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Newspaper
Georgetown American
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1839
Page
2
A feisty widow tricks a disguised suitor attempting to collect a debt by posing as a widower. She dresses in finery to lure him, but the ruse backfires when the man reveals he has a wife and many children, leaving the widow humiliated over the scheme.
A narrator describes resisting and failing at courtship as Sally Jones and he attend a Sunday meeting. He fends off Patty Bean’s rival, flirts through frosty etiquette, then a comic scuffle breaks out in which Sally asserts grit. He falls deeply in love, planning to propose next Sunday.
From the Boston Spy moralizing on ardent spirits, the piece argues drinking trades ruin towns. It cites better farms, repaired fences, and neater dwellings as signs of temperance, while asking who bears guilt for misery and urging divine judgment on distillers and sellers.
A fragment quotes a remark about beds and sleep, referencing eleven nights of rest and a sentiment from the Picayune. The text centers on dissatisfaction with current sleeping arrangements and the desire for proper rest.
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