Aunt Nabby's Stewed Goose Delights Town Feast
A rustic birthday supper at Aunt Nabby's ends in comic disaster as a goose, borrowed from neighbors including tailor Soap and his daughter, is dragged from onions and vegetables by Nabby’s nimble hand. The dish collapses tableware and sparks a chaotic but humorous departure in a tale of small village life.
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Nabby
Wabby
Polijah
Sue
Susanna
Borra
Cato
Sam Soap
Soft Soap
Yankee Field
Mr Soap
Jedediah Soap
Soap
Priety
Cate
Squire
Abijah
Widow Stokes
Bijah
Stokes
Svell
Aunt Nabby
Die is Cast as Harr ison Nominated by Pa Whigs Antimasons
Public opinion notes that the nomination of William Henry Harrison by Pennsylvania Whigs and Antimasons seals Van Buren's fate beyond the state. It predicts Pennsylvania will influence Connecticut Rhode Island and New Jersey, with the South unlikely to cast votes for Van Buren in slave-holding states.
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Albany Daily Advertiser
Nuidensts
Warke
Tippecanoe
Kentucky
Reysolved
Willian H H. Harrison
Tecumseh
Indiana
Iliness
Ohio
Warrison
War Department
Ware
Tris
Armstrong
Harrison
van Buren
General Jackson
Hall
Detroit
Minois
Yndilane
Hull
Jackson
Athich Hea Y Clay
Shelby
Todd
Wrestern
William Henry Harrison
Pennsylvania
Union
Connecticut
Rhode Island
New Jersey
South
Mr. van Buren
Deacon Hopper’s Mill Swept Away by Fresh Water Flood
In Parmington, Ct a farmer recounts Deacon Hopper’s mill on the Farmington river being ruined by a freshet. The next day a neighbor hears it is “all gone” with beams wheels and millstones swept away, the whole establishment vanished out of sight.
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Deacon
Parmington
Deacon Hopper
Farmington
Tye
N.yl Transcript
A Quizone Lady Sends Emblem of Single Blessedness
A note from a reader signing Flora sends a half of a scissors as an emblem of single blessedness. She requests the other half be sent, invoking Dr Franklin's theory. The paper notes willingness to supply the missing half if Flora agrees, and that any hour could complete the token.
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Flora
Franklin
Northampton
Eccentric claim on lying swearing cheating and stealing
An eccentric argued it is not wicked to lie in bed swear to the truth cheat the devil or steal from bad company, and claimed he could prove it from scripture. The remark reflects a provocative use of religious citation to justify immoral acts.
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Tam
Mines Beach
New London
Newbury
Ava
Gros
Mosely
New Orleans
Texas
St. Antonio
Santa Anna
San Antonio
Benj. R. Mitam
Kaave Milam
Friends of Liberty
U.S
Mexico
Liberty
Tyran
U. States
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