A Death for a Death and the Mystery of Lucie Pomfret
A man recalls his engagement to Lucie Pomfret and a trip to her Rose Hill home where he witnesses a confrontation between Lucie and a blond rival. A violent struggle ensues, a vengeful mother figure reveals a tragic backstory, and Lucie’s fate intertwines with a curse and a revelation about a past love. The tale links gipsey fortune telling, betrayal, and a deadly drama with a foreshadowed death for death.
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Lucie Pomfret
Pomfrets
Lucie
Darling
Pomfret
Mrs. Vernon
Rose Hill
Nassae
Lamarques
Vale
Lecit
Vernon
Stone & Selden
New York
Oakville
New England
Chicago
Iman
Alice
Ier
Jane Dala
Basil Grey
Kiss Telegram Poem Reflects Love and Friendship
Fragment poetry lines speak of a kiss as a telegram of love and friendship. The speaker contrasts warmth and silence, seeking a kiss that embodies spring and earnest emotion over cold December. The tone resembles intimate era verse with vivid natural imagery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wari
Would You Play the Manly Lover
A graybeard counsels his son on winning a maiden with manly wooing not boasts or sighs. He urges courage patience and strength showing devotion through action and readiness to endure. The tale references a knight and a bold courting gesture as proof of worth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graybeard
London
Old Stnpkin
Seutiing
Advice on colt care and preventing disease in yearlings
A Country Gentleman correspondent urges careful colt management after weaning. Separate shy or slow eaters to prevent loss of ration, avoid drugs and quackery, and guard against overfeeding by the boldest. argues two year olds in America are often less forward than English three-year-olds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clericultural Gazette
Lincolnshire
America
England
King's Vegetable Ambrosia Restores Gray Hair and Dandruff
Readers troubled by premature graying hair or falling hair can use King's Vegetable Ambrosia. It is praised as a restorer of gray hair and a refined hair dressing that softens and invigorates the scalp, helps prevent baldness, and in many cases restores hair on bald heads.
Naughty Deacon Kissed Neighbor's Wife Stirring Church Scandal
A Clifton Park Baptist Church deacon, a butcher known as Deacon W, kissed a neighbor's wife while her husband was away. The exposure sparked wide town talk and calls for atonement, amid past similar accusations and church discipline.
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Frog Press
Dan
Clifton Park
Saratoga County
Baptist Church
Deacon W
Withal
Balloon plans and a well misjudgment amid a city fire
In a gossiping vignette, Mr. Ferguson stumbles home drunk again while his wife laments. A scene at a fire in Constantinople ends in tragedy as a woman, sure she saved a child, discovers she has dropped her baby into a well and saved only a plate.
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Tie
A. R. Dyett
Mr. Ferguson
Front Street
Liza
Long Mon
Constantinople
First Prayer in Congress and Anecdotes from 1777
The note shows Rev. Jacob Duche’s historic prayer for the American States in Congress. It recalls a country inn scene where a lad is asked to stablize a horse and pay a Dutchman for lager, plus a minister’s comic marital charge and a question about finding a husband for a dollar and a half.
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Congress
Thatcher
Isittary
Jacob Duche
Jesus Christ
Biddy
Fragments of Humorous Observations and Local Oddities
A long list of quips, puns, and social jests unfolds from varied locales. Entries touch on women rights, fashion, crime, pasteboard satire, and everyday mishaps. Notable bits reference Detroit wearers, Louisville Oregon quiet towns, and a mix of humorous anecdotes about judges, poets, and clerks.
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Repli Jiely Pav
Wedhesdas
Uv Hue
SPS
Garver
Vrriek
Iran
Union Foundry
Cannereville
Ron
F.om
Thomas Little
Faw
Connersville
Indiana
Sean
Fick
Mecrow
G. BP. Elmendore
Bontes
Aril
Caamersville
Tri
Pees
Ww. J. Jewiss
Ind
Eneh
Pias
Etore
Pranglin Life Insurance Company
Indianapolis
W.ot. Geensley
A. H. Wood
Connersveille
H, Vankooten
Averar Easton and
Central Avenues
ROM
Wendeson
Mai
Broadway Hotel
Cor
Brondi
St. Cescennape
Ov Hendrickson & Phillips
Newrire
Lee
KP Wal & Co
Nashua
N. WH
James Elliott
Chalfes IX
T. L.kiis
Central Avenue
Albert O. Rawls
Hes
Sarrigan Street
Branch Tant
Yenre
Pougitety & Grove
Voonnersville
Leffice
Ifuston
Gall
J. EL. Spencer & CO
N.Y
Optiecius
Fries
T. L. Griffis
Vieu'’s
Frederic Howe Marion
Eleaver
Indies
Remson Appleby
Annie Silverberg
Ife
Appleby
Europe
Aalimony
Sutherland
Blues OF
AV Bat
Det
Hon
PBR
Mornay
Lao Yi
Dalfar
Brussels
Ingrain
Wool
Stair and
DR. Lawrence
Koskoo
Titr Great
DR. J. Lawrence
Invalides
United States
British America
Ain
BY IN G. Sane
Custor
Twain
Lili
Detroit
Lancaster, Pa
Louisville
Oregon
St. Louis
San Francisco
New York State
Anarchin
Aml
Lotyleisig
Leening Post
Vermont
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