Surprise wedding in a rural Pennsylvanian party
Aunt Samantha blocks matrimony then hosts a surprise wedding across the river. John Marchbank engineers the double ceremony with Reverend Pouncewell, Deacon Potter, and Miss Delia in attendance. The bride Sarah Lynn and organizer Marchbank wed after Aunt Samantha unexpectedly marries Mr Fishley, ending her objections to marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aunt Samantha
Sarah Lynn
John Marchbank
Samantha
Mr.Marchbank
March
John Mapehbank
Ono
Sarah
Jack Robinson
Marchbank
Lynn
Venus
Samanta
John
Princess of Hearts
Wes
Mr. Marchbank
Potter J
Delia
Apple
Samantha Lynn
Deacon Potter
Miss Lynn
Lieslaaa
Mr. Pouncewell
Jedediah Martin
Squire Mathewson
Parson
Pouncewell
Beach Hollow
Mia
Lfisa
Mrs. Pouncewell
Apinster
Fishley
Mr. Fishley
Caleb
Novel plan to gate the Gulf Stream to warm Lower Canada
Scientific minds in England discuss a scheme to alter the Gulf Stream by closing the Strait of Belle Isle to force ice into the Atlantic and warm the St Lawrence basin. Estimated cost £5,000,000. claims include navigability year round and inland cultivation gains, but engineering proof and costs are decisive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Lower Canada
Gulf Stream
Panama
Canada
Quebec
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Strait of Belleisle
St. Lawrence
Baffin’s Bay
Strait of Bellessie
Atlantic
Newfoundland
Anticosti
Verdent
Prince Edward Island
Lessle
Two Wrongs Make a Right Debate Heard by Bystanders
A bystander argues that two wrongs can make a right in a heated exchange about counterfeit money. The dialogue recalls a man passing a counterfeit bill and another person receiving it and later passing it on, prompting the controversial claim that wrongs can be justified to balance the ledger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acton
Milton
Esquesing
Milton P.O
Miller
Plessanton
Swing
Moody
Wal
Nouns of Multitude and Miscellany from Language Notes
A varied set of language curiosities and humorous observations on collective nouns. The piece catalogs terms like a fleet of ships and a herd of buffalo, notes on language for foreigners, wine prospects in France, and a joke about married men and refrigerators. It mixes anecdotes with brief reflections on culture and science.
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Anaximander
England
Bartholomew
Columbus
Athens
B.C
Rome
Alexandria
China
Julius Cesar
A.D
India
Europe
Bologna
Venice
Genoa
Amsterdam
Cologne
Schwartz
Algerziras
Mentz
Guttenburg
France
Germany
America
Nicot
Ireland
Harvey
Engineers
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Ken
Joock
Bet&. Son
H. Lowry
M. BI
Trinity Iggliege
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Frederick Street
R. Little
TE. R. Morrow
Bellevue College
York
Victoria Lege
Omiays
Anca
Glasgow House
D. Matheson
Straw
Chancary
Omice—Corner
Main
Church Streets
Georgetown
Pplebe & Simpson
Main Street
Aqborgeytown
Laidleaw
Chancery
Hamilton
Kong Street
Milton Omee
Campbell
Fleny
Drake
Uessurance
Doon
Mercantile
Waterloo
H.L. Drake
Unite States
Henry Ghrlst
Ottawa
Wyes Watkins
Lasuer
Alice
Glenwilliam
County Haltom
S. Carter
Church Street
H. Nicklin
B. & E. Nicklin
Jas. Matthews
Cocsty Or
Hattoy
Q. B
Eifer Lozier
Acton Flour Mills
B& E
Sicklin
Bala
Resall
Montreal Telegraph 'Co
Houtse
G.T. Raiway Station
Thos
Ghnnnion
Srobert
Agnew
Proprievor
Emstreet
Wellington
Halton
Free Press Office
Rockwood
Lton Planing ‘Mills
J. R. Mitchell
the Post Office
Pine and
Secord Bros
Hilton
Trollope Coatman
Brown & Hall
A Acton
J. P. Allan
St. George's Square, Guelph
Fre
QTEAM
Carriage & Wagon Wooress
Michael Speight
Hana
Boston
Iowa
Carcelos
Pom
Balfad
Egypt
Suez Canal
Khedive
Palestine
London
Dan
Beersheba
Jerusalem
Syria
Arabia
Bate
Ager
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