Paupers Accounts and County Poorhouse Expenses 1860–61
Audit certifies the Adams County Directors of the Poor and Employment settled the public account for the period from January 1860 to January 1861. It lists balances, cash receipts, disbursements for relief, forage, clothing, funeral expenses, salaries, and sundry items, ending with a certified correct statement by the auditors.
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Pohl B. Danner
Adama
Lo Ordar
Win
McClean, Esq
Degroft
McClean
Esq
Miss Wolf's Vanc
St. Welty
ASUS
Stewart
Joan Brinkerhofs
Amos Leflyer
Henry Dysert
Cob Culp
Ean
County of
Adams
Ysoo
Henry Rupp
John Fisher
Morrison
Polley
Cliza White
Lima
Lama Sophine
Andrew White
Sammel Hartzell
Wiliam Howard
Rebecca Shriver
Jacob Culp
John Brinkerhoff
Amos Lefever
Be Not the First to Discover a Biot on Fame
Advice on friendship and honesty in a flawed circle. The speaker urges humility and sincerity, warning against hypocrisy and concealed feelings as friends mislead or fail one another with false praise and hidden motives.
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Bau
London
Mrs.al
Protect the Birds and Benefit Crops
An agricultural note urges protecting insectivorous birds on farms and gardens. It cites Washington Irving’s respect for birds and the birds’ role as natural pest control, recommending feeding them in cold weather and treating them as valuable farm allies. It argues laws protect birds, yet compliance varies locally.
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Uany
Washington Irving
Curious Onion Seed Sprouting by Boiling Water
An Iowa farmer demonstrates a strange method, soaking onion seeds in boiling water to induce rapid sprouting. He claims seeds sprout within a minute and that planting after boiling accelerates growth by two to three weeks. Neighbors observe the experiment and report the sprouts appear horse hair thin yet ready for planting.
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Iowa
Jewell
Jmie
The Dukos and Dokos in Africa Tales
Chambers' Journal cites tales of tribes south of Kaffa and Susa. The Dokos, four feet tall and olive colored, live in bamboo forests and survive on ants and snakes. They practice limited nursing and slave trade recruiters use bright cloth to lure them.
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Chambers’ Journal
Africa
Kaffa
Susa
Balboo
Aunt Priscilla Potters Eloquence in Election Night
Aunt Priscilla Potter recalls a village political scene when an independent ticket wins the General Assembly. She narrates her speech from the doorway with mispronounced lines, the crowd cheering, and a humorous portrait of Aunt Priscilla improvising in front of a cheering crowd.
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Priscilla Potter
General Assembly
Husband
Hon
Richard Bennett
Bushwhacker County
Bennett
iTurrah
Zephanich Potter
Yau
Bennette
Tim
Independent
Deacon Bump
Byfield
Nancy
Military mishap during Twigs reception in New Orleans
A company of New Orleans soldiers lined up before a construction site faced a hidden mortar bed. When the officer ordered a step back, about twenty feet of ranks slipped backward into the trench. The front files halted, trapping the rear, and the entire unit toppled in a splash of ruined uniforms. They fled by cab and air to avoid further embarrassment.
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Wellington
John Morre
Madrid
Napoleon
Moore
Spain
New Orleans
Curious Epigrams and a Bourbon Prank in the Second Ward
A humorous tale from a Second Ward gathering recounts a dozen youths finding a bottle of bourbon in a female occupant’s room and drinking it dry, later learning the owner had used it for over a month. The item also notes epitaphs, rat control tips with lime and bleach, and assorted remarks on politics, foreign birth suffrage, and early telegraph-style constitutional updates.
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Fieed
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Ron Lim
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Jonathan
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South Adams
Mass
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Dorsetshire
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Sainta Reymes
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Northumberland
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Molly
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Gardener’s Monthly
Johm—John
Texas
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Ohio
Ohio Pomological Society
Olle
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