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When I Mean to Marry and Other Southern Vignettes
A long verse meditation on marriage markets and social typing followed by an anecdotal sermon critique. A Georgia Baptist preacher named Old Club Ax Davis extols Presbyterians while lampooning Baptists and Methodists, with comic interruptions from animals and a moral about catechism and family prayer. The piece blends humorous yokel narration with religious polemic and rural life portraits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Ife
Ax Davis
Scriven County
General Jackson
George Whitfield
Agin
St. Paul
David
Elbert County
Wero
Savannah
Augusta
Ile
Lippman
Charley
Clay
Symons
Besgan
Authur
Charles Authur
Boston Globe
Columbus
Oho
Frank W. Deshler
Franklin National Bank
Deshler
Cincinnati
W. I. Smith
John G. Deshler
Iris Father