Record #:

22866

Author(s):

Kammerer, Roger

Abstract:

This group of stories tell how farmers were complaining in 1886 of sturgeons eating all their corn during floods. In 1889, Mrs. George Newton of Falkland Township.gave birth by the side of the road. The child died and she buried it there. Her husband, upon learning of the event, went and dug up the child to see if it was mulatto, which it was not. In 1889, Andrew Joyner told a funny story about a frog in a churn making butter. And lastly, all the events of Christmas week 1871 with its parades, mummers, parties, jousting tournament and Coronation Ball. Stories include a description of Christmas in 1871, damage to corn crops by sturgeons following a flood in 1886, and the 1889 death of Mrs. George Newton's infant in Falkland Township.

Source:

Greenville Times / Pitt's Past (NC Microforms), Vol. Issue , Jan 31-Feb 13 1990, p9

Subject(s):

Pitt County--History