03 Mar 1860
Page 1
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Newspaper
Shepherdstown Register
Location
Shepherdstown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1860
Page
1
Reading from the Danville Register the verse notes fleeting joy and enduring hope. A Southern voice in Alabama recalls Northern dependence and declares “I Phive Oak splits forever” as a nod to self sufficiency in brass and steel trade.
A country widow devises a scheme to shield her husband’s estate from her own deathless loss. She has a neighbor cobbler pretend to be her late husband and guide a forged will, gaining half the estate while the real shoemaker shares the spoils. The tale blends cautionary wit with an old world legal ruse.
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