Shepherdstown Register in Shepherdstown, West Virginia

Verses and ventriloquies from a faded paper

A mosaic of anecdotes and verse fragments, including reflections on memory and death, a mock lament about a woman’s supposed limits, humorous quips about funeral etiquette, and brief notices. The piece bleeds into advertising for a bells anodyne carminative and a memory tonic, with stray lines from poems and casual social commentary.