Quotations on Birthplace and Home Life
A collection of short remarks on planetary birth versus earthly life and the comforts of home. The notes cite Town and Country and the Atchison Globe, reflecting on belonging and home life with concise, period-tinged humor.
Voting row and curious historical terms in old convention report
A Tuesday convention ended with a plan to resolve the dispute. Tellers claimed A. R. Dick won Hazleton, while J. D. Lloyd disputed the tally by 73 votes. The piece also defines pot walloper and recalls a maple tree in West Stockbridge with birch limbs and berry fruiting. A humorous household anecdote rounds out the item.
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Lava
A. R. Dick
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J. D. Lloyd
West Stockbridge
Mass
There’s Etiquette In All Trades from a London Chronicle
A humorous anecdote recounts a lady who mistakes her purchase for the cat, and a fishmonger who refuses to wrap it in brown paper. The exchange ends with a witty quip about cat purposes and newspaper wrapping.
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London Chronicle
The Human Jaw A Loose Socket In The Stall
The human jaw is loosely socketed in the stall and often dislocates by yawning. It was not designed for biting or defense, and nature did little to fasten it securely.
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Ino Boneh
Willie
Wille
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