Light in the Clearing Tale of the North Country Preface
Preface to a historical tale set in Silas Wright era explaining the spirit of democracy and the author’s aim. It discusses Wright’s career, notable contemporaries, and sources, noting that most characters are fictional except a few real figures. It mentions Grimshaws Purvises Binkies and Aunt Deols as names in rustic settings.
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North Country
Silas Wright
America
United States
Albany
Washington
Lincoln
Fie
Thoes
Wright
The
North American Review
United States Magnizing
Democratic Review
New York Mirror
Knickerbocker
St. Lawrences Republican
Benton
Bancroft
Martin van Buren
Hlams
Hammond and Jenkins
New York Public Library
Samuel Wright
Weybridge
Vermont
Jas Wright
van Buren m
Barton Baynes
Grimshaws
Purvises
Binkies
Aunt Deols
Uncle Peabodys
Knute
Amos Grimshaw
Bickford
Matona
H. L. Tyes
Potedam
The Watermelon Harvest from Bart Baynes’s Tale
The narrator Bart Baynes recalls 1831 as a boy who owned a watermelon and a spotted hen on Rattleroad. After a mishap with a parlor display and a stern aunt, he learns harsh lessons about honesty, envy, and the first tremors of distrust, culminating in the vanished fruit and a temperate, corrective response from Uncle Peabody.
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Bart Baynes
Deer
Peabody Baynes
Deel
Uncle Peabody
Minerva
Aunt Minerva
Peabody
Heshad
Bart
Wills
Henry Wills
Barton Meets the Dunkelbergs and Sally
Barton encounters the Dunkelbergs including Sally a pretty golden haired girl whose appearance and clothes fascinate him though he has lived in a very different world for years. The next installment promises more interesting people Barton will meet.
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Barton
Merely a Superstition on Locating Minerals
There is no rod or instrument that can locate minerals in the earth with certainty. Sometimes iron ore beds affect a compass or surveying instrument, but nothing can reliably locate precious metals.
Waves of Michigan and the poet’s reach beyond
A reflective note on Lake Michigan waves and the limits of common poets compared to Tennyson, whose engineering of verse suggests greater reach beyond Emerson’s Journal.
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Michigan
Lake Micheigan
Tennyson
Emerson
Wasted Time and Fatigue Mirror a Careful Exchange
A terse aphorism notes fatigue and time links, warning that fatigue tempts rereading past paths. The line emphasizes caution in decision making and the need for careful assessment before repeating actions.
True Progress and Correct Errors in Belief
A compressed note cites Abraham Lincoln advising to adjust views as truth appears and urges posting a simple will as repayment to Garfield Tea Co in Brooklyn New York. It mentions a rich uncle and Yuletide greetings from Uncle John to Yuletide.
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Abraham Lincoln
Garfield Tea Co
Brooklyn
N. Y
Recipe for Gray Hair Tonic From Barba Compound
A remedial hair dye recipe mixes one ounce of rum per half pint of water with Barba Compound and glycerine to darken gray hair. Directions are in each box and can be made at home or by a druggist. It claims to color only hair, not scalp, and to leave hair soft and glossy.
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Tver
Mother Gray
LE Boy
Boschee's Syrup Ad Promotes Restful Cough Relief
An old United States remedy claims fifty one years of use for coughs bronchitis and colds settled in the throat with lung troubles. It promises a good night’s rest free from coughing and easy morning excretion while soothing inflamed tissue to aid recovery. Made in America and sold for more than half a century.
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United States
America
Generally In Vain Retribution on Jife's Highway
A vignette-like piece notes vigilant watch on a road and the urge to slip past it. It comments on confectioners and their tasks by bonben fires and mentions women who swear like men or refrain from socks.
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Jife
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Bob
St. Lawrence County
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Aunt Deel
Alma Jones
Jabez Lincoln
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Hese
Horace Dunkelberg Gays
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Dunkelbergs
Canton Village
Wrigley
Goody-Land
Mie
Western
Canada
Lamy
Broughton
Adam M. V. Bmacinoes
Jefferson Avenue
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Anly Pensiv
Gene
Ick Raisi
Jon Brures
Frea Ache
Coon
Hawes Gata
Chicago
Detroit, Mich
Tu In We
John
Boschee’s Syrup
Gray
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