Portrait of Gordon and the frog trade in a rambling era
A historical portrait blends a frog market note with a sprawling character study of General Gordon. It contrasts the culinary value of terrapins and frogs, then shifts to a detailed, vivid sketch of Gordon’s personality, highlighting his paradoxical mix of puritanism, crusading zeal, humanitarian drive, and iron will. The piece threads anecdotes of his impulsiveness, moral complexity, and wide influence on contemporaries.
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Gordon
Mr. Carlyle
Tou
Crom
Thomas A Kempis
Antislavery
Klartoum
Buat Gordon
Frogs and Beggars From a Curious Yearly Ledger
A mixed schooner of notes covers frogs with odd traits and vast breeding, postal quirks in Mexico, and Russian beggars. It notes enormous frog crops from Chesapeake tributaries, then shifts to Mexican postal laws and a stage-trip misadventure with pigeon English. It ends with a satirical look at Russian mendicity and a stray poem fragment about a mouse disturbing a wall.
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Mexico
Mosserey
Saltillo
Monterey
Stander
Art of Reading Character and Its Elusive Truth
The piece argues that reading character is a rare skill, not innate in most yet often misattributed. It notes the difficulty of conveying subtle personal traits across minds, despite hints from voice and hands, and emphasizes how deeper knowledge amplifies the challenge of accurate description.
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Muel
Remembering the Bunker Hill Stone Laying and Lafayette Parade
Mr Webster recalls the 1625 corner stone ceremony at Bunker Hill with a long procession from Boston, Revolutionary veterans led by Lafayette in open carriages. He notes badges, tattered colors, drums, and old regiments as veterans settle near the platform. An interrupting veteran begins his tale before Webster resumes, recounting Warren’s fall.
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Mr. Webster
Bunker Hill
Louse
Boston
General Lafayette
Mack
Tere
Thad
Warren
Linsell
Aption
Agriculture notes from the farm page in old issue
Practical farm tips on plowing with carts versus heavy implements, feeding practices for chickens, hens as brooders, lawn and manure spreading, mulching benefits, corn seed selection, animal carcass disposal, cattle numbers in Scotland and U.S. sales, potato yields with mulching, chirimoya as ice cream substitute, fajtas on lucerne cutting, onion production, gypsum as insect control, oats quality for horse feed, phosphate composting, Devon cow yields, corn per acre with manure, oatmeal for horses, and poultry breed profitability.
Raspberry Jam and Pickling, Dutch Oven Tips
A recipe filled column notes raspberry jam making using currant juice, pressing and bagging techniques, sugar proportions, and a warning to avoid overboiling. Also includes modern kitchen tips on cucumber pickle, crocks for berries, graham muffins, and a Bal sam for the lungs, plus a curry and corn bread batter method.
Nonsense Dressings Incoherent Nonsense From Errant OCR
Fragmentary OCR text describes decorative trends and fashion items, mentions Bohemian glass plates and colored card stock, interspersed with garbled phrases about cures and a chant-like wartime line. Contains no coherent news event or datable facts.
Rumor of a Married Man and a Jealous Wife
A long-winded humorous paragraph depicts a married man with a jealous wife and a sequence of comic misadventures at a gate, involving a naive maiden and a mistaken motive. The piece mixes gossip with sketches of social scenes, ads, and quips from the era.
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Mise
Sweet Sixteen
Pious mother and a brave reply from a small boy
A religious mother urges a child to resist Satan while a bold reply from the boy boasts he would “knock the staffing out” of any devil near him. The item shifts to a recipe for candy and a note on a remark by Dr. Oliver J Lodge on pure science and practical results. Also includes historical anecdotes on gun-barrel resistance, Pennsylvania coal reserves, Morse operator speed, and a German military equipment prize.
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Satan
Satm
Oliver J. Lodge
Scientific American
Colt
Definitions of bull bear broker and terms of trading
A satirical dictionary tracing market slang. A bull boasts prosperity while a bear foresees ruin and sits in the front row of town theaters. A broker profits by steering you toward ruin as a put, call, margin, and stop order weave through a gambler’s market. The closing line lampoons a costly flight to avoid debt.
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Billowes
Advertising Cheata Hop Bitters Promoted In Stark Terms
An antiquated ad fragment extols Hop Bitters as a universal remedy and urges readers to try it after dramatic testimonials. It critiques doctors and claims the medicine ends suffering, presenting a sensational style typical of 19th century advertising discourse.
A Daughter's Misery and Hop Bitters Remedy
A parent's plea chronicles a daughter's long illness described as a complex kidney liver rheumatic and nervous debility case. The letter claims Hop Bitters restored health after years of doctors giving various diagnoses. A reader warns against fake products lacking the green hops label, urging authenticity.
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University of Vermont
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