Quilting at Miss Jones's Bed Quilt Hearing in a Church Scene
The piece narrates a quilting gathering at Miss Jones's home where neighbors discuss the minister and his wife. Gossip centers on Mary Linden, Betsy Babbet relays rumors of an alleged affair with a man named Hugh, and the group debates propriety, social standing, and the minister's personal life before the minister reveals the birth of his son Hugh.
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Miss Brown
Ripleys
Miss Jones
Mary Ann
Alzina
Ophelia
Smith
Josiah
Ophelia Dobbs
Fetty
Miss Allen
Mary Ann Jones
Miss Graves
Mount Vernon
Maggie Snow
Widder Tubbs
Widder
Meetin
Lucinder Dobbs
Mebby
Squire Edwards
Betsy Babbet
Betsy
Miss Deacon Graves
Mary Linden
United States
Wommen
Jake Coleman
Hugh
Charles
Betsey
Ome Dobbs
Ann
Lower Snow
Aunt Allen
Maggie
Miss Edwards
Joneses
Erebius
Josiah Allen
Sam
Wimmer
Michael Angelico
Ie Snow
Michael Angelica
Mr. Ruben
Band of Hope
Dorcas Society
Home Missions
Miscellany on Sadness, Life, and the Pastor's Wife
A collection of reflective excerpts warns that sadness can mask hypocrisy and urges praise in all company. It contemplates eternity, time, and human discourse, then lampoons the ideal ministerial wife as requiring endless energy, virtue, and service without reward.
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Cottier
Clarence Cook
San Fordd
Melbourne H. Ford
Grand Bartos, Mrom
Mental Heredity of the Bach Family in Music
The Bach family, tracing to 1550, produced many eminent musicians across eight generations. Weit Bach, a Presburgh baker, started the line with his five sons, all organists or Stadt Musiker, who held annual reunions to sustain a family patriarchal bond. Azbot notes 57 members. Fetis lists 57.
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Bach
Regina Susanna
Weit Bach
Presburgh
Fetis
Azbot
A Disease Apt To Attack Boys And Other Tidbits
Excerpts discuss a boys health anxiety before school known as Sunday sickness with a boy’s hopeful dread and motherly encouragement. Also cited are quotes on staying healthy by outdoor living, and a note on Shamil ben Haddin’s confinement and sleep outdoors in Novgorod.
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Danbury
John
Espair
Novgorod
Darapski
Sam Houston
Texas
Popular Science Monthly
Theological student’s sermon charms village deacon
An Ohio seminarian preaching near Cleveland uses the number three to illustrate life and salvation. An aged deacon praises the talk and jokingly notes triple aisles lamps books and ink spots, then oddly mentions three colored men in the gallery. In a separate car tale two men discuss seven rooms over a store, finding the location quiet because no one advertises.
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Ohio
Cleveland
Noah
Danbury
Judge Grants Second Chance In Curiously Timed Horse Theft
A Nebtaska judge offers a horse thief a new chance at reform. As he departed for a fresh start he took the judge’s horse with him, prompting questions about the outcome and the animal’s fate.
Dandies of the Olden Time Dress Values
The piece mocks historic fashion by detailing Sir Walter Raleigh and the Duke of Suekingwu with lavish garments and宝 diamonds. It notes grand garments, jewelry and armor, including Raleighs ruby hat and armor of solid silver, and compares the enormous dress costs to past money values.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beau Brummel
Romeo Cates
Sir Walter Raleigh
James
Duke of
Suekingwu
Preacher Prods Averted Targets Allegedly Urged
A church elder urges the young minister to preach against Jews, claiming they have no friends in town. The exchange frames preaching as a method for avoiding direct confrontation while stoking intolerance.
Isaac Newton explains world creation by chance
A skeptical visitor claims the world formed by chance. Newton shows the clever globe and replies Nobody made it it happened here. The man realizes the point about divine creation through a simple, memorable remark.
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Wno Mavek
Sir Isaac Newton
Sir Isaac
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