Sensible experiments in perception and country life recollections
An 19th century style discussion notes an easy optical illusion experiment with warmed and cooled coins showing how touch pressure and temperature mislead. It features Ruskin’s praise of country life and short anecdotes about Ab Drake and a Manchester bachelor’s failed courtship, illustrating social humor and rural character.
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Old Ab Drake
Vermont
Jess
Tye
Lizy Ellen
Somnambulist Child and a Gruff Historian Chronicle Oddities
Mrs Hickam learns her youngest son Johnny walks in his sleep and fetches kindling while asleep, a mystery Samuel and Lucinda debate. In a separate vein Freeman, a blunt critic, is a challenging dinner companion whose mood softens only outdoors, famed for snubbing and bluntness.
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Mr. Hickam
Lucinda
Gruff Historian
Saturday Review
Freeman
Wells
Bob Lowe
Lord Sherbrooke
Mendip
Carlyle
Chambers’ Journal
Mayor’s friend wins with one eating rule six inches from table
Philadelphia Mayor Weaver recalls a friend famed for stoutness and cheer. In a dining tale the friend says his only rule when eating is to sit six inches from the table, a curious habit that sparks the speaker’s amusement and gastronomy discussion.
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Weaver
Philadelphia
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