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The Store Steps and the Country World Sketch
A satiric sketch portrays country life in a New York State hamlet focusing on the country store as a social hub. It depicts horsemen, farm talks, gossip, loans, and the observers who linger on the store steps, while a comic intruder named Jinks disrupts the sanctum with a demand for more copy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York State
Shakspeare
Pope
Store Steps
Phaetons
Jebus
Jinks
Phaney
Evans