Bijahus Hour and the Shingle Lesson on a Humble Farm
A farmer visits Bijahus Hour to settle farming disputes from root beer timing to cow shed pitch. Bijah advises June 10 at 10am for root beer, cites a maximum eighth pitch, and notes higher roofs in Mexico. He teaches a boy a sharp discipline with a pine shingle, transforming the boy and pleasing the mother with promises of the melon crop.
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Bijah
Indias
Mexico
Tama
Linden
Eijiah
Ige
Thig
Snake Threat Surprises New York Farmer
Jacob Landis of Erwin New York wrestled a rattlesnake from a straw sheaf. he caught it by the neck before it could strike his face and felt a red burn on his arm where the coils pressed. A companion severed the snake’s head with a scythe. the reptile measured three and a half feet with nine rattles.
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Jacob Landis
Erwin
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Landis
Verses Urge Restraint From Idleness and Vanity
The passage counsels against idle indulgence and extravagance, urging readers to work hard and shun folly. It pairs each vice with a biblical or classical reminder, advising restraint, humility, and gratitude while warning that ambition, repining, and envy lead to ruin and sorrow. It uses scenes from labor, jail, churchyards, and the ill in society to illustrate consequences.
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Briar
Thorn
Grandfatherly Lawyer Delivers Dead Man Will Case
A Boston Journal anecdote describes Randall's grandfather, a clear headed lawyer who once forgot a fee. A stranger claimed his father died and made a will. The attorney playfully corrected him, then won the case after the client finally paid a hundred dollars and clarified the facts.
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Speaker Kendall
Philadelphia
Randall
When My Commission Comes historic marriage certificate
A humorous archival item notes a primitive marriage certificate from Copperas precinct in Fulton county. The document quips that John Smith and Polly Mayers are “entitled to go together and do as old folks do,” promising a future formal commission to authorize the union.
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Copperes
Fulton County
State
Nois
Peoria County
John Smith
Polly Mayers
Copperas
O.M
Justice Peace
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