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Newspaper
Freeport Republican
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1881
Page
5
An elderly narrator recalls farm life and shared labors, reflecting on changing times as new owners and modern ideas replace hands on work. A digressive tale follows a comic incident of a freight engine derailing into a Cincinnati saloon, then returns to a Civil War reminiscence with General Floyd.
A correspondent reports General Grant's New York residence will embody exceptional elegance with no first floor purchases yet. The eighty cases of gifts from his foreign tour, plus 28 items for the rear, fill the house with rare art and furnishings. A silver five story miniature in his dressing room sits amid fretted silver bottles and carved ivory flasks from China.
In a Georgia unit under General Floyd during the Civil War, a Black man named John Dennis earned permission to follow the regiment. As the campaign’s history is told, he grew homesick and departed after a farewell exchange with Floyd.
A collage of humorous vignettes and slang from Athenaeum style lore. Jokes about press power, marriage notices, Irish wit, pugilists turned preachers, price jokes on singing, and a Kentucky senator's misread initials spark a mosaic of 19th century humor. The items mix regional voices, wordplay, and social quips across multiple locales.
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