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Newspaper
Anderson Intelligencer
Location
Anderson, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1877
Page
7
The gale and storm season brought a hurricane like wind lasting nearly a day, uprooting trees and demolishing fences across the county. Roofs were damaged and heavy rain caused torrents and floods, swelling streams and drenching low lands while ridges blocked sunlight from the peaks the next morning.
A charitable musical evening at Prof W J Ligons home hosted by Mrs Pinkins showcased the Carolina Collegiate Institute music program. About seventy five guests, including indics and gentlemen, enjoyed instrumental and vocal pieces, with Mrs Pinkins and Mrs Ligon concluding the recital before refreshment. The event highlighted the school’s progress and talents.
A local issue notes an proposed Greenville ordinance allowing marshals to shoot dogs running at large without a muzzle. The item also records J A Lafey's visit from Volca no West Virginia, a June apple tree incident, Prof N Schmitt of Auguste Ga offering piano services, and a prohibition society lecture on February 28 with proceeds aiding Miss Whilden in China.
Fragmented notes recount wet conditions, planting season, and farm preparations. Mentions drought days, floods washing grain, and a local teacher guiding youths. Names listed reference community groups and civic figures amid sparse, archaic prose.
The Honea Path area reports Friday gale damage to orchards and weakened depots with chimneys collapsing near BE. Brock. fear of guano loss looms as weather unsettles farms. A local Bible Bakery monthly meeting at Little River Church, under Rev. B W Burts, shows strong Sabbath School attendance and church growth amid strife in the community.
The notices describe temperance activity in Williamston and Hampton, a Bun day School in Townville, local weather, and the sale of Pendleton Factory. It mentions a wedding at Sandy Springs, church reorganizations, a storm that caused damage, and a call for local job printing services.
Letter from New York describes Miss Carson’s New York Cooking School at No 8 Saint Mark’s Place. Students study soups to breads across twelve lessons, under chief cook Monsieur Pallas, with meals served as demonstration and reward. The piece notes the school’s novelty, price range five to ten dollars, and humorous classroom antics.
Fragmentary text describes a strange wanderer living in tubs and craving honest men, a misanthropic purgative tale, and a caustic biographical sketch. It mentions a beggar, the mistress of a lover, and a doctor’s purgatives. The passage hints at digestion ills and bile traits.
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