Reformed bachelor Major Teller finds escape from marriage
Major Teller a famed bachelor flees a widow Miss Patience Pettigrew who pursues him through a downtown boarding house. A crowded church scene leads to a mock wedding that ends when a nap and dream reveal the union never occurred. The tale ends with Teller vowing regular church attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teller
Major Tiller
Patience Pettigrew
Major
Patience
Lamb
Wolf
Mass Patience
Mss
Miss Patience
Mia
Major Tuller
Mas Patience
Diar
Major Teller
Aiza
Miss Pettigrew
Sempronius
Sempronius Teller
Patience Puttigrew
Charon
Styx
Thesexton
Sexton
European Sundays Spark Moral Debate Among Americans Abroad
A correspondent notes Americans abroad lose Sabbath scruples amid Europe s secular pace. Paris theatres and galleries stay open Sundays while a Wesleyan chapel faced costly contracts to protect the day. A church office bearer on a steamer argued a pilgrimage to Pisa justified by forgiveness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Retraron
Europe
Paris
Bias Prayer Bank
Bay of Laghorn
Pisa
Disease and Carelessness in Medical Thought
The piece argues carelessness origins of most diseases and that prudent living aids recovery. It contrasts two theories: universal susceptibility to disease and constitutional seeds that doom some with minor accidents. It notes doctors justify illness by theories yet warn overreliance on theory risks lives, urging a dogmatic medical course rather than empirical doubt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Society
Global tastes in food set by cultures and laws
The article surveys varied dietary customs across nations noting how veal, newborn calf meat, snail dishes, bechlemeire sea worms and star fish are valued differently. It also mentions horse meat markets in Paris, pemmican in Lapland, and bans on certain meats in New York, concluding there is no universal dietary standard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Java
United States
Ireland
England
Naples
Bechlemere
Greece
Paris
New York
Lapland
Early Rising Tale Spoofs Adams and Quincy
A humorous anecdote recounts John Quincy Adams and Josiah Quincy being invited by Judge Story to hear a law class. Both presidents fall asleep, prompting Story to quip that they demonstrate the ill effects of early rising, eliciting laughter from the class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josiah Quincy
John Quincy Adams
Judge Story
Philosphy
Selfishness and Benevolence in Human Life and Sunlight
The text argues that genuine selflessness elevates the noblest individuals and fuels belief in human goodness. It warns that disbelief in unselfish virtue erodes reputation, while faith in benevolence sustains hope and moral development. It also urges embracing sunlight for health, criticizing parasols and urging sun exposure for strength and vitality.
Odd Tales of White Ants From Indian and African Diets
An English magazine recounts unusual uses and habits of white ants. Stories include ants stealing coin from a chest and later found deep in an earth nest, and natives consuming ants as food by roasting and grinding them. The piece notes ants in India and Africa are eaten in various preparations and resemble sweet almond paste in taste.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Albion
Africa
How to Make Delicious Butter according to Traditional Guidance
A fragmentary instructional excerpt describes butter’s fragrant origin and contrasts it with dirt and grease. It outlines cleanliness before milking, cool airy rooms, controlled cream temperature, prompt churning, and careful handling with a clean utensil and tray to preserve butter quality, citing practices observed at the American Institute Farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Pat
Bridget
American Institute” Farmers
Reading Papers and Wild Women in Windsor Park
A reflection extols newspapers as a cure for dull workdays and gloom, then reports a bizarre incident in Windsor England where young women were found living wild in the park, washing clothes in a deer pond and sleeping under trees, prompting marital anxieties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Windsor
England
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Bristol Phenix
Phenix
Hope Street
Bristol
R. I
A. Greene
Wallum
Washington Library CO
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Riverside Institute
New Jersey
Accorda
LIONS
ATP
Ute
Nann
Fe Acarmnanic
Wortie Mors
Simets Ourtoens
Stork
Washington
Riverside
Burlington County
New Jargy
William B. Mann
Lewis B. Broomall
Ceiner A
Mint
Philadia
James M. Scovel
Panaseni Darsarvest
Wasatsates
B.C
Internal Revenue
Aving
Washington Library Company
A. Rollins
George A. Cooke & CO
South and Street
Priladelpais
N.& Read
Maine
Riveraide
GEO A. Cooke & CO
GEO. A. Cooks, & CO
Bankers
South Third Street
T J Griffin, Jr
Bennett's Coal
State Street
Nand
Lyken
Vatlay
Franklin
Lackawanna
Constitution Streat
Joseph L. Gardner
Augeust
W.st Morse
Thames and
Constitution Streets
The
Budtor Tran
Pronch Ware &O
Jmn Gladding
J Tron
E &S
Jotin Gladding
Nur
Thames Street
P. Brownell Raler
GEQ
Tillfy
Bradford Street
Geo Tilley
Bralfoot Stroet
Brownell
Providence
Commodore
Mechanic
Constitution
John Gladding
Geoo Tilley
Bralford Street
Cook ’S Palace
Ente
Bralford St
E. P. Brownell
E.P. Brownell
H. Richmond
Exchange Place
Fanor Coreen
O. Crora
Bat
Evene
John
York
Eap
Earth
Beecher
Dio Lewis
Newararers
Cobe
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