Legal Complications and Quirks in Rural Tales
A jumble of light anecdotes and mock legal talk features Si Jackson asks for law on a neighbor’s knot in a horse’s tail, while other snippets joke about courtship, memory, and theatrical quips. The piece blends humor with brief vignettes from Harper’s Bazar and Household Monthly noted alongside local whimsy.
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Si Jackson
Gouge
Halim
Question of a Name and a Proposal in a Blush
Chapple asks Miss Higgins to marry after a playful chat about changing names. Higgins blushes and hesitates before answering yes. The lighthearted exchange captures a courting moment in a social scene.
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Chapple
Miss Higgins
Various Quick Jokes and Snippets from 19th Century Papers
A collage of humorous lines and dialogues from Chicago Tribune Chicago Mail Chicago News Record and Boston Globe style columns. Jokes cover engagements marriages asides and stage kissing with playful exchanges and light gossip.
An Old Oaken Bucket Birthplace and Other Tales
Notes trace Samuel Woodworth birthplace Scituate January 18 1785 his printer training in Boston and his New York career with the Mirror and Columbian Sentinel The piece cites his poem The Old Oaken Bucket written 1817 and mentions his death in 1842 with later burial changes. It also covers feats of strength by Sullivan and snippets from Harper’s Young People and various miscellany items.
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Scituate
Samuel Woodworth
Benjamin Russell
Columbian Sentinel
Boston
New York City
George P. Morris
the Mirror
Woodworth
Duane Street
Wall-street
Selim
Pacific Ocean
Morrell
New York
San Francisco
Garden and Forest
Landon
Sampson
Sullivan
Sthenos
London
Anlephant
Harper
Joseph Pulitzer
City Hall Park
Pulitzer
Politzer
Dor
Lew II
Taree
Das
Lewis
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Ayers
Ayer
A. W. Bartlett
Pittsfield
N. N
J.C. Ayer
Humphreys
Albany
U. S. Army
J. K
Corner William and
John
Zumper
Hays
Humphreys’ Medicine CO
Corner William and John Sts
OA. C
F. Sayder
M'Vicker's Theater
Bristol
KU Bitters
Alphur Bitters
A. P. Oniway & Co
Mass
Maine
Eee
Cansé
Hejoice
Nancy
Mr. Winkle
Mr. Winkie
Polly
van Arnde
Maid Marian
van A
Kate Field
Washington
St. Vandyke Brown
Titian Jones
Cargo News Record
The
Iago
Lisa
Mr. McSwat
Baci
Harry
Chicago Mail
Smith
Africa
Fonny Smyth
George
Boston Globe
Mason
Lumber Yard
Bradford Street
Coal Pockets &c
State Street
Insurance
Pawtagket Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Stephen P. Fink
Edmund 8. Mason
A.a. Mann
Benjamin F. Smith
George A. Mumford
James L. Jenks
George W.newell
Prilo E. Thayer
George L. Walker
Edward A. Greene
Robert Sherman
AHAS
P. Moses
Jell Isaac Shove
P. Shinner, Jr
Geo. H. Peck
Mutual Life Insurance Co
Hamburg-Bremen
Dorchester Mutual Fire Ins. Co
Edward S Babbitt
Equitable
Providence
R. I
GEQ
H. Peck
R.I
Union Mutual
Casid Assets
Edwin Barrows
Joseph T. A. Eddy
P. Skinner
Fire Insurance Agency
Aetna Insurance Company
Hartford
Conn
Connecticut Fire Insurance Co
Pennsylvania Fire Insurance Co
Philadelphia
New Orleans
ODD Fellows Building
L. M
HH. Spooner
Warren and
Daowld Waldron
Pierce State Street
C A Johnson
Hope Street
TE McCaw
Ifigh Street
Carl Sirgei
Mt Hope Avenue
Byfield Market
Colchester
WM. Fred. Fish
Waldron
Errem
Price
Queen Gcnemigcal CO
Race Street
Cincinnati
Zoantiee
Bovion
Gove Alare
Travelers? Guide, &c
OLD Colony Railroad
Providence Division
Warren
Swill
Fall River
Exchange Place
Market Square
Newport
J. R. Kendrick
Isaac N. Marshall
Geo. L. Connor
G. P
T. A
Fall River and Providence Steamboat CO
Bristol Ferry
D. C. Lawton
T. H. Brownell
Embels
William T. Dunwell
South Water Street
Lew
Seanad
T. A. Campbeli
Shellac
Aule
Setil Paull
Court Street
Yillagea
Goor
Josiah F. Peckitam
Henry Goff, Jr
Sallie J. Battey
Bureau For Buyers
West 128Th Street
Gero. P. RowEr & Co
Spruce Street
Hope Avenue
Geiser
Mount Hope Avenue
A. Geisler
Sanford & Munro
Glaziers, &Ec
High and
Bourn Sts
Brightman Brothers
Bristol, R. I
Sanford
I.B
Munro
Leo Rey
Bethee Hanes
Ant
Scientific American Agency
Wee Ter & Co
Puresa Tor
Scientific American
U. S
Address Co
A. Snow & Co
Pateast
Patent Office
Sexton
J. R. Littell
Ashington
D.C
Posite
U. S. Patent Office
Tsay
Gus de Jay
Wille Washington
Washinton
Mike
Park Row
Sonny
Sid
Nohu
Niahke Cuke
Atchison Clube
Poamuse
Lou
Detroit Free Free
Chicago
Nho
Grand Army of the Republic
George S. Merrill
Dr. Lewis i
Friendship Street
Rkichmond Street
Weyboonet Street
Eleanor Kirk
Greene Avour
Brooklyn
Edson Brothers
Equitable Building
Washington, D. C
Rowell
Spruce St. N. i