bonds built on years of trust, turning warm feelings to cold estrangement and sorrow.
A man and wife stroll to view sunrise on a knoll. He muses on romantic scenes and martial music, while she quips that he is the first to hear of an ass sent up a hill to music. The mood shifts to silence as inspiration fades and he contemplates his own sad dreaming.
The passage argues nature’s laws are just and inevitable, with causes and consequences inseparable. It imagines harsher punishment for crimes against nature, suggesting human judgment should mirror nature’s inevitability and precision. The elements act without forbearance as fire burns, water drowns, air consumes, and earth burns.
The author ponders death as the great leveler where rich and poor share the same final rest. Beggar or king, graves lie beneath myrtle and daisy as spring scents return, and Jesus's compassion will judge all with equal mercy in the grand Assize.
A humorous exchange in a office where a man asks what four newborns would be called. A passerby jokes twins triplets and quips quart eat, provoking two bemused gentlemen to audibly react, their eyebrows raised in mock sorrow.
The piece argues that while men are drawn to physical beauty, a woman’s character governs lasting influence. It states that a truly thoughtful man may be initially attracted by looks but soon sees the hollowness of beauty without mental depth.
Fragmentary verse scene notes Corydon awaiting Phillis and sharing quiet moments. A rustic pastoral image shows them in a parlor warmed by coal and oil as autumn leaves turn.
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