20 Oct 1859
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Newspaper
Wooster Republican
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1859
Page
1
Two youths in a February sleigh ride in Winston drift into a comic romance marked by misread signals and a rescue of a solitary traveler. Langford shifts from friend to suitor, Lucy Brandon repurposes pride for reconciliation, and a snowy chase ends with a moral wink on youth and manners.
The passage argues that habit makes actions automatic and strengthens the urge to repeat them, even when pleasure fades. It cites snuff, swearing, and a Fielding Life of Jonathan Wild scene to illustrate how habit erodes restraint and drives compulsion despite lack of payoff.
A reflection contrasting men's tie to world and fame with a woman’s need for Faith as grounding. The text extols faith as the essential anchor, arguing a Christian mother’s love illuminates and sustains women amid life’s storms, while a woman without faith is a drift and wreck.
Mrs Childs notes that marriages for money often end unhappily as mothers push daughters into “the same unlucky game.” She believes men marry for love more often than women, who marry to avoid dependence or to secure a home. In her view, marrying for a home is a tiresome way to live, and singles would be happier.
The readable fragment mentions a line dividing Christians from the world described as a mathematical line without breadth, hinting at a theological metaphor or debated boundary within a church or sermon. No clear event, date, or named figures are present in the readable text.
A detailed humorous essay celebrates babies in a small village, praising the variety of infant types and parental pride while critiquing frivolous vanity. It laments childless homes and extols maternal love, ending with advice on speaking correctly and elegantly through reading and social exchange.
The article contrasts William Logan’s strong anti smoking view with Dr McLeod’s defense of tobacco use as a vice. It cites Logan’s London to Glasgow observations, remarks on tobacco's harms, and a Scottish Review reference about Liverpool’s tobacco culture. It also reprints Col Baker’s denunciation of dueling as a code of honor, arguing it corrupts courage and equality.
A peasant observation from Cultivating Ho fg describes a horizontal growth method for hops using a simple low trellis. Benefits include easier plant inspection and insect control, sun protection for upper shoots, reduced wind storm damage, and simpler cone harvesting without uprooting the plant, aiding early selection and reducing losses.
The article discusses adjusting horse feed to work level, stressing less food in idle periods and more before heavy work. It warns against feeding an hour before work as digestion may not occur, causing a burden. Evening feeding before increased work is advised to aid digestion and vigor.
An extract from a visit by Quibbewa Indians to Queen Victoria features a chief’s speech about abundance and light versus small wigwams and limited wealth. The piece condemns taxes that take from the poor to swell coffers, as bitter satire on those who restrict industry and hoard wealth.
A garbled OCR style collage presents quips on virtue, wit, and society. It mentions a woman with a charitable heart, a fast Oxford man older than his father, and a secretary of secrets. The text includes aphorisms about conversation, secrecy, and civility, and ends with a disjointed cast of phrases.
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