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Clock peddler charms wary farmer in old Dominion
A peddler visits a Virginia farmer who distrusts dealers and refuses to buy, despite the seller’s tact and persistence. The tense scene centers on a Bristol clock offered at the farmer’s home, where civil negotiation tests the man’s long antipathy to peddlers.
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Old Dominion
Virginia
Jasper Callam
Jasper
Bristol
Cilok
Eligh
Oliab
Ion
Walleelen
Silts
Acer
Mentean