Night and New Apprentices in a Western Parlor Tale
A Lititz scene follows Clarissa Cone as she washes dishes while dreaming of poetry. Two visiting farmers and a professor mistake her for a servant, she reveals talent, earns their respect, and plans to study with the professor, marrying him after graduation. Separately, a long astronomy column muses on dead suns, dark bodies orbiting stars, and celestial motion, linking mythic wonder to scientific speculation.
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Clarissa Cone
Clarissa
Click
Eleazay Cone
Olick
Maine University
Jonah
Fessor
Mr. Vail
Cone
Ter
Professor Litchfield
Mr. Cone
Myr. Vail
Clarisss
Vail
Miss Cone
Litchfield
Perseus
Algol
Demen
Prof. Newcomb
Procyon
Sirius
Orion
Souther Cross
Allenic
Bal
Wilson
Audubon
Why his Hair Turned White and Other Oddities
A first person reminiscence blends a tale of oil country misadventure, woodpeckers and their nests with a dramatic escape from burning oil, detailing hair turning white from fear. It also touches on quill pens, their origins and use, plus a satirical note on a fog horn called a siren aboard naval vessels.
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Dean Stanley
Westminster
God
David
Socrates
Rexmons
Bunsen
New York
America
Niagara
American
Lake George
England
Alps
Bailey
Boylston
Prince of Wales
Holmes
Solent
Portsmouth
Portsmouth Harbor
Edinburg
A Chapter on Bald Heads and Wise Heads
A fragmented excerpt ponders baldness with quips on skulls, coins, and mottoes. It jokes that a balding man holds high status yet never tops the world, advises avoiding dyes, and cites Shakespeare about a divinity shaping ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tedians
Fragments on science and natural philosophy from an old text
A selection of antiquated science observations notes how altitude affects intensity of heat, elemental composition of humans, indigenous snake species, fog formation from atmospheric dust, gas illumination tests, magical map longevity, Brittany reagents producing benzite and resinous matters, and a claim that English steam power could lift the Great Pyramid in eighteen hours.
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Brittany
England
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