The Pig in the Back Garden
A family argues over keeping a pig for economy. James Dobb buys a pig, builds a pen, and clashes with neighbor Jones. The pig causes havoc, dies after being fed moldy beans, and is buried in Jones’ garden, leading to a farcical row and a damaged grape harvest rivalry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter
Susan
James
Fred
Bridget
Kathrine
Jones
Jones’ Isabellas
Tennyson
Parker
Porker
Piggy
Miss Dobb
Mr. Dodd
Busan
Jones’ Garden
Hampton trap in Hell's Half Acre sparks neighborhood chaos
A tale from Atlanta’s constitution describes Hamp ton Hall a darkey who booby traps a log to stop log thefts. The blast wounds a woman and injures a boy. three men and a boy are jailed while others flee and logs are replaced under watch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Ga.) Constitution
West End
Hell’s Half Acre
Hampton Hall
Hampton
Bell’s Half Acre
Hell
Hampt
Hamp
Justice Wright
Alice Gausman
Jas, Franklin
Wm. Wilson
Hell's Half Acre
Witness Reports Odd Misquote From Deaf School Student
A pupil at a New England deaf and dumb asylum wrote a reading response to the Book of Job. When asked to explain Job's sufferings he penned a remark that the Lord boiled Job seven days, a misquotation reflecting misunderstanding or humorous invention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Job
Catarrh Snuff Proclaimed by Dr. McLean
Advertisement touts No More Saxezina and bad smells cure with Dr J H McLean's Catarrh Snuff. It claims soothing relief and offers trial boxes for 50 cents by mail from 314 Chestnut St Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. McLean
Chestnut
St. Louis
Courting Talk in a Philadelphia Parlor
A Philadelphia mother scolds Cordelia over a long courting period and planning to press her suitor for a marriage proposal amid modest finances and a promise to marry if he speaks up. The scene reveals family pressure on young couples as leap year prompts questions about engagements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cordelia
Onal J
Philadelphia Times
Philadelphia
England
Moscow
Russia
Coox
Woolney
Sydney
Sydney Harbor
Chaffee
Colorado
Treasury
Mangler’s Gulch
Baltimore
Pittsburg
Germany
Schiller
Freiherr von
Grn
Bartieri
49Th Massachusetts
Port Hudson
Treasures of Windsor Castle Revealed in Living Image
Olive Logan portrays Windsor Castle treasures as a secret chamber holds an extraordinary collection valued in the millions. Gems fill a peacock figure, a diamond decked Indian sabre, Tippo Sahib items, and objects linked to Columbus, Nelson, Wellington, and William the Conqueror. The Queen visits daily while Prince Albert’s past notes recount the collection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Windsor Castle
Olive Logan
Tippo Sahib
Delhi
China
Christopher Columbus
Nelson
Trafalgar
Wellington
William the Conqueror
Prince Albert
Curious Stones From Horses Drawn From Intestines
The New York Mercury notes two remarkable horse deaths. John Brown, superintendent of the Troy and Lansingburg Horse Railroad, shows a 14 pound polished marble like stone from a horse’s stomach and a second fist sized calcareous mass resembling a petrified sponge from another horse that died at Cohoes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Mercury
John Brown
Troy
Lansingburg
Cohoes
Antiquity of Cheese and its ancient mentions
The article surveys cheese in ancient texts. It notes Job mentions milk curdling and ten cheeses carried by David to his brothers. It cites Homer and Euripides on cheese in mythic foods and Absalom era supplies. It discusses early peoples making cheese from sour milk and whey removal, and suggests ancient cheeses were small.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David
Jesse
Manhanaim
Absalom
Ulysses
Cyclops
Polydemus
Euripides
Theocrius
Rudolphus
Strabo
Warm for the Rabbit
Mr. Watson of Kelleyville in this county started a fire and tobacco break when a large rabbit leaped from the flames into his room. He used a shovel to kill the animal, discovering a hollow log that had served as the rabbit’s origin before its appearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Columbia Spectator
Dr. J. H. McLean’s Strengthening Cordial and Blood Purifier
An advertisement touts Dr. J. H. McLean’s Strengthening Cordial and Blood Purifier as the greatest tonic to keep people well and strong. It claims body strengthening and blood purification from an address in St. Louis and mentions lumber cutting beginning in California forests with large anticipated state wealth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. McLean
J.oe McLean
Chestnut, &. Louis, C
California
Vast miscellany of oddities and local notes from era
A collage of stray facts and anecdotes: Australians finding gold nuggets worth 15000, Brooklyn fire relief fund totaling 38789, Miss Anna Oliver a Methodist pastor in Passaic New Jersey, a sea lion in the Sacramento River, and various curiosities from Europe and America. The piece includes gossip on royalty, crime, science, and odd biographies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn Fire Relief Fund
Dom Pedro
Anna Oliver
Passaic
N. J
Sacramento River
Joan Briant
Alphonso
Spain
Mance Marchett
Cincinnati Zoological Gardens
New York
Europe
Cologne
Peru
Raleigh
N. Y
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Ruth
Mrs. Dubb
Nellie
Peter van Popp
Staalenburg
Palisade
Hudson
Hans
Mr. Topp
Peter Son
Dobb
Mrs. and the
Darkies
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