Woes of Two Little Vagrants on Avery Farm Story
Little Madame and Canard leave their contented life on Avery farm to seek the world. They wander days and nights, face hardship, cold, and hunger, and learn that many seek only for themselves. At last they find a home with the farmer and return, with Canard now the farmyard storyteller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago News
Madame
Canard
Avery Farm
Rasselas
Happy Valley
Ducky
Ganard
Avery
Young Farmers at Noah's Ark on Long Island Farm
On Long Island two 12 and 13 year olds Elihu and Patrick work as hired hands at a growing Noahs Ark farm run by two aunts. They live in a tent, manage a mixed menagerie, and juggle chores from poultry to pigs, cats, ducks, rabbits, a cow and a collie, with daily schedules and occasional mishaps. The piece highlights their contentment, responsibility, and the quirky expansion of the farm beyond chickens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Tribune
Long Island
Elihu
Patrick
Eliau
Elhu
New York
Boston
Michael Angelo
Mary Jane
Henrietta
Peeping
Tom
Moxie
Minnie
Poutcher Bullock
Bullock Poutcher
Plain Poutcher
Bobby Burns
Peggy
Angoras
Morris
Wiggly Pig
Piggly Wig
Fanny
Dollie
Queen Elizabeth
Roosevelt Children and Pets at the White House Fifty Dogs and Cats
The Roosevelt family kept numerous canine companions at the White House and Sagamore Hill. Jack the black and tan dog was buried at Sagamore Hill beside Skip, while Scamp the mixed breed, Pete the bull terrier, and Rollo the St Bernard caused commotions around the mansion. Diamond the English bulldog pup joins the ever-growing menagerie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack
President Roosevelt
Executive Mansion
Roosevelt
Alice Roosevelt
Sagamore Hil
Skip
Mrs. Roosevelt
White House
Kermit
Archie
Nat Wills
Mrs. Rooseveltt
District of Columbia
Scamp
Kansas
Schmid
Pete
Virginia
Roosevelts
Oyster Bay
M. Jusserand
Rixey
John Thomas
Navy Department
Rollo
St. Bernard
Executive Avenue
State, War and Navy
Borie
Countess Cassini
Diamond
Ethel
Thomas Stone
Zoological Park
Washington
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Noah’s Ark
Philadelphia Record
Sagamore Hill
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