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Dreaming on the Rail The New Hampshire Widow’s Fare
An 1839 travel sketch recalls a New Hampshire widow and her young daughter traveling by stage on a hot rails road day. A humorous, quarrelsome exchange over fare with a New Hampshire accent and a gossiping humorist climaxes with the coach stopping and one passenger alighting to continue homeward. The narrator reflects on credit systems and a Baltimore reaper machine demonstration, noting community farm progress and practical economies.
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Kenickerbocker
Pleasant
Connecticut
Housatonic
Ourcaille
Calytam
Tam
New Hampshire
Ingle
Rockyhoom
Rockinham County
Squire. Goodwin
Squire Cushman
Timothy Havens
jZaccheus Upham
David
Hampshire
O. Hussey
Baltimore
Hussey
Ciely
St. George’s
Imaniky
Hassey
Feadinces
Agricultural Society
N. Wilmington
Del