31 Jan 1883
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Newspaper
Abbeville Press And Banner
Location
Abbeville, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1883
Page
1
Fragmentary verse reflecting on everyday nerve and courage among workers and citizens. Themes include danger of public life, resilience in the face of risk, and the quiet heroism of home, shop, and farm. Abridged, with many OCR glitches but preserves named locales and communal sentiment.
Peter Buskirk pursues a thrifty match with Mrs. Barlow hoping to curb extravagant living. He is drawn into a costly entanglement as Mrs. Brown’s economy party reveals the bride’s rich wardrobe and social schemes. The tale ends with Buskirk learning he has been “taken in” and dying within a year.
An extended panorama blends advice on dairy cows and feeding with social tidbits. It cites Jersey and Ayrshire yields, cow management, sleep, and daily meals while contrasting farm practices, fashion, literature, and urban curiosities, interweaving historical notes and excerpts from periodicals.
In 1760 religious groups protested alcoholic drink use. A trial revealed German girls farm hair for sale with fine hair fetching three dollars an ounce. European law punished wreck crew and passengers by imprisonment and slavery. Henry IV era 4000 French duelists led to 14,000 pardons. A Waco Texas potato exhibit showed a 32 pound pony size tuber. Reports discuss animals pretending disability to avoid work, a Paris cat concert, Sicilian servile war, and a moral about lies returning from the kitchen through the front door.
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