10 Feb 1876
Page 1
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Newspaper
Wakarusa Weekly Sun
Location
Wakarusa, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1876
Page
1
A fragmentary verse recounts a revel ending in tragedy. The speaker laments a death and warns against drowning sorrow in drink while contrasting the town's jollity with the somber aftermath. The poem explores remorse and the peril of licentious merriment.
Peter Buskirk a miserly bachelor falls for Mrs. Barlow the economical widow. He courts and marries her hoping to curb waste yet discovers she is determined to lavish clothes, servants, and social status, culminating in a lavish life at odds with his thrift and his ultimate ruin.
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