13 Apr 1878
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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1878
Page
1
The passage extols saving as the path to fortune, warns against ignoring truth, and urges diligence and frugality as the means to acquire wealth. It notes money in a savings account as evidence of frugality and honesty, and recounts a Lowel Massachusetts printer's festival toast praising printers as masters of trades and users of skill.
A humorous travel scene aboard a coach follows a fellow passenger who jokes about his liver and other insides while the narrator taunts him, then recounts a medical aside on brack tea and green tea’s effects. The piece shifts to farm planning advice and a playful spelling contest between Brown and Jones over the name Smith.
A tale of a coal heaver and a sailor who praise a beauty's eyes. The sailor asks for her name after delivering a love letter, confessing he cannot read. He hopes to call the brightest thing in life her name, for in danger at sea her memory brings light.
A Cincinnati area train yard anecdote centers on a brakeman unsure of Mor row station names. A stranger asks to go to Morrow and is teased about traveling today or tomorrow. An insider finally clarifies the Mor row stop. Also a punch line defines an old maid as a woman made a long time.
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