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Newspaper
Anderson Intelligencer
Location
Anderson, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1876
Page
4
A fragmented regional piece depicts cotton trade in Georgia and nearby refuges, with dialogue-like voices debating cash and credit terms. It notes Brugaus offering twelve on subsides and hints at market pressure, price sensitivity, and social tensions around cotton sales and labor.
A cryptic, old fashioned line hints at payment obligation and an inquiry into where a person stays. The text references pay, owed sums, and a nod to traditional manners, with several uncertain names and phrasing suggesting a fragmentary historical snippet.
A congressional speech praised reconciliation after the Civil War, with references to a Union soldier grave in South Carolina and a rebel's wife praying for tribute to her son. Attendees included Ben Hill and Senator Morton, who recalled wartime exploits as the Capitol scene echoed with patriotic sentiment.
Report from the Hungarian Parliament details a remarkable find by shepherds near Vezprim. A two story brick stone Earth shaft leads to a vast underground complex with carved furniture gold ornaments and rooms. Skeletons found, owners arrested for selling gold armlets. Researchers say the site is a Roman castle buried under sixty feet of earth near Lake Balaton.
Ex Confederates gathered in Bowing Green Kentucky for a monument dedication where Col W O P Breckinridge urged reconciliation with the Union, stressing citizenship, duty, and liberty while denouncing guilt and urging peaceful nationhood and equal rights under the law. He spoke of sacrifice, memory of Lee and Breckinridge, and a path to amnesty and shared American liberty.
Colonel Benjamin H Wilson of Georgetown died at the residence of Colonel C Irvine Walker in the city. Born 1818 at Montenna Plantation, Georgetown District, he trained at Winyah Indigo Society and South Carolina College class of 1839. He studied law in Charleston, practiced in Georgetown, and served in the Legislature and Senate. A staunch State Rights Democrat, he helped shape local journalism at the Georgetown Times and held postwar duties as Provost Marshal of Georgetown. He was a longtime Vestryman and active in Episcopal affairs.
A Kentucky tale recalls wedding customs with a groom demanding a rival kiss or face dire threat. The bride’s former suitor capitulates and kisses the bride to avoid conflict. A separate anecdote describes a stammerer’s self help method: read aloud two hours daily with teeth together to retrain speech, gradually improving fluency through repeated practice.
A jumble of short quotations and anecdotes ranges from advice on temper and manners to odd trivia about Greek trick horses and a constable who authored a famous saying. It includes jokes on weddings divorces and a London hospital misdose leading to a patient’s death with no poison present.
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