The Ten Little Grasshoppers Rhyme Summary
A short verse features ten grasshoppers on a vine. One eats too much corn and becomes nine. Three others seek new pastures, attempt to cross a river, and reduce the count to two.
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Newspaper
Daily Star
Location
Marion, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1877
Page
4
After Aunt Pris Funeral We Tidy the House
Sue and I sit by the kitchen fire two days after the funeral planning how to face a future of worry. John Slade arrives to discuss Aunt Priscilla’s will and possible plans, while Cree and Sue weigh options to survive on a tight income. The spread of debt, a mortgage, and a chance to sell or borrow looms as they clutch at a fragile hope. The paper fire reveals a fire in New York that may wipe out the local press, adding ruin to their already strained world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Priscilla
Sue
Cinderella
Pris
John Slade
Dr. Slade
John
Aunty
Lucretia
Princilla
Susan
Lucretia Pendexter
Squire Packard
Sarah Brackett
Cree
Langworthy
Laynworthy
Dr. Langworthy
Post-Office
Intelligencer
New York
Abner
Telest
Atis
Pulisher
Rae
Esse
Iohn
Ae R
Iter
Samuel * Morse
Harper's Ba
Intelligencer sale sparks a treasure and a toast
A fragment from Harper's Bazaar recounts a family moment around a valuable file of the Intelligencer sold for a thousand dollars. John and Sue celebrate love and new security as the acquisition promises stability and a nod to Samuel Morse.
The Chinese Lantern Trade Boom and Its Illumination Boom
The Chinese lantern trade has become a major income source for Boston pyrotechnics dealers as demand for lanterns surges while ordinary fireworks lag. Lanterns, often made in New York, Germantown, or nearby, are refined in design to be affordable and transportable, with cylinders about twelve inches long and four to five inches in diameter selling at six dollars per hundred and large globe frames at twenty dollars per hundred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bu Ness
Marti
Boston
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