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November 19, 1875
The Tarborough Southerner
Tarboro, Edgecombe County, North Carolina
What is this article about?
In Rocky Mount, Amos Battle gets drunk, falls from his cart after mistaking his pony for a team of mules, suffers broken ribs, recovers via Dr. T. C. Powell's aid, and pledges sobriety as a cautionary tale.
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Why Did He Take That Whiskey Skin?—On Saturday last as the usual caravan of carts poured into Rocky Mount, one Amos Battle, a dusky denizen of the county, with festive feeling and in merry mood likewise drove in. He began by drinking the health of his friends and, endeavouring to make them very healthy, got uphealthy himself.
After he had hoisted in and disposed under his vest a quart or more of extract of gun-cotton, he hied him to his cart to return to the bosom of his family.
With assistance he hitched up his much enduring Jerusalem pony, and deposited himself, all in a heap, on the front rim of the vehicle. The animal, true to instincts of appetite turned his head homeward.—
His Amos to go there. Instead of one mule the "sewed up" driver saw a fine team of four, and launched a blow at the right off lead beast.
This doubled him over on the ground, and the wheel ran over and made sausage meat of a half dozen ribs.
The timely and skillful aid rendered by Dr. T. C. Powell brought him 'round. He now sings: "I wont, I wont, I wont git drunk no more." We commend this touching example to the Good Templar lecturers.
We end it here as we did begin.
Why did he take that whiskey skin ?
After he had hoisted in and disposed under his vest a quart or more of extract of gun-cotton, he hied him to his cart to return to the bosom of his family.
With assistance he hitched up his much enduring Jerusalem pony, and deposited himself, all in a heap, on the front rim of the vehicle. The animal, true to instincts of appetite turned his head homeward.—
His Amos to go there. Instead of one mule the "sewed up" driver saw a fine team of four, and launched a blow at the right off lead beast.
This doubled him over on the ground, and the wheel ran over and made sausage meat of a half dozen ribs.
The timely and skillful aid rendered by Dr. T. C. Powell brought him 'round. He now sings: "I wont, I wont, I wont git drunk no more." We commend this touching example to the Good Templar lecturers.
We end it here as we did begin.
Why did he take that whiskey skin ?
What sub-type of article is it?
Curiosity
Biography
What themes does it cover?
Misfortune
Recovery
Moral Virtue
What keywords are associated?
Drunken Mishap
Cart Accident
Broken Ribs
Temperance Lesson
What entities or persons were involved?
Amos Battle
Dr. T. C. Powell
Where did it happen?
Rocky Mount
Story Details
Key Persons
Amos Battle
Dr. T. C. Powell
Location
Rocky Mount
Event Date
Saturday Last
Story Details
Amos Battle gets drunk in Rocky Mount, hitches his pony to return home, mistakes it for a team of four mules, falls and breaks ribs when the wheel runs over him, recovers with aid from Dr. T. C. Powell, and vows not to get drunk again.