Confederate Reunion Speech Seeks Focus Beyond War
Maj Jon B Caminingy delivers a reflective address at a Georgia Confederate veterans reunion in Awguata praising survival and sacrifice. He rebukes overblown orations, urges honor through deeds, and emphasizes lasting devotion over fame as Southern memory shifts from victory to virtue.
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Ba-Union
Bth Ga
Cuthbert Rifles
Reeunion
Ih Ga
Awguata
Anguata
Mayon
Jon B. Camimingy
Comrads
Deeda
Jared
Geenstans
Ie Tra Alea
Tina
Gsy
The Music of the Rain and Silent Midnight Whispers
Fragmented verse laden with dreamlike imagery and jagged phrasing. The piece alludes to rain’s music, lullabies, tears of angels, and memory, intertwining past and future as the speaker contemplates life, conscience, and longing. Several lines appear garbled yet evocative.
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Cain
The Art of Writing in a Moment and Moral Cautions
Fragmentary reflection on finishing writing and self restraint. Cites concerns about diligence and conscience with maxims from classical and English sources. Advises modest conduct in conversation, choosing topics to suit company, and warns against pride or reckless speech.
Uncertain Bets at Local Agricultural Shaw
In a Hartford area event, attendees guessed the value of a sealed counter coin, with bets on futures and beans. wagers ranged from 360 to 1,000 dollars, the final count using a sewing machine and cook stove as references. The lowest guess was 360 dollars, and the double eagle was used as the standard for counting.
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Billy
Tray Martford Courant
The Wife and a Riverhead Pond of Eels in Mass
A fragment notes a wife’s virtue and a farmer James N. Wells on Long Island. The five acre pond near Riverhead, Massachusetts holds eels fed every third day by a whip wielding keeper. Two years back 200 dozen eels were placed, now millions in sight. a corded eel is pulled with hundreds clinging, while the writer quips that circuses outpace state legislatures for speed.
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Valeriina Maximas
Megara
Thia
Bin
China
Irmond
Cleary
Tombe
Learsay
Piloy
Marseilles
Wells
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