Disorderly Tales and Oddities From The Nation
A collage of society notes recalls a long-lost father in search of his son, a famed hunter warding off a wild boar, a billiards duel ending in a dress wager, and ruminations on London clubs. It also profiles Senatorial manners, a Kent County farmer with twenty-two children, and the costly funeral expenses of Congressman Allen.
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Tennessee
Gov. Bates
Kent County
Del
Jonathan Longfellow
Artemius Ward
Longfellow
Bonanza Senator Entices Sleeper Garb Parade
A fellow passenger recalls a Colorado senator during an Eastern rail trip ordering his sleeper prepared. He flaunted velvet cap lace night shirt and $250 lace trim, while fellow travelers and a boy with red-top boots watched his display with mixed amusement and envy.
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Colorado
Bonanza Statesman
The Cost of Retirement in Public Life
Publicity shapes modern life and American existence, but retirement remains a paid price for freedom from disturbance. The essay argues retirement is universally needed, not unique to the United States, and that quiet comes with a price beyond money, valued by those who seek silence.
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America
Boston Transcript
Camping Out as a Rough Adventure
The essay recalls camping hardships with saddle pillows, earth beds, starry skies, and a holey horse blanket. It details midnight wakeups untangling ropes, gathering wood, and enduring bugs, cold, and bruises while the dawn brings a shivering campfire and misadventures.
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Texas
Mule caution and social foibles cross era wisdom
A witty exchange contrasts a Georgia mule anecdote with a Vienna scene, merging moral and natural history quips. Griffin News cites a backhanded lesson on caution around animals, while a playful domestic moment reveals a tense yet humorous misunderstanding about a collar.
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Georgia
Vienna
Corn diet blamed for plague by writer
An agricultural writer argues there is little doubt that a long corn diet has caused a cholera like plague. He urges hog raisers to pivot to clover and artichokes to improve outcomes and profits.
Apples for Stock Feeding Advice From Old Farm Note
The secret of feeding apples to stock is to feed in small quantities. Horses may have from four to six quarts per day. Cows may have double the quantity. If they are in milk give only sweet apples. For hogs they should be cooked and mixed with other vegetables.
Stanchions Emerge as Superior Cattle Restraint
Properly arranged stanchions are touted as the best method for fastening cattle. They cost less than chains, are easy to build, keep animals cleaner, prevent choking or hanging, and allow quick liberation in case of fire.
Prolific Weeds Multiply Under Adverse But Crowded Squares
A Country Gentleman excerpt explains that weeds self perpetuate and resist exinction. It cites seed counts from purslane sheep herds purse ox eye daisy chess and others showing millions of seeds per plant and per square foot. Crowding limits seed production, while ample space yields far more seeds.
Increased Demand for Meat and Market Growth
The article recalls a time when a town of 2,000 had only one butcher and limited fresh meat each week. Now the same population supports two to three butchers with beef daily. It notes rising meat consumption, rail and mining workers driving demand, and urban growth outpacing production, lifting prices and profits for cattle raisers.
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Olr
Does It Pay to Grind the Corn with the Cob
Article argues grinding corn with cob can be profitable under certain feeding conditions. It notes sheep digest cob meal better than cattle, cob meal adds value with nitrogen rich feed, and ground cob improves palatability and digestion versus whole ear corn. It cites carbohydrate and fat content and dismisses danger of cob meal.
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Live Stock Journal
Household Recipes From Old Cookery Column
A collection of kitchen instructions for sauces and dishes. Includes GincrEr Crisps Castes Coprish on Toast Streep Cranberries Cream Tapioca Puppine Peemprin Pirs Pumpkin Cuips Ragour with step by step guidance on proportions cooking times and methods for a range of baked desserts and savory mains. The text outlines ingredients such as molasses beef drippings cranberries pumpkin and spices with directions for boiling frying baking and stewing.
Grinding corn cobs with meal improves digestion for horses
An Agricultural Epitomist argues that grinding corn cobs with meal can aid digestion, reduce shelling, and improve nutrient uptake in horses. The writer notes five work-horses fed this way remained healthy for years, and claims grinding cob and all is cost effective when fodder is short.
Mississippi River Landscape and Wild Goose Note
A fragmented description paints the Mississippi below Cairo as a yellow swift river with shifting currents and eroding banks. It mentions cottonwood and willows, sandbars with geese that resist hunters, and warns wild geese and ducks are poor eating. A Lime Kiln remark critiques Elder Spooner with satire on virtue and social shunning.
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Mississippi
Cairo
The Dice Saved Then An Incident in Prussian Service
A Prussian officer recalls General Winterfield pardoning two condemned soldiers. To decide which must die they rolled dice by a drum. Each throw yielded two sixes, then two aces, then other combinations, prompting belief Providence would spare one man. The soldiers survived to prove their bravery.
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Winterfield
Peter
Providence
Prussia
Lampreys Build Nest in Creek by Bridge
John Burroughs recalls a spring scene in the Century describing two lampreys at work on a nest in a stream below a bridge. He details their suction feeding, pebble shifting, nest construction, spawning, and the exhaustion and death that follows, noting June finds of carcasses.
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John Burroughs
Julian Hawthorne's German Officer Encounter
In Dresden the author Julian Hawthorne recounts being forced off the sidewalk by German officers. On a bridge over the Elbe he vowed the next officer would yield, meeting one who refused to budge as they faced off in a tense standoff.
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Julian Hawthorne
Dresden
Elbe
Hawthorne
Hawthorne Defeats Officer and Escapes Punishment
A confrontation ends when Hawthorne disarms an officer, breaks the sword, and tosses it into the Elbe. The officer refrains from reporting the incident, and Hawthorne exits without any fine or punishment.
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Hawthorne
Elbe
Le Frank Vineyard Tour Reveals California Winemaking
W. H. Bishop in Harper's Magazine describes the Le Frank vineyard near San Jose, its 175000 vines, diverse imported varieties, and above ground wine cellars. He notes irrigation debates, grape processing, early crushing, and the romantic, cosmopolitan atmosphere of American viticulture.
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San Jose
Santa Clara County
Sonoma
Napa
Los Angeles
le Frank
Acre
Pyrenees
le Franc
Greece
Italy
Palestine
Canary Islands
Arpad Haraszthy
San Francisco
W. H. Bishop
Harper's Magazine
Bill Nye's odd household tricks and a Vienna church
A list of bizarre cleaning tips advises using benzine soap and chloroform on oils and varnishes, with steps for whitewash ceilings and even bizarre guidance for drying and preplant bed spreading. It ends with a note about the Church of the Savior in Vienna, a 26 year project, carved from Mount of Olives marble, costing 1.875 million dollars.
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Laramie
Vienna
Mount of Olives
Jerusalem
Ascending a Little Reveals Overlooked Mist
A fragment reflects on effort and perspective, suggesting that small elevation helps reveal what lies beyond fog or mist. It implies perseverance and cautious view to gain clarity beyond obscurity.
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Co. W. Slater, Pusitisxer
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Charlie
Princess von
Chappaqua
London
Boston Herald
Frank Lord
New York
Brook’s
Lord Rodney
Life Guards
Joseph Cook
Mary Clemmer
Congress
Allen
Missouri
Agricultural
Mississippi River
Spooner
California
Bill Nye
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