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Newspaper
Delphi Dollar Journal
Location
Delphi, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1854
Page
8
A New Albany Tribune item recounts a humorous tale about green beans during a Methodist conference. A rumor about a scarcity leads a city resident to tell of her aunt serving green beans at dinner, turning the joke on two poor guests named Green and Beans staying with the aunt.
A distant Methodist prayer meeting yields a tale of a preacher named John who after prayer approached a group of newly converted young women. He asks if they love the Lord and receives affirmations, prompting further remarks about brotherly conduct and faith. The fragment hints at a corrective or exhortive moment within a revival setting.
In a courtroom exchange a Black defendant pleads insanity for stealing a pullet, saying he was crazy as a bed-bug and could have stolen a rooster, asserting he was under tremors of liquor or delirium. The judge questions the claim as the man presents his defense.
A quaint old time column recalls a woman who darned for twenty years with one needle until a tiny tear drop in its eye revealed the obstruction. It then shifts to comic quips about marriage and the lapse of ages for young ladies, ending with a rhyming country editor bit.
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