Betting on political results narrated in a rough tale
A narrator recalls early wagers on elections in a rural setting. Uncle Josiah Windlass discusses the risks of betting and a pivotal election for a local representative. Deacon Hezekiah Bulked bets against a lawyer, Jim Humspuno wins big, and the deacon later denounces betting on elections as harmful to morals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bathett
Rivera
Ike
Josiah Windlass
Jim Humspuno
Jim
Treeforg
Hezekiah
Josiah
Deacon Bushed
American Fables and Tales of Goat Morals in Barnyard Folklore
A fragmentary collection recounts fables The Owl and the Farmer The Servant and the Peasant The Hen and the Swan featuring a farmer, geese, a limp bird and a hen disputing a swan. Morals critique burglary, trust and pride with rustic humor and blunt wit.
Wit and Wisdom Comic Fragments From Various Papers
A collage of quips and humorous snippets from Chicago Times Albany Journal New Orleans Picayune and other papers. Jests touch on newspapers pride misprints and social foibles with playful mishearings and nursery fables.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenland
Chicago Times
Chicago Ledger
New
Orleans Picayune
Albany Journal
Montreal
Norristown
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H. Ingham
Aeon
Iowa
Troy OH
Kossuth County
First National Bank
Public Square, Algona
J. W. Bartlett
Crose & Dalton
T. L. Crose
Minnesota
John H. Queal & Co
Lae
Sinaia
Lso
Northwestern Depot
W.W. Wheeler
Agt
Algona, Ia
The
Comstock
Beth
Eae
Ben Boley
Nako
Danville
Mae
California
Hindoo Theosophy
Lam
Francisco
New York
Tribune
Mecca
Kaaba
MaryTr. Danforth
Winthrop School
Boston
Transcript
Harvard Crimson
Harvard
America
C. T. Walker
New Haven
Conn
North Stonington
Albany
Hamilton College
Hartford Post
Mopat
WIT and Wisdom
Andyloods
Smythe
Bushich
al Anoora
the Golden Star
Annis Bros
Algona
Ambrose A. Call
Chas
Porter
Philip Dorweiler
D. H. Hutchins
J. M. Comatock
OL. Lund
V. H. Stough
FR. Lewis
D. H. Mutehins
F. B
Lewis, Cashier
M. L. Clarke
Ligeti
Iniing
Mie x
Pasan
Bo ‘Pree
Ae Roe Sundkganye
Arene
Nort Northwesternn Hugg Me Ensurance Company
Webmeaee
Leonia Seine
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