Horrifying Paris Dinner and a Bashful Man’s Blunders
A man invited to a Parisian dinner narrates a sequence of comic missteps. He trips over a host’s dog, disrupts the table with mistaken words, burns his mouth on hot food, spills cauliflower and butter on his own hat, and endures a hat swap fiasco that ends with the guest storming off in embarrassment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Niles Courier
Paris
Madame Orrville
Madame C
Miss P
Madame O
Solen
Witty Exchange Shows Long Married Life
A wife fears a stiff neck, and her husband jokes he has noticed similar symptoms since they wed. The light exchange reflects a domestic, humorous tone.
Blanche Rose and the Abbey’s Silent Glen
A poetic piece laments Blanche Rose and the silent Ross’s Glen, touching on a ruined abbey and a changed landscape with sleep replacing the monks and vigil of rain over the churchyard. It contrasts memory with decay and closes with the lost singer’s hush.
Peel and Polk-zy 3 8 orrow and the lion roars
The text parodies international tensions with mock dialogue between Peel and Polk. It uses puns on poking and peeling to reflect Britain and America clashing over Oregon and cotton wool, hinting at colonial rivalry and rival cotton interests in Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orrow
Potx
Oregon
England
Texas
Hisn Price for a Poor Article
An eastern paper tells of a young man, only son of a widowed mother, who eloped with a married New York lady. He carried $15,000, then traveled west. The husband, in New York, pursued and arrested him in New Orleans. A suit of $20,000 was settled for $5,000, proving the old adage a fair exchange is no robbery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Walker
N. London
Connecticut
Michael
John Smith
Walker
Gotham
Onondaga County
Logan
Wm. A. Walker
New York
Broad Street
Onondaga Co. 2
Mr. Walker
West Hill
Onondaga Co
Colinge
Albany
Michael P. Walker
William
New London
John
Jour. Com
A. Hisn Price
Troy
New Orleans
Ohio
Mississippi
Drunken Lawyer Quips About State's Evidence
A drunk lawyer entering a church is confronted by a preacher who vows to testify against the sinner. The lawyer replies that after twenty years at the bar he has found the first rascal to turn State's evidence.
Tragic Death Ties to Love and Letter Dismissal
A Miss Burt of Franconia New Hampshire killed herself after receiving a dismissal letter from her lover. She placed the letter and a pen knife at a murder site once linked to a previous crime, cut her throat, and was discovered by a nearby countryman who shouted to alert others. The wound proved minor upon examination but she was carried home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burt
Franconia
N. H
Crab Smith and the Mysterious Mr Smith Tale
In a humorous exchange a man seeks the home of a Mr Smith but meets a chorus of Smiths. The dialogue pokes at name confusion and social id as the speaker learns the town holds many Smiths and he cannot pin down the exact parentage or address.
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Smith
Crab Smith
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Fortecas
the Columbian Magazine
Arthur Morrell
Wowan
The
State Sentinel
Blanche Rose
S. R
Ross's
Glen
Biver Birren
Blackleg
Old Sledge
Foxcraft
Broadbrim
Pern
John Bull
Shakspeare
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