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    Pipes O'Pan at Zekesbury
    Pipes O'Pan at Zekesbury
    Pipes O'Pan at Zekesbury
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    Pipes O'Pan at Zekesbury

    By James Whitcomb Riley

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    'Pipes o' Pan at Zekesbury' is a novel written by James Whitcomb Riley. It was released to great acclaim in the United States during the time when it was first published. Based on a fictional town in Indiana, Riley presented many stories and poems about its citizens and way of life. A mix of the usual formula of incidents peculiar to an uneventful town and its vicinity can be found within the chapters, such as the countryman from "Jessup's Crossing," with the cornstalk coffin-measure, loped into town, his steaming little gray-and-red-flecked "roadster" gurgitating, as it were, with that mysterious utterance that ever has commanded and ever must evoke the wonder and bewilderment of every boy. The small-pox rumor became prevalent betimes, and the subtle aroma of the assafoetida-bag permeated the graded schools "from turret to foundation-stone;" the still recurring exposé of the poor-house management; the farm-hand, with the scythe across his shoulder, struck dead by lightning; the long-drawn quarrel between the rival editors culminating in one of them assaulting the other with a "sidestick," and the other kicking the one down stairs and thenceward ad libitum; the tramp, suppositiously stealing a ride, found dead on the railroad; the grand jury returning a sensational indictment against a bar-tender non est; the Temperance outbreak; the "Revival;" the Church Festival; and the "Free Lectures on Phrenology, and Marvels of Mesmerism," at the town hall.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGood Press
    Release dateDec 17, 2019
    ISBN4064066180249
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