Bean Farm Squire and the Hatful of Beans Tale
A narrator recounts a village tale about Jack Bligh a lazy youth who reforms after a girl named Nelly helps him. He returns prosperous to marry Nelly after years apart. The story ends with their life at Bean Farm and a daughter, linking fortune to a hatful of beans.
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Uspak
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Oll
Nelle
Bligh
Mer
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Squire Bligh
Nelly Gikes
Squire
Nelly Giles
Pima
Fair Haven
Myeself
Julia Goddard
The Air and Its Breath of Life
The text explores air as a living force and its composition of oxygen and nitrogen. It describes air's vast reach, its blue tint when in large quantities, and its role in sustaining life through the essential process of breathing. It notes how fresh air supports life while impure air becomes poisonous if inhaled repeatedly.
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Shinkspeare
The Model Conductor And The Perils Of Procrastination
A humorous and moralizing piece contrasts the ideal streetcar conductor with a sermon on punctuality. It extols the conductor as vigilant, courteous, and patient, then shifts to a warning against procrastination, urging immediate action and warning that presently is often too late.
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Earth
Debt dread in Horace Greeley lecture urged avoidance
The speaker warns that most young businessmen fall into debt and industry in constant struggle. He argues debt is worse than hardship, urges youths to shun pecuniary obligations, and suggests frugality or self reliance to avoid financial ruin.
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Gorxa Isto Desi
Horace Greeley
Sunger
Daily diligence and sacred work in humble home life
Spurgeon urges believers to blend daily chores with holy service rather than chase distant missions. He warns against faith proclaimed without clean living and emphasizes neat homes, steady duties, and small acts of love as entries to a heavenly calling. A teacher defines genius as the power of making effort.
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Rericius
Berra Gad
Apostle
Spurgeon
Mean Man Versus Good Fellow in Marriage Debate
A Missouri Republican correspondent defends the mean man arguing he is reliable and decisive, contrasting him with the good fellow who says yes but acts rarely. The piece proposes the mean man makes a tougher husband, citing scenes of social life and marriage, and concludes with a provocative, humorous question about who is right.
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Tas Mopkt
Corporation
Boston
Missouri Republican
St Loui
Fourth Street
Bhnaels
Tom
Carp
Invention of the Lantern Traced to Alfred the Great
The article discusses Alfred the Great using 72 wax tapers for timekeeping, each twelve inches long and burning four hours, arranged to measure twenty four hours. Wind damaged tapers led to lanterns made from ox or cow horns to protect the flames.
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Alfred the Great
Alfred
Asterius
The Eyebrows and the Language of the Face
The text notes eyebrows reveal inner feelings more than other facial features. It cites Lavater Pliny and Joe Bron describing eyebrows as signs of character and emotion, moving with the will and displaying pride vanity severity kindness and other passions.
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Lavater
Softan
Pliny
Joe Bron
Cheerfulness and Contentment Brighten Nature
The piece argues cheerful minds bring sunlit skies and fragrant flowers while discontentment spoils beauty, food, and company. It contrasts lively, energized life with a sour mood that ruins scenery, weather, and interactions, leaving one isolated and unloved.
Waterfall visions and urban fantasies in a late night fragment
A fragmented urban sketch recounts vivid images of waterfalls amid Cincinnati streets. The narrator describes scenes of sparkling cascades near St. Clair, encounters with several women, and surreal electric impressions. The prose blends fantastical imagery with social commentary and drifting dialogue, anchored by a chaotic stream of consciousness tone.
Apple orchards and light health in old New England food lore
A Cobbet-like discourse extols apples as economical, healthful fare and a remedy for constipation and fevers. It advocates abundant apple dishes, praising baked apples for digestibility and dietary benefits, and warns against overstuffing children with sweets.
Rural credit advances land a punchy talkout
A local exchange quotes a farmer and merchant discussing credit use in rural trade. The customer notes cash sales are dull while credit persists and hints at trusted purchases, mentioning Aunt Betsey Pushard and her Speckled Bullet tale as a village example.
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Betsey Pushard
Nebraskan preacher surprises crowd with misplaced sermon prop
A Nebraska preacher’s joke unfolds badly as an audience member notices the minister wears another’s coat and pulls from his pocket a fake hymn book, prompting shocked silence and laughter from the back of the church. The mishap ends as the crowd reacts with disbelief and amusement.
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Nebraska
Wilake
Vrymi
Epectacles
Saratoga Lawyer’s Art Purchase Sparks Criticism
A Saratoga County lawyer with refined tastes subscribed to a Metorial Bible engraving set. The engravings proved disappointing to his judgmental friends and fellow subscribers. A bought portrait of Joseph prompted the lawyer to confront the parson about the poor quality and value of the set.
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Saratoga County
Ilere
Jip
Erin
Joseph
Salute misreadings on a Pennsylvania rail trip
An account of Judge B and a traveling party near Harrisburg where a gray silk figure in a maple shade is misread as a saluting handkerchief. The scene includes Mr. Q and neighbors discussing a mare thought to be an accessory, with gossip about dames and dam related terms and a digression into mills and lawyers.
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Judge B
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
M. Q
Mr. Q
John B
Bao
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