Adventure at Niagara Falls by a Drowning Man
A pastiche of a near fatal misadventure at Niagara Falls recounts an American side encounter with a Red Men beadwork group. The narrator describes broken clothes, broken limbs, and a fall over the Horseshoe, followed by a humorous exchange with a coroner and a comical claim of escape aided by luck and deception. The tale ends with a quip about the origin of the tribe from Limerick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Tware
Niagara Falls
Crossin
Canada Side
Joe
Limerick
Gathering Oysters From Shrewsbury Beds and Virginia Seed
Shrewsbury men harvest seed oysters from James River and Cherrystone Inlet Virginia, then plant them on depleted beds. After three years the beds are prospected, raked for a September harvest, and shipped in barrels. The process uses a heavy oyster rake, laborers weed and sort the catch, and beds yield valued assets for owners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James River
Cherrystone Inlet
Virginia
Shrewsbury Cor
N.Y. Limes
Manly and Various Oddities From Elbow Room Press
A miscellany of quips and vignettes on manners, fortune, and phrases. Notes on a barrel of topics from wedding fare to life insurance, with stray jokes about fashion and travel. Washington Life Insurance Company of New York is noted as a leading option in the field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loin
Barrinonn
Washington Life Insurance Company
New York
Tim
Entor
Salt Lake
Massachusetts
Arouna jJady
Aone
Papa
Troy
Fatherland
Washington
Western Patents for Week Ending Sept 7 1809
The United States Patent Office issued a list of Western patents for the week ending September 7, 1809. Names appear across Illinois Wisconsin Minnesota Indiana and Iowa regions with items including plows sewing machines churns bridges elevators telegraphy keys cultivators wind wheels and various agricultural implements. Notable inventors listed include Nolta Bradish Lueth Overman Wu and many others with locations such as Lincoln Jerseyville Dixon Davenport Rockford South Bend and Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Patent Office
Messrs. Farwell
Ellsworth & Co
Lake Street
Chicago
Ill
Illinois
H. Nolta
Lincoln
Bradish
Jerseyville
Steve Oe Thimbly
K.G. Chapman
Lacon
Crayes
Lueth
Kankakee
C. Overman
R. D. Ooburn
Len
M. Sevurance
Dixon
Bridge Gate
Alex
Weide
Who
Weetlike
Farm and Households Says Vigilance Cuts Weeds
The piece surveys home remedies and rural practices including brine soak for seed-wheat smut prevention, hot milk for diarrhea, peaches for dysentery, and plant root behavior near bones. It also notes horse care, ice preservation methods, plant light effects on twining, fabric washing aids, and peach tree cultivation by a dominee with well-kept gardens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bengal
Buckimeram
Medical and Surgical Journal
Jace
Stock Journal
Farmers’ Club
Genesee County
Liam Vron Plains
France
Lome
Jennie T. Hazen
Fruits Dying Out In An Old Long Island Orchard
A writer visits a Long Island village twelve miles north of New York to inspect two orchards. Dwarf pear trees in a sheltered moist depression show heavy fruiting but widespread disease and decline due to weeds and neglect. An older farmer notes poor fruit quality and many young trees barren, attributing it to soil and manure history rather than changing climate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zzearth
Ilome
City of
New York
Long Island
Farmers’ Club
Fruit Growers’ Association
Whitlock’s
Ways to ward rats from chewing harnesses
Harness care advice from Harness and Carriage Journal describes methods to deter rats and mice from gnawing leather. Suggestions include pepper in oil, green leeks steeped in oil, benzine rubbed on after oiling, aloe mixed with oil, and pine tar in oil, with cautions on absorption and dirt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harness & Carriage Journal
Grooming Horses Essential for Health and Value
The Stock Journal stresses regular grooming as vital for a horse’s health, ematicity, and usefulness. Daily curry-combing and clipping, along with clean, untangled manes and clean Fetlocks, enhance appearance, mood, and value, while neglect harms both animal and owner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stock Journal
Simple ceiling-adjacent ventilation method from a window slip
A low cost ventilation plan uses a wooden slip to separate sash bars, creating a vertical air current between upper and lower panes. When fitted on opposite windows, it yields cross flow, reducing drafts while staying unobtrusive. painted slips blend with the window.
Laws of Business for all the States of the Union
A lengthy advertisement praises Theophilus Parsons Harvard law work as a masterly universals guide for merchants, farmers, manufacturers, and traders. It extols clarity, comprehensiveness, and usefulness for ordinary business people, urging agents to enlist. It also notes an American Tune Book project by Mason Brothers featuring church tunes and anthems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theophilus Parsons
Harvard University
Jones, Junkin & CO
Peblaiers
Chicago
Warvard University
Mason Brothers
LAI
Kas
Wilfina
Popular Tunes Selected for New Singing School Volume
A Musical Gazette notes wide interest in a planned volume for singing schools. Five hundred contributors from across the country supplied tune lists, guiding the selection of truly popular pieces. An Elementary Department will cover singing schools, with a 450 page volume priced at $1.60, due October 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Yi A
Musical Gazette
Mammoth Millinery House Opens Large West Shop
D. B. Fisk & Co. unveils a vast new millinery showroom complex on Lake Street expanding to a near acre and a quarter. The six-story building features a parlor, offices, pattern bonnet department, and extensive storage. sales areas cover silks, ribbons, hats, furs, and dress trimmings. The Northwest leader ships to the Pacific, with annual sales around a million dollars. Fisk offers comfort, courtesy, and low prices to customers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. B. Fisk & Co
Lake Street
Northwest
Pacific
Reverend Swan endorses canker syrup and tonics in 1851 notice
A 1851 letter from Rev Jabez Swan of New London praises a canker and salt rheum syrup for family use and for erysipelas, stating success where other remedies failed. It also advertises Ferro-Phosphated Elixir of Calisaya Bark by Caswell Hazell & Co as a blood tonic, with claims of health benefits and druggist sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jabez
Swan
London
A. Weaver
CasweLl, Hazzaed & Co
Caswell, Mack c& Co
New York
Druggtata
B.A. Fahnestock
Absalom
Cristadoro
Excelsior Hall
Chilton
Clare
Acta
Mall
Maio Com Co
Adres
Chester
Regular Habit of Body Vital to Health and Beauty
An 19th century promotional piece extols regular bowel function as essential to health and beauty. It lauds Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a comprehensive remedy addressing indigestion, constipation, breath, skin, and nerves, claiming broad restorative powers and genuine bottles marked with a revenue stamp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ostetter
Counterfelta
Also Mentioned on This Page
Western Patents
Tuyers
J.W
Barron
Hillsborough
Wos
Bell
Malulla
Dora
Mattoon
Harvester
Jones & IL
Prentica
Rockford
P.W. Lange
Churna
Lloyd
Nitareburg
Ambrose Maxwell
Morrison
Milk House
Ritz Schatler
Studtler
Bowenshure
Stone
Cairo
Wickersham
Bpringfeld
Wisconsin
D. C
van Brune Dh
Barher
Dleriean
Hemenway
New Cassel
Kenynolda
Tisdale
Des Moulnde
Scroll Sawing Machine
Mo Washburn
Burlingtom
Indiana
N.C. Dawson
Steele
L. Gadheie
Waterloo
Chaphiie
Anderson
J.L. Couley
A. Boles
M. Duddridge
Dannhan
B. Addington
Cuntre- Ville
Vworen Hay Borkeb
Biber
Romnoke
Cottenlow
Robert Sear
Tat Port
Meuben Welle
Dettorrunsile
Vale
Voldeles
John PB
Zessler
South Bend
Jobn
Zeller
South Beant
John P. Jelsey
Scotland
Allen
Richardson
Devadiers
J. N. Harris & Co
Cincinnati
Ohio
M. Wagner & CO
Mabsitalt, Mich
R. Wells
Broadway
Nch
C. Thompson & Cf
Federal Street
Boston
Woo I Manche Og
United States
Asay Mica Mrrcaiss Pone Xpress Company
Toston
Maas
S.C. Thompson &0
State Street
Chicago, Il
Federal ST
Boston, Mis
Tradh
M Sanda
Dr. Sage
Catarth
Dreaa
Ri. V. Pierce
M.D. Borrato
Bay
Lawer Eterno
Macbeth
WELLS
Pi Farr & Co
Banufact
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