Rain and Melancholy in a Dreamy Evening
A lyrical reflection by T. Buchanan Reed describes rain, misty marshes, moonlit rivers, and a dreamy world where love and longing mingle. Imagery of dew, jewels from the sea, and a spirit dipping rain over land frames a solitary speaker pondering beloved figures Mary and Genila as evening tides approach.
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Douglas
Nebraska
Canada
Illinois
Iowa
Salt Lake
Mississippi River
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Jericho
Ohio
Michigan
New York
Altoona
The Fuqueer in an Indian Village Adventure
A traveler's account describes a wandering fuqueer in an Indian village. He profiles the holy beggar, his ritual journey by a makeshift cart, his demands for alms, and his dramatic confrontation with the narrator using a battery and coercive curses. The tale ends with the narrator aiding by whip and retreat, noting such episodes expose local superstitions.
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India
Tle
Brimstone
Peiron Devi
Hero
Khooda
Kidmudgar
Sheilan
New York
Providence
Vermont
Boston
York
Fashions and Westward Yarns From a Boisterous Era
A collage of flippant tales and letters from a 19th century page. A disbanded volunteer writes from a New York hotel railing against fashionable women and wimmin. a Dutch father muses on Western emigration. and comic vignettes recount a boot theft on a steamboat, plus mock exams for a railway director.
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Voluntair
Nicholas
New York
Sunday Times
Wimmon
Broadway
California
Efmen
Haint
Indy Ken
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John & Rohrer
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Damas
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York Counties
J. W. Fisher
George J. Smith
Columbia and Philadelphia
Baltimore
Pittsburg
Canal Basin
B.F. Appold & CO
Annie Els
ELS & Richi
J. F Smiths Wholesale and
Washington House
H. ¥. Appold & CO
Rapp
Ohn Felix
Welsh & Rich
Ate George
J. Smitil
G. J. Smith
Bank
Franklin House
Cook & Co
Saylor & McDonald
Victorine
Golden Mortar Drug Store
I, Suydam& Sons
S. Jones
Batchelor
Peter
Front St
Ys & Thompson
Reiner
Are E. Williams
iColombia
Filbert
Columbis, Pa
Hockery
Putnam's Monthly
Peterson's Magazine
T. Buchanan Reed
Mary
Pop
Papa
Darling
Wiexen
Selertians
Kansas
Saturday Evening Post
Cambridgeport
Mass
Martin
Darkey
James
New Jersey
Camden and Amboy
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