Old Virginia Steeple Chase Ends in River Ride and Exhausting Dinner
The narrative recounts a Christmas 1810 ride from Roanoke with Senator Crawford and Mr. Randolph, famed for riding prowess. A swift, faultless start on three horses ends in a cold river plunge, hound packs, and a long, laborious return to Col. Barksdale's. Crawford, exhausted and bruised, finally departs without comment on the chase.
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Mr. Randolph
Ile
Washington
Senator Crawford
Georgia
Kia State
Roanoke
Crawford
Randolph
Washington City
Mr. Crawford
Caroline County
Johnny
Juba
Jubia
Virginia
Stanton River
Gullea
Col. Barksdale
Origin of the Names of the Days of the Week
The article explains seven day names from ancient Chaldean and Ptolemaic astronomy, mapping hours to deities and gods across the week, detailing Sunday through Friday by hour sequence, with notes on Saxon equivalents and sources. It includes a secondary anecdote about an old man burying a bag of £870, and a quoted aside from Fanny Fern on illness and aging.
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Earth
Saturn
Jupiter
Mars
Sun
Venus
Mercury
Moon
Mara
Thor
Neepy
United States
Sie
Bones Found Deep in Antelope Dig Sow Mystery of Past
A railroad digging near Antelope, 450 miles west of Omaha, uncovered human bones at sixty eight feet, including a skull and jaw, with layers also yielding extinct elephants and tigers. Scientists debate whether remains are from prehistoric times or a cataclysmic burial, testing theories on human origin.
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Antelope
Omaha
memoranda for young ladies and salon chatter notes
A fragmented column mixes comical admonitions for young ladies about proper conduct and vanity with a satirical medical essay on hair based character. It includes humorous lines on courting, shopping with mothers, and a long excerpt on how hair color and texture supposedly reveal personality traits. The piece also references prizefights, saloon culture, and a pseudo scientific take on hair and temperament.
Senator Drake Attacks Test Oath in Jefferson City
In a late Jefferson City speech Senator Drake argued that even if the Supreme Court finds the test oath unconstitutional disfranchisement would persist under the Constitution’s second article. He labeled such reasoning as tyranny and warned that a Court ruling void would upend disfranchisement.
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Bae
Jefferson City
Drake
Supreme Court
Mares Eggs and Pat the Irishman Joke
A joke describes an Irishman newly arrived who buys a pumpkin thinking it contains a cheap horse after it rolls, a joke about a rabbit appearing from the pumpkin. The piece then adds a pun on repentance and a Beecher quotation about turning away from theft and the meaning of repent.
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Pat
Murther
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