18 Dec 1877
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Newspaper
Butte Miner
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1877
Page
1
A collage of jokes and vignettes from various papers lampoons fashion, manners, and politics. It pokes fun at operas and social types, notes a dancer Lydia Thompson rumor, a banker’s run, and a host of playful exchanges among teachers, editors, and townsfolk.
In the bluegrass era crowd bets on a famed horse race, names like Wag, Boston, and Feydonia appear as stakes surge. Wagers soar into hundreds of bales of cotton while a confident owner prepares a rival plan, and a faithful negro caretaker vows loyalty amid mounting risk and excitement.
Disorderly dialogue describes a slave uprising plot on a Virginia plantation. A commander Tom and a guard of dogs and pistols prepare for war while conspirators test an offensive, slipping into stables at night to tamper with a mare and plan further action, with tension between masters and enslaved communities.
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