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Newspaper
Marshall Messenger
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1869
Page
4
A collection of aphorisms and homilies laden with rustic humor and moral reflections. The piece pairs proverbs on religion, work, vanity, and human folly with exaggerated spellings and dialect, offering a window into 19th century rural street wisdom and moral commentary. It touches on hope, deception, education, and social behavior through colorful, if misspelled, maxims.
An anecdote from Union College recalls two students planning to steal chickens from Dr Nott. One climbed the tree while the other waited with a bag. The Doctor emerged unseen and was abruptly pelted with a surprising exchange before the theft was foiled.
A college prank ends with two students tricking a Doctor into a fake family meal. They fear expulsion until the President hosts a Thanksgiving dinner where the rogues are revealed as the Doctor’s “old Prex and marin Prex” and chickens are named. The tale shifts to a second romantic yarn about a Pennsylvania couple whose reunion unknowingly mirrors their past.
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