18 Jan 1867
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Newspaper
Cuthbert Appeal
Location
Cuthbert, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1867
Page
1
An odd extract blends mock dialect verse about imagined torture and weather with aerial social critique. It cites jokes on expenditures and a New York World note on fashionable walking dress, outlining double skirts, colors, and street etiquette, plus a Spanish fleet plan for the Pacific coast.
A Boston Post editor cites European women’s outdoor walking as the health secret, praising sturdy calf gaiters and open air exercise. The piece argues walking strengthens circulation, tones muscles, and preserves beauty into old age, contrasting American neglect with English vitality. It also notes leaders and rulers troubled by health and political troubles, questioning who would wear a crown.
On the steamer St James a young groom distraught over losing his bride after a room mix up. He fears she drowned, rushes through the cabin, and discovers in a moment the couple had simply swapped rooms. The captain and crew intervene as the groom reunites with his bride in the adjoining state room.
A fragment from a 19th century humor essay mocks health advice and lifestyle maxims. It parodies self help edicts with quirky directions on dressing for bed, avoiding cold, and everyday habits, interwoven with literary quotes and stray observations. The piece lampoons editors, editors and readers through eccentric lines and misquoted proverbs.
The passage notes renewed congressional session with Radical opponents pressing Secretary McCulloch. Sumner attacks racial issues while Wentworth supports a Supreme Court stake. Ashby signals intent to impeach the President.
The article argues that soils lose fertility with each crop as plants extract soluble salts. It critiques farmer ignorance toward soil chemistry and extols soil analysis, lime and sulfate of ammonia while warning against indiscriminate fertilizer use. It references a colonial economy and a Southern exile colony under Magruder.
From New Orleans records we report a dramatic fall in sugar output in Louisiana. Formerly the state raised about four hundred thousand hogsheads of Muscovado at five cents per pound, but last year’s crop dropped to fifteen thousand hogsheads. This year may yield under twenty-five thousand heads. Destruction of machinery in the war and emancipation have deprived planters of capital and labor, with hiring unlikely to sustain long continuous processing.
A jumble of humorous anecdotes and social vignettes fills a fragment from a 19th century page. It includes riddles about kisses and rumors, a landlady’s soup irony, a job ad seeking a widow’s household, a child’s playful confession, a firehouse toast, and brief notes on voter antics, immigrant arrivals, and regional curiosities. The piece blends wit with local color and civic chatter, ending with mentions of a textile mill update and notable academia.
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