On Top. A Donkey’s Death and a Surprising Return
In a Charlottesville farm tale, the Jenkins family debates what to do with their aged donkey Jehu. After plans to shoot him, a perilous fall into a well leads to Jehu’s dramatic recovery and a grim satire on human sentiment as the crowd exults that he is “On top again.”
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GE Jenkinses’ Donker
Charlottesville
Jeff
Jehu
Jenu
Mr. Jenkins
Dobby
Denker
Susie
Jenkins
Dan
Fesces
Woodbine
Jeh
Old Tehu
Uoon
John
Dean
Jebus
Suse
Bob
Oiy Zehoof
Orsi
Jehi
Eich
Seid
Hein
Bobbie
Zehoo
Yorkshire
Ben
Roerself
Iai
Teak
Heron
Denbies
Mrs. Jenkins
Eneuskh
Harcock
Daniel
Tom
Eid
Giedi Frs
Tenkins
Danie
Berliner Post
Angustus
British Medical Journal
Atchison Globe
Tributes to Proctor Highlight Soldier Welfare Reforms
Washington editor recalls Redfield Proctor ex secretary of war from Vermont and his impact on enlistment conditions. reforms at Davids Island and post life improved canteens food and quarters, with Proctor personally inspecting meals and barracks. Howard praised for troop deployments at Gettysburg credited in part to Proctor’s efforts.
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Washington
War Department
Redfield Proctor
War of
Vermont
Proctur
Redfield Procter
Willian
Baldy’ Snaith
Fifteenth
Vermont Infantry
New York Post
Inrrivon
Davids Island
Mr. Proctor
Harrison
Lixerpool Wharf
Procter
Lie
Barra
Tiedfeld
United St . Sithaie Las
GO. C. Howard
Houtenzant
Howard Teter
Cuaress
Riu
Teneral
Gettysburg
Howard
Veratont
Rope superstitions and cures in old beliefs
A New York Tribune excerpt notes rope myths about curing cancer and mumps. A porter of twenty five years recounts rope use to treat illnesses and people asking for rope pieces. In Maine some still tie hemp rope around the sick to block disease spread, visible in remote towns and stores.
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Srecken EC
Maine
Peron
Rimain
New York Tribune
Last Words and The Duty Within Aged Reflections
A collage of historical last words and moral musings from varied sources. It contrasts famous final utterances with a calm, inward prompt to discover one’s next duty and live with intention. Included are anecdotes on fate, heredity, art, and everyday ethics.
Hesheesh the Strange Drug of the Orient and Its Trade
The article describes Hesheesh, a narcotic drug from a plant grown near Tripolitza in southern Greece. It details preparation into a fine powder, its sleep inducing and dream producing effects, and the ruling bans. It notes Egyptian prohibition and Greece Egypt conventions, with export routes to England Austria France Italy and onward to Egypt.
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Orient
Greece
Tripolitza
Barheosh
Freypt
England
Austria
France
Italy
Egypt
Fragmented Philosophical Musing on Knowing Knowledge
A convoluted reflection asserts that true knowledge comes from realizing one knows nothing and that knowing nothing can be greater than pretending to know. The text weaves paradoxes about awareness of others' knowledge and self understanding, ending with a garbled attribution.
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George Macdleaird
Sobody
Urey Dent
Rain
Mixed schooling memories at Miss Simmons’ select boarding school
Fragmentary reminiscences show Margaret Durham as a popular rival in a boarding school social scene with unsteady narration. The text captures gossip about ushering roles and a chaotic scene with squeaking shoes and clamor in a dormitory, reflecting light Victorian tone and scattered anecdotes.
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Margaret Durham
Miss Simmons
Margaret
Mary
Bright Sayings and Little Satch of Stories
A humorous collection excerpt recounts a Turkish envoy quip about accepting advice from Constantinople and a playful exchange about wives and riches. It includes Aesoplike jests attributed to Fuad and Robert Lowe with wry replies about wealth and genius. Historical framing from Rombing Beniniscences notes Frederick the Great’s quip about God as ally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turkey
Spain
Tush Pasha
Ilis
Fuad
Constantinople
Frederick the Great
Dar
Corland
Hugh Ettinte
Henry Drummond Wolff
A Siberian Breakfast From a Harsh Hut Tale
An explorer recalls two weeks at a Siberian hut under harsh cold. He describes meals including frozen weeds dipped in seal blubber, raw walrus, walrus hide, and reindeer meat with hide courses. He notes temperatures never drop below four degrees and he endures the crude, greasy fare with stoic endurance.
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Siberia
Black Crest
Remarkable Recovery After Blindness Cure
Article recounts a man cured of blindness by a surgeon named Gratitude. The patient, now sighted, thanks his benefactor and jokes he would not have consented if he had seen the operator earlier. The tale emphasizes the physician’s skill and the patient’s transformed appearance and gratitude.
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Surfean
Humiliation at Hotel Morning Incident Reported
A London serrand fragment recounts a morning scene at a hotel where a porter allegedly blocked a basis and was kicked last night. The speaker claims the humiliation was intensified by what he witnessed.
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Fap
London
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Charles Frederic Goss
Sete
Beizer
Proctor
Senator
Sutler’s
Machiki
Strand Magazine
Bebs Room Earls
Bobby
Robert Lowe
Lowe
C&p
Omaha
Atlantic
Eesics Res
Sapplin
Enamels
Central Howe. CO
Bere
Cwlror
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