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Newspaper
Pickens Keowee Courier
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1850
Page
1
Limited terms for subscriptions payable within three months. Notices discuss penalties for undelivered or indefinite terms and outline advertising rates 75 cents per square and 87 1-9 cents for combined insertions. Mentions editor W.K. Treasury and subscription continuance conditions.
An amused glimpse shows soldiers and a corporal joking over discipline and a water humiliation. The scene unfolds with misheard orders and rustic humor as officers and men exchange banter about tasks, crotches, and rough living amid absurd miscommunications.
A fragmented 19th century reminiscence describes a San Francisco Chinese gathering where Mayor Woodworth and Rev Albert Williams presented religious items from China to Celestials assembled on a plaza. The scene is praised for order and obedience, with accounts of the crowd and ceremonial observations. A second lengthy narrative follows a rural tale of a Virginia family and a bear hunt misadventure leading to a humorously chaotic day on a plantation track.
Fragmented verse by Richard Henry Wilde and others laments farewell and mortality. The speaker reflects on years, fame, and the grave as they approach the final hour, invoking memory and pride versus oblivion. A mix of archaic phrasing and corrupted text preserves the poem’s solemn mood and personal loss.
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