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Newspaper
Cassville Standard
Location
Cassville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1855
Page
1
Respectful notice from Kay of Cassille informs citizens of binding and ruling services on five days’ notice. Large assortment of books, stationery, musical instruments, paper hangings, guns, jewelry and more offered at low prices. March 24 1855. Madison McMurray advertises cash prices for ready money.
A long humorous Dream Book entry from Punch catalogs dream symbols and consequences for women readers. It blends sentimental verses with humorous attributions to objects, places, and people like Mr Punch, Adelphi, Crystal Palace, and Frederic, offering playful guidance on love fortune and social proprieties.
An assortment of Victorian era musings on marriage and home life. Bremer’s counsel urges honesty, shared effort, and keeping God in mind to sustain marriages. The piece also reflects on domestic love, the charm of home poetry, and social views on ideal husbands, female grace, and even a playful game description. A Philadelphia Times note extols female equestrianism and closes with a humorous push to embrace fatherly advice about family and babies.
The piece argues that young women should value practical work over decorative displays, urging them to be seen in ordinary dress at home and to embrace kitchen and wash tub tasks. It contends sensible husbands seek industrious wives, not playthings, and praises labor as a key qualification for marriage.
The passage extols babies as irresistible companions on trips and gatherings. It notes babies charm audiences at meals and rides in cars and steamboats, soothing hosts and entertaining stagestruck bachelors with their lisping speech and cheerful presence.
A slave named Tom is accused by Dick of stealing his master's turkey. Tom admits to taking and eating it, but argues the turkey became part of him, with the master ultimately excusing him for his wit rather than punishment.
A zealous preacher named Strange declines a generous 320 acre land gift for his family after confessing his conscience would not allow him to own land. He resumes preaching and singing while trusting the Lord to care for his wife and children, likening unjust acquisition to a barbed arrow.
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