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Newspaper
Western Sentinel
Location
Winston, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1882
Page
6
A fragmentary poem recalls a mother soothing a baby as fate takes its pain, followed by a garbled list of old wives remedies. It mentions butter for frying, saltpeter in butter, peppermint for pests, mint for rats, lime for summer hearths, Spanish brown for pretty hearths, and vinegar to mask onion breath.
The river and harbor bill lists appropriations for North Carolina projects. Cape Fear River from ocean to Wilmington receives 140000 for continuing improvement. Contentnea Creek gets 5000. Currituck Sound and North River Bar get 20000. Broad River reach receives 5000. Lillington River gets 3000. Neuse River gets 5000. Pamlico and Tar Rivers receive funds. Trent River gets 5000. Waccamaw River (North and South) gets 4400 for continuing improvement.
A fragmentary item parades proverbs and wry aphorisms about patience, resilience, and social roughness. It references spirits, personal aging, and a vivid anecdote about a door plate and a widow, then pivots to a home remedy claiming cucumber juice kills bedbugs after washing the bedstead.
A first person Alabama farm scene contrasts plantation life with almanac guidance to plant corn. The narrator recalls fieldwork and the bond between enslaved workers and mules, noting quiet rapport with animals and how workers’ conversations affect the plowing line.
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