Monroe Enquirer:  Mr. J.B. LITTLE is suffering an inflamed jaw, caused by getting a beard from a wheat head stuck in it last harvest.  The beard entered the jaw from inside the mouth and despite all efforts to remove it still remains there, an aggravation to the flesh, producing a swelling so great that he is now unable to open his mouth.

Source: Raleigh News and Observer, 18 September 1880. Page 3.