Battle Tales and Reconstruction Echoes From Civil War Era
A long eclectic reminiscence recounts Civil War siege flavor and a humorous VOYage with a Confederate commander during Vicksburg. It blends anecdotes of tomato cannon experiments, spiked rations, and a masterful portrayal of wartime logistics and folly. It also notes plantation sales and changes postwar, plus an account from Knoxville of a jailed officer Reynolds and Captain Clark escaping danger. The piece ends with a Lions-Lincoln anecdote about a Wisconsin governor-elect and a treasury red tape tale.
Plans for a Convenient Rural Home
An excerpt discusses how rural homes evolved from grand reception halls to simpler layouts. It notes overemphasis on halls and suggests converting with a vere bulle and redesigned vestibule, with accompanying plans from the Orange Judd Farmer showing practical steps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orange Judd Farmer
Historic Cottage Layout with Pantries and Fireplaces
A detailed description of a two story cottage plan features a vestibule leading to a reception hall, parlor and dining room, with doors for flexible access. It notes fireplaces in the hall dining room and upstairs, kitchen layout to reduce noise and smell, a bricked range, water back boiler, attic cistern pump, and porch projections.
A Man of Courage and a Mexican Brigand Tale
A Washington Star excerpt recounts Garcia a brave ranch hand in Mexico who raids a kidnapping ring to save a boy. He kills the gang leader Manuel and two lieutenants then flees pursued by gunfire. Garcias wife dies and son is slain. he remarries years later but never fully heals over the tragedy.
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Hannigan
Rube Clark
Reynolds
Clark
Memphis
Knoxville
Tenn
Reynolns
New Orleans
Nam
Reuben Clark
Hand Clark
Kat
Lincoln
Richmond
Libby
Will Uplain
Wisconsin
West Poine
Protese
United States
Briga
Mexico
Washington Star
Garcia
Manuel
Tle
The Pessimist and His Frown upon the World
A portrait of a chronic gloom-maker who revels in disasters and faults, muttering harsh judgments on people and things. He fixes on minor flaws, grimly noting supposed sins of all professions, while the world appears to him as irredeemably bleak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bull Run
Appomattox
Melon
Manassas Journal
Army of the Potomac
Army of
Northern Virginia
Blackburn’s Ford
Beauregard
McLean House
McDowell
Grant
Mehean House
de Quincey
Wellington
Maryland
Smallwood
Long Island
Julius Caesar
Aristotle
Francis Bacon
Claverhouse
Hmerson
Dieu Iole
Armel
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Ner
Bre
Lal
Fach
Vick
Iself
Old Tom
Tien
Sated
Quier
Sannenburg
Maj
Mclean
Robert Portner
Edgerton Creamery Co
Babcock
Massachusetts
Iowa
Parler Ooril
Perck
Nuober
Chambbe
Man
Dako
Paris
Los Angeles
Cal
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