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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1878
Page
4
A Shenandoah Herald report recounts a chaotic scene as a shabby man claiming Christian faith enters a store. patrons mock and torment him with eggs, molasses, oil, and a codfish while the clerks and crowd laugh. The man reads scripture and leaves, with unpaid bills and a damaged window and property.
A young woman spurns a working man dubbed a mechanic and later sees him prosper as a wealthy husband, while she becomes the wife of a shiftless drinker. The tale extols workers and warns against judging by status, urging respect for industrious tradespeople. Rural World notes Salt Your Stock farming tip and profiles Mr Campbell of The Duke of Wellington. The Newcastle landlord is famed as Victoria’s largest subject, born 1856, 728 pounds, with a substantial girth and modest drinker’s appetite.
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