Chester the Patchwork City of Antiquities and Farming
The narrative extols Chester as a layered patchwork of eras from Druids to Romans to Saxons. It praises the town’s rugged walls, the cathedral church of St Werburgh, and old markets. The author notes the rocky site, lodgings carved into rock, and a unique covered walkway street design. He also contrasts English farming with American methods, remarks on gleaning in barley fields, and highlights poorer rural inhabitants seeming better off due to tied plots.
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Curstrr
Chester
Eprron
England
Abbey of
St. Werburgh
Matthew Henry
Camimien
Ethelred
Birmingham
America
Ruth
Bar-foot
Amariva
Erin
Pennsylvania
Stacks and Fences Mark English Farm Yards and Poor Markets
The writer notes conical grain stacks 36 pounds each tied tight and stacked neatly, then thatched with straw. English fields rely on hedges rather than fences, with regular labor and neat hedgerows enhancing landscape. Fruit and milk are scarce luxuries for the poor. wages for workers are lower than in America.
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Gonyus
England
Mic
America
Motherly counsel and a cheeky city critiqued
A disjointed 19th century mosaic argues prayer teaches virtue and resilience, extols a virtuous heart as the truest happiness, then shifts to social edicts on marriage. It praises industrious wives from kitchens and shops, mocks fashion, lampoons social fools, and ends with comic shop misreadings and a backwoods grocer tale.
Shovelling off a Side Walk Tangle
A Sun report recalls an Irish immigrant who asked for a pick to clear snow, misunderstanding the phrase shovel off the side walk. He ends up uprooting bricks while the merchant sought only snow removal, prompting bemused explanations and a lesson in miscommunication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddy
Teddy
Ian
Wuddy
The War and its Consequences and Reflections
A compilation of 19th century editorial notes on the Mexican war aftermath, political struggle over treaties and slavery, a Randall Park quote on Christianity, parlor morals, and odd tidbits. It cites Wessler’s Senate remarks on a two thirds consent for cession treaties, invokes Providence, includes Allan Park’s London quote on Christianity, notes sugar costs and education, a Corfu anecdote, Swedish emancipation plans for St Bartholomew, Gov Golby of New Hampshire as a businessman and farmer, a sea captain tale, and a joke about snuff and brains.
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Wessler
Senate
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