A Beautiful Reminiscence From the Apalachin
An 1821 Harrisburg visit narrated by Col. Gregg recalls a Jefferson dinner with a German visitor, the Dandridge connection, and Jefferson’s hospitable manner. The tale ends with travel tips to Virginia and warmth of early republic hospitality. Also included are curious notices on General Taylor, Gen. Houston, ancient duels, and Patrick Henry reflections.
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Col
HH. Behler
Harrisburg
Andrew Gregg
Commonwealth
Gregg
Congress
Jefferson
Randolph
Roanoke
House of Commons
House of Representatives
Afernoon
Aiast
Pennsylvania
Andy Gregg
Marietta
Virginia
Duelling Customs in Japan and Court Feuds in France
Notes recount samurai duels where one kills himself to prove valor and another follows by leaping on his sword after a rival incident. It also recalls Lagarde Balvis sending a feathered hat to Bazenez, prompting a fatal confrontation in Henry IV’s court with a neck wound.
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Bazenez
Lagardé T
Lagarde
America
Edward Doty
Edward Lester
Massachusetts
Holme
Gloucester Point
Bladensburg
Duc de Guise
Italy
Henry II
Fenera
Duc Hercules d’Este
Cardinal
St. Foix
Paris
Japan
Bazentz
Lacanpe
Henry IV
Lagarde Balvis
A Rustic Sage’s Parable On A Good Wife
A visitor recounts a tale of an old Brookfield man who guides young listeners on finding a good wife. He offers paradoxical wisdom comparing a good wife to a snail that stays at home and to an echo that does not always have the last word, and to a town clock that speaks at the right time.
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Taylor
New York Herald
Baton Rouge
General Taylor
Col
Jefferson Davis
Monterey
Chance
Col. Davis
Davis
Betty
White House
Colonel Bliss
Col. Bliss
Iiving
Dr. Wood
United States Army
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Gen. Taylor
Critte
Bacchus
Brookfield
Temperance Fervor and a Curious Kiss Tradition
The Home Journal notes surprise at temperance societies not adopting a historic kiss test to detect drunk breath. It recalls Holland's Pliny describing men kissing women to scent temetum, the old term for wine, and asks what a modern abstinence module would do if a man wore a total abstinence coin to reveal the Indies breath.
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Home Journal
Holland
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jay
Capitol
Hia
Mr. G
Mr. Gregg
Lancaster County
George
Mr. Jefferson
Deraciien Provenr
Youn Bench
Bridgeport
Sam Houston
San Jan- Clute
Washington
Gen Houston
Rusk
New Orleans Delta
New Orleans Picayune
Louis Muir
Saya the Picayune
Augustin Matthey
Geneva
Muir
South Carolina
Antepore
Patrick Henry
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