01 Oct 1870
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Newspaper
Cuthbert Appeal
Location
Cuthbert, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1870
Page
1
A patchwork of verse and prose shares two twin sisters Pearl and Aurelia, a cleric's faith in Watts hymnbooks, a joke about Old Grimes is dead, reflections on a mother's memory, and a classroom quip about Nebuchadnezzar and milk, all presented in a bygone newspaper style.
Walter Frazier, a once-reformed drinker, wrestles with the urge as Fanny Morton pleads at her wedding. He succumbs, returns to the tavern, and after days of intoxication he dies, a warning about temperance. The piece contrasts memory and learning with moralizing notes on thrift, health, and social vices.
A farmer praises a sweet oil as a universal antidote for poisons in people and animals. He cites a horse dose eight times a man’s, a landmark snake bite cure after thirty days and claimed arsenic and strychnine relief plus remedies for bloating cattle and insect stings.
A speaker urges young men to use wealth for benevolence now, not after amassing fortune, recommending a one tenth giving rule. The essay blends humor and moral counsel, with anecdotes on tobacco, marriage, and temper, urging kindness, restraint, and charity as enduring wealth.
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