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GEORGIA SCENES, &c. GEORGIA THEATRICS. If my memory fail me not, the 10th of June, 1809 found me, at about 11 o'clock in the forenoon, ascend, ing a long and gentle slope in what was called "The Dark Corner" of Lincoln. I believe it took its name from the moral darkness which reigned over that por-tioa of the county at the time of which I am speaking. If in this point of view it was but a shade darker than the rest of the county, it was inconceivably dark. If any man can name a trick or sin which had not been committed at the time of which I am speaking, in the very focus of all the county's illumination (Lincolnton). he must himself be the most inventive of the tricky, and the very Judas of sinners. Since that time, however (all humour aside), Lincoln has become a living proof " that light shineth in darkness." Could I venture to mingle the solemn with the ludicrous, even for the purposes of honourable contrast, I could adduce from this county instances of the most numerous

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CONTENTS; The Dance0; The Horse-Swap12; K Native Georgian32; TheFigbt53; The Song 65; The Turn Out 73; The " Charming Creature" as a Wife 62; The Gander Fulling 110; The Ball 119; The Mother and her Child 1 , 130; The Debating Society133; The Mtlitia Drill145; The Turf 152; In Interesting Interview « 161; The Fox Hunt166; The Wax-Works 179; i Sage Conversation 196; Hie Shoottnf-Match ? ? 197

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Rare ''Georgia Scenes, Characters, Incidents in the First Half Century of the Republic by a Native Georgian'' by A. B. Longstreet. New York: Harper & Brothers: 1847. Hardcover. Second edition. A pioneering example of American folk humor, a document of Southern social history and an evocative portrait of frontier Georgia life. Richly-illustrated book. ... Read more

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Title: A Voice From the South: Comprising Letters From Georgia to Massachusetts, and to the Southern States. With an Appendix Containing an Article From the Charleston Mercury on the Wilmot Proviso Publisher: Baltimore, Western continent pressPublication date: 1847Subjects: Slavery -- United StatesUnited States -- Politics and government 1845-1849Notes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be numerous typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or indexes.When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there. ... Read more