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November 21, 1896
The Daily Herald
Brownsville, Cameron County, Texas
What is this article about?
American writer Maurice Thompson visits his boyhood home in Calhoun, Georgia, but an old countryman doubts his fame, remembering him as the boy who fished with him. Exemplifies the proverb about a prophet without honor in his own country.
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HE KNEW HIM.
A prophet is not without honor save in his own country. This old truth was newly exemplified lately in the case of a well known American writer, according to the New York Tribune.
The other day Maurice Thompson visited Calhoun, Georgia, his boyhood home.
"Who's that yander?" asked an old countryman, indicating Thompson, who was standing before a grocery store, whittling a pine box.
"The tall fellow?"
"Yes."
"That's Thompson—Maurice Thompson."
"What! The feller what used ter play eroun' here?"
"The very same."
"You don't tell me?"
"Fact. But he's a great man now—one of the most successful of literary men."
"Unpossible!"
"Fact, I tell you. He's a great man now."
"Well," said the old man, doubtfully, "hit may be so, but hit don't look reasonable."
"Not reasonable?"
"No, Why?"—and he drew closer and lowered his voice a little—“he used ter go fisbin' with me!
A prophet is not without honor save in his own country. This old truth was newly exemplified lately in the case of a well known American writer, according to the New York Tribune.
The other day Maurice Thompson visited Calhoun, Georgia, his boyhood home.
"Who's that yander?" asked an old countryman, indicating Thompson, who was standing before a grocery store, whittling a pine box.
"The tall fellow?"
"Yes."
"That's Thompson—Maurice Thompson."
"What! The feller what used ter play eroun' here?"
"The very same."
"You don't tell me?"
"Fact. But he's a great man now—one of the most successful of literary men."
"Unpossible!"
"Fact, I tell you. He's a great man now."
"Well," said the old man, doubtfully, "hit may be so, but hit don't look reasonable."
"Not reasonable?"
"No, Why?"—and he drew closer and lowered his voice a little—“he used ter go fisbin' with me!
What sub-type of article is it?
Biography
Curiosity
What themes does it cover?
Fortune Reversal
What keywords are associated?
Maurice Thompson
Homecoming
Unrecognized Fame
Literary Success
Dialect Dialogue
What entities or persons were involved?
Maurice Thompson
Old Countryman
Where did it happen?
Calhoun, Georgia
Story Details
Key Persons
Maurice Thompson
Old Countryman
Location
Calhoun, Georgia
Event Date
Lately
Story Details
Maurice Thompson returns to his boyhood home in Calhoun, Georgia, where an old countryman fails to recognize him as a successful literary man, recalling their past fishing together.