Forty Years Ago at the Village School
A reminiscence of returning to a village school ground after forty years. The speaker recalls barefooted games, the old spring by the beech, and the elm where a name was carved. The schoolhouse has changed with brick walls and a newer bench, but the sounds and memories remain. The speaker visits graves of loved ones, hopes to be laid where they once played, and longs for reunion with Tom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tee
Tom
Keceling Dewaie
Aame
Toga
Mitibruin
Ohio
Beecher
Tales of a Backwoodsman Amid an 1830 Dragon of the Teche
On a June day in 1830 a man witnessing a strange encounter near the Techs describes two combatants a black bear and a fifteen foot alligator locked in battle. The bear rages while the alligator poses and roars as spectators watch from behind a tree in a cane brake beside a shell bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Son Animal
Brain
Achilles
Manly Alligator Duel and Moral Reflections From 1859
A long account describes a fierce riverbank encounter where a man named Brain battles an alligator, finally subduing it with a strong grip as they tumble into water. The piece weaves in commentary on evidence and jurisdiction, then shifts to quotes from Henry Giles about truth and Irish stories, followed by a vivid tale of Iowa editor S. H. Packard lost in a blizzard and a Beecher anecdote. It closes with essays on mortality, fifty-year life, and farm management opinions urging soil care, crop adaptation, and timely haying with practical farming observations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brain
Supreme Quest of the
United States
Hoxton
Henry Giles
Hay
Giles
Cesar
Joseph Surface Goliathan
Esquire
H. Packard, Fay
Iowa
Sioux Rapids
Fort Dodge
Beecher
Cincinnati
Lyman Beecher
The
London Times
Bagligh
Peterboro
Abou Ben Adhem
O. F.G
Spiritual Trial of Bly and Coan in Boston
In Boston last week the famed medium Bly and celebrated rapping Test Medium Mrs. Coan faced a public trial of skill at the Melodeon. A three-person committee tested manifested names from ballots, with Bly correctly identifying names while Coan disputed the spiritist claims and exposed a glove device behind a ghostly head. The event ended with mutual regard and a caution against credulity.
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The
Boston Courier
Mr. Bly
Bly
Co‘a
Spain
Boston
New York
Abe
Jera
New York City
Coun
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Jem
Major Mamuel Buntinell
Kentuck
Ellsworth, ME
Welch
Boston Saturday Evening Gazette
Ming
Gouldsboro
Maxine
Prxt
St. Louisa
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