Effie Effe Plot Leads to an Unlikely Engagement
A narrator reflects on guardianship over Effie Effe now eighteen and her scheme to marry well. Effie wooed by Martin Sayler at a Lake Lake party after arranging for her rival Lawrence Beckwith to join. Sayler and Effie’s aunt end up engaged to each other. Effie’s prior plan aimed at Beckwith is revealed as a calculated match. The piece ends with the aunt vowing to marry a man older than herself, despite past vows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Effie
Effe
Lawrence Beckwith
Martin Sayler
Sayler
Mr. Sayler
Eff
Efe
Lawrence
Beckwith
Night Bell Turns Lawyer Calls into Wills at Night
A man seeking a doctor uses a night bell and meets a lawyer on the top floor. The lawyer explains he handles urgent wills at night, not medical emergencies, and often drafts legal papers after 10 p.m. to address sudden illness or missed wills.
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Shim
New York Times
Influence of the sire in dairy cattle breeding
A private letter cites longstanding doctrine that sires influence offspring more than dams. Examples include Guernsey bull Espanore 2nd producing high yielding daughters from low mothers, and Starlight's Excelsior whose progeny include record setters. The author urges buyers to choose superior bulls regardless of price.
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Guernsey
Espanore
Starlight’s Excelsior
Blossom
Koskkonong
Starlight
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Wisconsin
Norgard
McCormick and
Batchélors
Paris Green
Harge ‘Power
Paris
Bordeaux
Martin C. Ribsam
Corner Broad and
Front Streets
Trenton, N. J
Farmers” Supply House
Ruther
Columbia Farm
Pittsburg
Wyckoff Bros
Hightstown
New Jersey
Charles C. Groves
Frank A. Brown
Liverpool & London & Globe, Commercial Union, Niagara Ins. Co., Caledonian
Queen Ins. Co
Camden Fire Ins. Co
Ins. Co
N. America
F. A. Brown
Hiea
UN Optical
Leamning
Pres
Cor
State and
Warren St's
Trenton
Fred
Green
Ake Altern
Ee Elly ‘Taylor Opera House Stores
John Winar
San Francisco
Wee
Sunset
Pacific
Far West
Panama-Pacific Club
Panama Canal
Atlantic
Hhe
Panama-Pacific Crus
Battery Street
California
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