Local Advertisers and Tradesmen Directory Patch
A fragmented 19th century listing of local businesses and professionals in York, Pa and nearby areas. Advertises hotels, attorneys, dry goods dealers, manufacturers, hardware and cutlery firms, and assorted services with scattered street references and contact notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galen B. & B
Brown
Oliver Spafford
Yorksel'et
Blanoner
Bnd
Sect
Douglass
Cocssstick
Law
State Street
Brown's Hot Brie
Compton & Eaverstick,deiiers
Disiilere
Psicrnine
No. &, Reed
Frevei
Line
Brie
J. Keren
Sleep He Who Dwells Within My Heart
Fragmentary verse depicts a speaker cherishing a beloved who resides in heart and breast. The lines describe waking with the beloveds kiss and the comfort of arms, promising that other days may be dreary but the beloved remains the home and pillow of the speaker.
Mary Rock and Captain Snow Escape Indian War Route
In frontier Texas a Kentucky captain and his fiancée Mary Rock elude Comanche and hostile tribes during a brutal prairie war. They flee in a burning, fire swept race across plains and swamps with two companions, endure wolves and quartering attacks, rescue Mary’s parents, reclaim Snowville, and marry, forming a pioneering family that becomes sheriff and builds a small town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tur Rock
United States
Mexico
Redakine
Mather
Mary
Upper
Texas
Snowville
Captain Snow
Captain Brow
Galveston
Hower
Rock
Veryoon
Capi
Show
Eairs
Miss Rock
Snow
Mery
Buffalo
Ootis
Pever
Prairies
America
Capt. Soow
Mary Rock
Capt. Snow
Dick's Ferry
Young Rock
Polly
Map
Ong Squaw
Mhang
Great Prairie
Collec
Indien
Rod
Ile
Old Rock
Kittle
Yankee raises threat by river in Quebec encounter
A Baston Ranger Quebec correspondent recalls a Yankee displaying a red bandana and declaring force against Englishmen near a hotel. The exchange centers on the Citadel and a plan to land and starve the opposition, with talk of provisions and a five year stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T W. Moorf
Frith
People's Bow
State Elreet
Erie
Josiah Kell
Popcanning & Commission
Sailer Cipuity &c
Brown's
Ure
Benjamin F. Dennison
Cleveland
Ubece
Superior
Awater
Justice Parker
Cambr
Richard
Boston
Saweel
Waluedt
Weer
Aioe Richard
Ximbatt
Walleveet
Marshall & Vincent
Atleesrysar
Tammany Hall
Horth
We Prothonoury
Murray Wheerer
Lasy
Braudstreet
Quebec
Baston Ranger
Weill
Anglo-Sazon
How a Jackass Became Respected in Siam
An eccentric tale recalls Lake King of Siam awakening to an assassination thwarted by a jackass’s bray. Grateful, he decrees all mankind be called asses and honors a visiting ambassador from Chios with a grand title for a “great jackass.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake
Siam
Chics
Chios
Frost and Flower in a Quidnunes Turn of Phrase
A fragment recalls Boston quips about Jenny Lind mimicking ordinary human habits and a frost courting a flower, presenting a whimsical, antiquated tone with playful dialogue and punctuation. The lines mix humor with personified nature in a Victorian style vignette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Jenny Lind
Not Quite Up to Snuff Old Quiz Meets Patient
The verse-style fragment depicts a doctor meeting a patient and taking a pinch from her snuff-box. A boastful remark about fame follows, with banter over a fashionable snuff-box and a challenge to be left alone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tia Mach
Warning Against Alcohol Abuse From Theological Fragments
A dramatic admonition condemns drinkers and the company of tipplers. It argues alcohol leads to social ruin, curses, and loss of virtue, citing moral, religious, and historical references. The text references Brandyopathy as a dominant school of practice and hints at broader social warnings from Vesth and Gorgas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hell
Gorgas
Vices and Vain Men Endanger Society
A catalog of character flaws describes a jealous poisoner and banquet, a miser starving to let heirs feast, a mean cruel neighbor, a self burning arsonist, a slanderer and a pompous envious man. It argues these faults corrode dignity, common sense, and social trust.
Dreadful Accident In Leg Horn Insect Misadventure
An English paper reports a Leg horn lad chasing “Duoz zing millers” when a flying insect struck his mouth and lodged in his throat for over fifteen minutes before crawling to the stomach. The boy endured near twenty hours of retching yet survived thanks to a physician. It advises vinegar to kill stomach insects and oil to kill ear insects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leghorn
A Strange Beast in New Slaven and Odd Irish Tales
An elephant in a New Slaven collection is shown lazily sweeping the ground with a blanket drag. A Vermont anecdote recalls an Irish helper spoiling cubed items by rainwater. A chilling account from Holland, Massachusetts describes a man who lay immobile for years, with medical opinions deeming death unavoidable after a slip. Other vignettes include Irish humor, bed shirt mishaps, and a wry note on editors and devils in copy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Amburgh
New
Slaven
Erin
Lacae
Amos Babcock
Holland
Also Mentioned on This Page
Erie Weekly Observer
Nowanee
Business Directory
W. NI
Cutle
Oolice
Ene Hall
Vain & Lloyd Streets
Wuntal
Ns Y
Attenton
Rayemances
P. Dinan
Denaats Gaart
Nicklins Hicctie and General Agency
Frankin
Rufus Reed
Drarce iniFugtioh
Sie Seth Ang Us
Reed House
Bards
Eric i L. Strong
M. Orner
Wright
Stewart
Ornser
Wen A. Berar
Ab Massatras
Ake
C. Siegell
Wucotsare
Or &c
Ce Cortuer
Fifth Streets
Chearner’ Hotel
John, McCann, Wuotrax
J. Goulding
Ees
Empire
Drown's
Vogel
Atvale
Seces
Arte Arths Eordazs
Mervin Smith
Amnonser
Justice of Te Peace
Fife Insurance Company
W.H. Knowstonie “Son
Lire
He George
Werte
Attomney At Law
Girard
Pruanothess
Dievaich
Wilson Law
Atti Pney
Byge
Bala
Crats Woorneane and
Groceiés
Eric
T.M. Armin
Carter & BR
Joel Johns
Gandey
E. Park Row
James Lytle
Pasmodnix
Mate Street
Clark
Bonnell Block
D. Spafford
Lax Medical
K. Ae
L Elliott
Denayynd
Beebe
Dickerson
Primetas
Seventh Street
Methodist Church
John H. Burton
Hunter
Park Row
Utter Wanted
Joe
Eos) Dairy Llerton
Boren Ee Fullerton
Percy
ST. Jonn
Jeds
Amoko
Vermont
Bridget
Galiforale
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