Shad Fisherman Relates Global Catch Tales From Gloucester
An elderly Gloucester shad guide recalls seasonal runs from Carolina to Florida and the St Johns. He narrates shad flies, market prices, and the Gizzard and Jew fish with vivid detail of Amazon river fishing and South American catches. He notes government efforts to stock Connecticut waters and praises United States shad, ending with a boast about Jew fish and local tastes.
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Gloucester
Carolina
Amazon
Id Dominion
Florida
Jersey
Philadelphi
Connecticut
St. Marys
St. Johns
Bull
United States
Jones
Philadelphia
St Johns
Yeller
Philadelphia Times
Agricultural miscellany from the 1880s farming press
The excerpt catalogs diverse rural topics from 1880s sources. It notes big wool and wheat figures, tree planting in Britain, value of mahogany veneers, nursery root checks, home conveniences on farms, egg weighing, and the Japanese persimmon in the US. It cites manure returns on poultry, cattle density facts for England Ireland and Jersey, and practical tips for horse feed and clay gravel floors.
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California
Great Britain
Fish Farmers’ Gazette
New York
Farmers’ Club
United States
Baltimore
Moncure D. Conway
Australia
Europe
New York World
England
Ireland
Island of
Jersey
Milwaukee Sentinel
Jorsey
Bordon
Silesia
Germany
Philadelphia
Miscellany of quips and quaint quotes from old papers
A collage of jokes and anecdotes mentions Pauline Lucca’s concert fees in pounds, a study of brains comparing men and women, and a Kentucky man mistaking Rough on Rats for bitters. It includes wry lines about river discoveries, peculiar conversations, and socialites in New York.
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Deta
Pauline Lucca
Lucca
N. Y. Tribune
Joseph
Monsieur
Stanley
Central Africa
Kissmelonga
Burlington Free Press
Newman
Count Harncorn
Vienna
New York
Neever
Artemus Ward
Hounds and Convict Hunt Demonstration Uses Fox Hounds
In Texas a group demonstrates using blood hounds to chase convicts. Trained fox hounds track a running convict through fields while three six month old puppies learn the scent. The scene ends with the convict exhausted, the dogs tiring him by pursuit under guard.
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Texas
Ztouston Post
The Mustang's Roots From Spanish Horses In America
Noah Brooks notes that wild horses in North America descend from Spanish stock brought to Florida by Cabildo de Vaca and later used by Cortes and Pizarro. Escaped horses became wild mustangs on plains from Mexico to the interior, with pintos and calicos among color varieties.
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America
Central
Asia
North
South America
Columbus
Cabia de Vaca
Mexico
North America
North American
Europe
Noah Brooks
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Defiance County Express
Frank
Culley
Clinton and
First Streets
Defiance
Ohio
Noah
Choice Family
Orceeriss
First Hands
KrotTz & Morse
Clinton Street
Grocerie
H. Gherke
Warren & Grant Its
H. Gherre
Warren and
Grant Sts
2D Ward
Loose’s Extract
Ploss
J. M. Co
Monroe, Mich
Basel
Pepe Te Mies
The
Rhine
Miss von Hillern
Rand
Shah
Boston
Philadelphia Press
Great Central Station
Canada
New Pn
Harvard
Dakota
Denver
Colorado
Eastern Express
Stro
Richaoe
South
Harper’s Bazaar
Hoop & Co
C. Sarnory
Merrimack i
Lowell
Mass
Messrs. Hood & Co
Sass
Sellabis
Weekly Journal
Hood
Cl.hood S&s CO
Lovett Pa
Atavomonos
Atalomonos
Athlophoros CO
Wall ST
Gorliama Pillissertis DE Aseseceenanserensys
Ayer’s
Aven
Dr.j.c. Ayer &Co
A. Voricker
Conny
Agricultural Cop
Blackwell
Bull Durham
Golden Belt
North Carolina
Unis
Smoking Tobacco
Golden *Pecific CO
Cincinnati
Altimore
R. Brown, Baker
Conner
Fourth
Clinton
Onio
Ial
Ss. Ise
Baltimore Bakery
R. Brown
Defiance, Ohio
Spez
Larne
Cor. Clinton & 2Nd Sts
Brien & Connolly
Summit. Street
Toledo
Olake de Arhimeres
O'Brien
Connolly
ACORN
Ree
M. H. Davis
B. A
Toneno
Wilton
Sterling & CO
Summit St
Ame Munn &Co
Scientific American Osice
el Broadway
Notiman & Geiger
Wm. G. Hofman
Perry and
Jackson Streets
Christian Leiner
Michigan
Grand Rapids & Indiana & R.co
W. C. Bughart
Grand Rapids
Serra Resers
DR. Ground
Summit, Street
S. H. Frank & Co.s
Foxoh
R. Pengelly
M. D
Walnut Street
Kalamazoo
Mich
Ssitoe Jilby &Scotl
Dettanec, O
Sisson
Sisson & Son’s
Spence Bros. 2 CO
IJN
St. Louis Tron Mountain & Southern Railway
Texas & Pacific Railway
International & Great Northern Railroad
Arkansas
Senate
H.C. Townsend
St. Louis
Fairlam
Davis & Rankin
Pvocessors
le Creamery
Milwaukee
Chicago, Il
Indiana
Parmer
Nebraska
Illinois
Missouri
Hse Comfort
H. C. Townsend
Iowa
Our
the Chase Nurserie
N.Y
A. L. Schlientz
S@-Sena
J. Cheney
Adams Street
W. Bechel
James Boas
Gert
Dames Buss
Switzer
Belfast
Spenal
OFI
Suring ‘Trade
Harrows
Clinton St
Switzer & Kehnast
Fancy Steam Dye Works
Perry Street
F. Heitzwable
Practica Dyer & Cleaner
Om Perry Street
Bosanko
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