College-Neighboring Scenes and an Unexpected Harvest
Barton Baynes reunites with family in Canton as Uncle Peabody and Purvis debate slavery and abolition. Silas Wright arrives, plans political strategy with Baynes, and a hunting trip unfolds with a river crossing deer haul. Kate Fullerton writes of a past bond, while community tensions rise over politics and morality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Carolina
Uncle Peabody
Sile Wright
North
Abolition Party
New York
New England
Canton
Kate
Saratoga
Barton Baynes
Kate Fullerton
Sam Sire
Silas Wright
Tie
Tam
Pin
Jim
Cobleskill
Washington
Interrupted
Vindication of Uncle Peabody in a Postmoney Debate
A narrator recalls a long awaited vindication for Uncle Peabody Baynes after the senator confirms his integrity. The scene includes supper with a senator, a confession of influence, and a plan to plant corn on a ten-acre lot next spring. No one mentions the money incident again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Purvis
Deel
Uncle Pea
O’ Bart Baynes
Aunt Deel
Uncle Peabody
Nut
Canton
Canele Peabody
Ded
Aunt
Decl
Peabody Baynes
Peabody
Ramsey
Bart
On the Summit and Washington Impressions
The narrator recalls a visit to Washington with Senator and Mrs. Wright. He admires public figures and aims to grasp the government’s grandeur, contrasting Wrights plain, direct speech with Webster Calhoun or Chase or others. The piece ends noting the continued tale of Wright and a separate anecdote about a singer, Kellie, misattributed to Gordon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Antuman
Wright
Republic
Whittier
Emerson
Whitman
Creeley
Lincoln
Utica
Bart
Tem
Senmaior Wright
Dieower Calhoun
Kizo
Webster
Minny
Senate
Chay
Calhoun
Geaven
Fragmentary slang note on busy bees and debt
A partial text fragment mentions Busy Buaz or Little iMoney and Uncle Eben with phrases about being busy, earning money, and paying a debt of ten bones. The garbled lines imply a folk saying or dialogue about work and financial strain.
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Eben
Couldn't Be Happy. Comic Quips From a Distant Page
A collection of humorous quips and sayings reflects on farming debt and happiness, belief, aging, and social habits. A farmer worries mortgage interest while a city man offers optimism. Other lines joke on wisdom, advice, and gendered voices in light verse.
Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules Promised To Restore Vitality
An old advertisement claims that kidneys and digestive organs slow aging and that Gold Medal Haarlem Oil capsules restore vigor. It touts long history, odorless capsules, daily use, and refunds if not effective, urging readers to ask for the original imported brand.
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Haarlem
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North Country
Irving Bacheller
Eben Holden
D'riance
Gopyra
Oy Irving Bachestor
Tuan
Mr Wright
Dave Antasey
Della
Dave Rumsey
Lawrence Kellie
Douglas Gordon
Kellie
Kellig
Weslie
Dowshis Gordon
Brooklyn
United States
Bayer
Speakeasies
Tuxedo
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