Uncle Joshua Laws a Mountain Bible Knight of Wilkes County
Crayon biographical sketch recalls Uncle Joshua Laws of Brushy Mountains in antebellum North Carolina. A wealthily thrifty, Bible-quoting Primitive Baptist known for sharp wit and fierce defense of his views, with wife Mrs Laws as fearless ally. The narrator recounts anecdotes of preaching, apple orchards, and family life, ending with a vow to document his Natural History of the Apple from oral dictation.
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The
Sentinel
Versen
N.C
Poor's Knob
Taylorsville
Wilkesboro
Mountain
Joshua Laws
Dilworth
Murray
Snd
Tom Benton
Primitive Baptist
Sons of Temperance
Society of Constitutional Tapers
Jove
Demosthenian
Phillipice
Mrs. Laws
Josh
Beit
Toto
Pr Foote
Va Ceebue
Catech
Fraiche Arco
Foote
Taydorsy
Tam
Mr. Foote
Uncle Josh
Mammy Laws
Professor Foote
Columbia
John Brown
Far West
Wilkes
Payson
Mil Ay
Israel
General Coffee
Ewer
World’s Great Industrial Fair Opens in Philadelphia 1885
The Philadelphia exhibition opens December 1 and closes May 18, featuring views and descriptions of the buildings at the New Orleans Cotton Centre Passe.
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New Orleans
Philadelphia
Anl
Guarrinte J. M. Cox
Main St
Richmond
The Main Building at the Exposition Masterfully Built and Expansive
The main building spans 1,378 by 905 feet with a glass roof and open interiors. It features two miles of shafts and galleries, 20 elevators, and a 11,000 seat Music Hall center. United States and State exhibits fill the complex alongside a vast Horticultural Hall and Factories and Mills extension.
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United States
Department of State
Postoffice Department
Treasury Department
Horticultural Hall
U. S
Fies and Mills
Macine Y. L—Wharf
Mississippi River
St.Charles Avenue
Blaine Speech Disappoints Audiences In Boston and Worcester
Special correspondence notes Blaine’s Boston appearance from the Revere House balcony and a Worcester stop. Crowds were large but many left unimpressed as he spoke briefly. campaign rhetoric shifts to intense party fighting with Massachusetts, New York, and North Carolina voices joining the scramble.
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Boston
Worcester
The
Sentinel
Blaine
Revere House
Washington
President Logan
Talbot
Boston Herald
Knight
Judge Endicott
Gen. Collins
Ohio
Massachusetts
People’s Party
McCoffey
Ben Butler
Grady
New York City
S J. John Boom
Washington St
Belva Lockwood
Rls
Sipevixcer
N. C
Charles M. Stedman
North Carolina
Faircloth
Pender
Stedman
Enius
Judge Faircloth
Judge Fairloth
Itpublican
Major Stedman
Pexpen
Sted- 1
William Young
Milwaukee
Chicago
New York
Mullizan
Cleveland
Wisconsin
C. M. Butt
Vernon County
Congress
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Joshea Laws
Wilkes County
Condi
Mmomosyne
Georgia
York
Augusta Chronicle
Vance
Morristown Herald
Coast Survey
Customs
Internal Revenue
War Department
Navy Department
Interior Department
United States Fishery Commission
Department of Justice
Bureau of Agriculture
Bureau of Education
Smithsonian Institute
J.S. Grogan
CRAY
Federal
Irta
Thad M. Butner
Prous
StuceTox
Winston
Charlotte
Sithar
Peregrine Rere Charlotte
C. W. Alexander
Virginia
H. J Allen
the Jeweler
Elers
I. Seedman
Jurge Faircloth
Hhis
Hendricks
Hiam
Thad. C. Pound
Hamilton Fish
Benjamin W. Bristow
Tyre York
Granville
Wm. Purcell
Rochester, N.Y
Ned Buntline
Maine
J. A. Vance
Bogle Bros
New Mill
E. M. Griffin
Winston, W. C. Jam
Lorillard
Climax Plug
E. L. P.ector
Cedar Cove Nursery
N. W
Tiave
FOI Bros
Rocky Point
X.C
J. B. McKenney
Steam Dye House and Cleaning Establishment
Marshall Stevet
Croquet
Williamson & Lorrie's
NEW Grocery
VW. Mebrony
Davie
Enunties
W.V. Merony
W. A. Minoxy
Smith & Brown
S. J. Montague
Ome Awe Church
Intaml Secoml
Winston, N.C. Tovy
Salem Female Academy
Salem
Ty Fiat
Bissie Willard
Abeta
N. Carter
Cooper Union
Cruthfield & McArthur
Crutchfield
Isk
J. M. Robinson
Propietor
Kirt Door Fielow Browns
Winston Foriy
J. C. Richolson & CO
Ghai
Hannah
Anugnat
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