Four Oregon Girls and the Silent Father in the Woods
A traveler meets Dot and Dimples with sisters Puss and Pudge in a log house by a swift river. The girls tell stories while their quiet father, wearing a gun, sits in the dark. the night ends with prayers and a protective vigil over his motherless children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregon
Sierras
Dot
Dimples
Puss
Pudge
Boston
Arabia
Jem
Erie Railroad
Brin
The Port of Bottles
An article on sea bottles found aboard ships and the chance of messages surviving long voyages. It notes bottles drift in currents, sometimes reaching distant shores, and mentions a noted “Port of Battles” in the Caribbean where driftwood and bottles gather in stagnant water for years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gulf Stream
United States
Ireland
Scotland
Norway
Caribbean
Cartagena
Colombia
Kingston
Jamaica
Cape Gracias
Dios
Grand Cayman
A Model Speller Days of the Week Rhyme
A playful verse describes a teacher with a quirky spelling habit. The pupil writes “Days of the Wique” and first renders Sunday as Sonday then Monday as Monday with an apostrophe, noting the cadence of an amused classroom.
A Little Gentleman Poem Excerpt
A well bred boy is described who never says I can't or dont want to or you ve got to or you shan t. He never tells mama or scolds playmates. The speaker notes a lad careful of his speech and certain he was never seen featuring such behavior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bear
Dot
Pudge
California
Sister Tot
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VALE
Mene
Erie
Black Mountain
Leather Nose
Old Leather Nose
Florida
Dragonw
Eugene Murray-Aaron
Charles Battell Loomis
Fin
Stones of Evil
Dewdro
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