Nat’s Honest Quest For Education Amid Farm Trials
Nat plans to fund a term at Belmont Academy to escape farm toil. He works for nuts and furs, but jealousy over Sammy’s traps tempts theft. After a fox theft, Nat confesses to Sammy and learns forgiveness, choosing honesty and determined study toward Belmont in the fall.
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Nat
Bellaire
Mr. Bellaire
Scanlon's Creek
Sammy
Nat Oo
Lemmy
March
Belmont
Goodby
Goodman’s Latest Tale Shows Deaf Deacon’s Trickery
Nat Goodman narrates a Western town tale about a reformist preacher before a church. A deaf deacon in the front pew snaps his fingers when the preacher cites two gambling houses, then reveals he did so to locate his missing umbrella.
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Nat Goodman
St. Louis
Nell
Deacon Smith
Quickness of Smell in Horses and Gaucho Alarm
The article notes the South American pampas horse herd shows acute scent abilities, fleeing distant rain and dangers. Gaucho horses alarm early at Indian approaches, with widespread stampedes as wind carries sounds and scents.
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Pampas
Hudson
Hudsoe
Pier privilege scam Nets broker carfare gain
A Philadelphia owner sells a pier privilege to a Wall Street broker for twelve thousand dollars a year while the broker then profits by the arrangement, joking that he earned carfare around the world. The tale includes a New York steamship man and discussions of gilt-edged bonds amid hard times.
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Groker
New York
Wall Street
Philadelphia
Theresa
Carfare
Carefare
New York Tribune
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