My First Year of Married Life and a Troubled Heart
A young wife recalls courtship in a family of strong personalities, her engagement to Tom, and their early marriage. Tensions rise over concession and belief, with a magnetic outsider, Philip Flanders, tempting temptation. The story traces trust, infidelity risk, and a foretold troubled future as she flees to relatives for solace.
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Tom
Yom
Father
Milton
Cromwell
Mother
Sister Mary
Mary
Mrs. Colburn
Maggie
Eiverybody
New York
Boston
Esther Flanders
Philip
Esther
Fom
Philip Flanders
Henry
Edgar
Abigail
Cyrus
Alep
The Bead Letter By John G Saxe Remembered Mail
The speaker recalls a thirty year old musky letter from Mary Morgan, noting the costly postage and the fading affection. He ponders how memory, love, and time change passions as musk lingers in ink. The piece blends humor with nostalgia on courtship and letters.
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Mary Morgan
Cash
Cupid
Mary
A Palpable Parody by Charles G H Alp ine
The excerpt presents a satirical verse about a last golden dollar, its companions squandered in mint juleps, and a plea for no quarter as the speaker laments an empty pocket. The tone mocks monetary excess and personal want with historical poetic language.
Poetic Image of Early Flowers Cited by Willis in Norwich Bulletin
A fragment notes N. P. Willis praising early flowers for their simple loveliness and unobtrusive beauty among pasture herbs. It mentions a bashful man and a girl referenced by the term popper in the Norwich Bulletin.
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N. P. Willis
Norwich Bulletin
Electric candles promise gas-like street lighting in Europe
A new electric candle system uses charcoal cores with insulating melt to produce a light rivaling 100 gas jets. Claimed to cost about half as much as gas, it claims fire danger is negligible. Adopted in forty French establishments, it may transform lighting in public spaces and factories. A German paper calls it a revolution on par with gas replacing oil lamps.
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Germany
France
Sam Alexander the Great in a Private Asylum
A visitor meets a moodily seated man who proclaims his name as Sam Alexander the Great. He recalls a prior discussion, noting he was St Paul previously, explaining it was “by the first wife.” The exchange preserves a quirky, historical tone in a private lunatic asylum setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sara
Lim
Sam Alexander the Great
St. Paul
Clever Dog Compliment Sparks Quiet Respect
A remark praising Calla as a clever dog leads to a calm reception, while a harsher nickname for Call hier provokes a potential confrontation. The exchange highlights how terms of endearment versus insults influence social reactions and tensions.
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the Register
Ww. Slater
Wen
Terma
Mra. Foster
Mrs. Foster
John G. Saxe
Charles G.halpine
Tar
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