A Seafaring Pranks And A Winter Courier's Death
A vivid fragment recounts a sunbaked voyage where a trick with water aboard awakens the crew, a turtle hunt led by Lawson, and a sea ride that ends with a fatal fall as the ship sails on. It closes with a second tale of Talbot delivering mail in a blizzard, finally dying on the road to Cheetham.
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Lawson
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Mr. Johnsing
Davy Jones
Gray’s
Talbot
Beauty
Cheetham
Re grafting Womthless Pear Trees
A reader describes grafting methods to rescue worthless pear varieties by budding into limbs rather than cleft grafting. The correspondent notes summer budding may be preferable and shares in detail how Flemish Beauty was budded across limbs to form a head, with buds taking and growth progressing this season.
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Gardener’s Monthly
Man Clothes Himself With Curses to Keep Warm
A ponderous verbatim line notes that a person shields himself from cold by swearing, comparing the habit to wearing clothing. The remark frames profanity as a surviving, humorous social device in harsh weather commentary.
Skating Lesson Sparks Unusual Demand for Skates
A tale from the West recounts Aj's marriage to a woman who nearly broke her neck learning to skate. Since then there has been an extraordinary demand for skates by married men, outstripping supply. A curious cure anecdote suggests a calico dress with a well constructed woman inside to press against the breast, described as a kill or cure receipt.
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out West
How to Treat Nervousness and Restore Health
Advice to remove the cause of nervousness, restore heart tone, and improve blood. Abandon injurious habits, maintain wholesome food, eight hours sleep, and early rising. Emphasizes moderate exercise, the lifting and movement cures, and avoiding narcotics while keeping a good heart.
Some Natural History of Editors in a Humorous Q and A
A playful Q and A describes editors as ferocious when cornered by book agents or poets, yet generally mild. It notes editors can be combative and cross when separated by blocks, occasionally fight, and do eat freely when food is available, including quail on toast and roast turkey.
Man Sentenced for Umbrella Theft in Troy
A Troy justice sentenced a man to twenty five days in prison for stealing an umbrella. The report features quirky old time phrases and unrelated antiquated anecdotes about games, rebukes, and character sketches.
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Troy
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H.C. Comegys
Greensborough
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Register of Wills
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