Sleepy David Beats Southern in Rags to Riches Race
A South Carolinian narrator recalls a horse race where a shabby Yankee peddler enters Sleepy David against South Carolina champion Southern for a two thousand dollar purse. Sleepy David wins Heat Three after a bold bluff, revealing Yankee wit and misdirection in a tale of pride and luck on a rural racecourse.
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Southern
South Carolina
David
Zadock Berber
Tarnation
Gauley
New York
Davie
Tanooga Gazette
Gentle Sur
Chattanoorgy
Bill
Dress and decorum in female economy and taste
The piece argues that dress is vital to a woman's standing yet must be governed by modesty and restraint. It warns against masculine styles, gaudy fashion, and vanity, urging prudent use of wealth to aid the afflicted orphans in need.
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Veges
Teesee
Cairo City
St. Louis
M. Hamilton
Argus
Richard Roman & CO
Radical
Tor
Joe’s
London
Puaraog
Danrias
Lord Lindsay
Pyramids
Egypt
Comedy Sketch Chaos with Dogs and Boarding School Miss
Play by Josh Billings features a bulldog, a boarding school miss, and a chaotic scene of comic mishaps. A dog refuses a kiss, stage tricks misfire, and a final scene ends with a ship of mishaps and a storm in a canal.
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Qarrick
Main Street
St. Charles
Earth
C. D. Wilson’s
Washington Avenue
Ferdinand Cook
Themis and
Independence Sts
Cape Girardeau
Butt
Ealer
Painter’s Row Main Street
Cape Girardeau, MO
Josh Billings
Grate Schsashui
Svith
Teais
Konklushin— Liapdorg
Sumboddy
Curtin
Bolona
Cat
Thad Stevens
Eri Kanawl
Kanawl
Konklashuh
Speer
Kworry
Persimmon County Debating Club
Indiana
Horace Greely
Governor Brownlow
Reverend Blackguard
Chattanooga Gazette
Nashville Republican
Union
South
Rome Courier
Bill Arp
Citat
Southeast Missouri
Petersburg
Hodge
Margaret
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