24 Mar 1869
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Newspaper
Neosho Valley Register
Location
Iola, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1869
Page
1
A 1869 column from Nasby in Port Orris argues labor honors both body and mind. It contrasts the noble coal heaver with overpaid officials, defending farm work as vital to happiness and character. The piece celebrates rural life, discipline, and self reliance, urging readers toward a balanced, industrious path.
The piece argues slavery ended as a blessing for whites and foresees blacks enduring in freedom amid immigration. It notes shrinking black share of the population, potential migration from cities to land, and broadly optimistic economic gains for the South, especially in industry and agriculture, with wage gains and growing cotton and sugar output depending on a favorable season.
The piece sketches postwar Southern markets with rising fertilizer sales and land sale eagerness, amid tension from Ku Klux groups and idle whites. It notes progress in education, immigration influx, and a hopeful 1869 recovery under President Grant, ending with a parable about timely newspaper payment.
A young traveler in a stagecoach meets six elderly men, each claiming a path to long life. The eldest credits abstemious eating, the second emphasizes roast beef and regular sleep, the third a life of restraint, the fourth political and religious abstention, and the fifth a simple bedtime routine.
A long guidance piece urges newlyweds to vow honesty and constant communication, forbidding secrecy and jesting ill humor. It warns against third parties intruding on marriage and extols a private, sacred home built with God’s help, contrasted with the bachelor’s life and later marital duties.
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