Go Gagan Under Green Boa T heard along the orchard
An excerpt from Harriet Prescott Spotford published in St. Nicholas describes spring scenes where pink folks speak of nature’s bounty. They claim to draw royal juices from earth and summer showers and to be wizards of moonlight and chemists of sunshine.
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Harriet Prescott Spotford
St. Nicholas
Wild Animals and Catnip in the Zoo Scene
An investigator observes cats in Central Park Zoo reacting to catnip. Lions and leopards celebrate while tigers and a puma ignore it. The piece shifts to a physics note on how sound exists only in the ear, then to a comparison of Venice and New York with Venice’s single horse in the gardens and gondola schools.
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Venice
Chicago
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Bed in Alaska tale and a puzzled cat tale
Uncle Frank recalls a snug bed on Alaska mountains made of skin and wool with a buttoned opening as Beth imagines life on the ice. The second tale follows Pusscat the cat puzzling over why furry creatures with four legs are edible while feathery two-legged birds are not, ending with her misjudging a bat and getting milk for supper.
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Uncle Frank
Beth
Alaska
The
Christian Register
Pusscat
Edith Frances Foster
Something to He Thankful For Board Wit
A lighthearted Yonkers Statesman quip notes a dog’s wagging tail signals happiness and gratitude for having a tail, reflecting a playful exchange about gladness and simple animal pleasures.
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Jill
Yonkers Statesman
Higher Than Mount Everest Moon Mountains Reach 35000 Feet
Moon mountains rival Everest at 35000 feet according to Royal Astronomical Society remarks from a 1900 total solar eclipse observer. Other items include Ohio convict labor probes, Caserta Roman town echoes Pompeii, and various patent medicine ads and quotes from the era.
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Mount Everest
Royal Astronomical Society
Mount
Everest
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