The Cap of Cold Water and a Temptation
An alcoholic parable follows Henry Green, a reformed carpenter, as heat and thirst tempt him toward drinking. A four year old daughter offers water that restores his resolve, while reflections on living rightly urge caution against wealth, vanity, and social appearances. The tale contrasts moral duty with temptation and champions water as medicine for the inebriate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Green
Mark
Green
Papa
Mr. Greene
Henry Greenwater
Anwares
Sheep Head Dinner Provokes Quarrel and Wit
A Dublin style scene centers on Biddy bringing a single sheep head for a dinner with Mrs. W and two guests. Comic arguments mix with a butcher’s humor as Biddy defends her dressing while the text shifts to a disputation on liberal education and self-directed knowledge. The piece blends kitchen farce with a late 19th century essay on learning and character.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddy
Fatka
Ned Byrne
Owen
Mrs. W
N. D. Delta
Rise and Work Aims in Family Tale of Richard Burke
An anecdote recalls Richard Burke’s return from a reverie after an extraordinary House of Commons display by his brother Edmund. He notes Ned’s talent dominance, then urges a young man to rise only through work, not genius. A separate tale shows Judge Parsons claiming two similar cases with shifting tactics and a verdict in both.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vars
Flere
Maram
Richard Burke
House of Commons
Edmund
Malone
Ned
Parsons
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Plainfield Gazette
William M. Drake & Son
Front St
2Nd Presbyterian Church
J. G. Ludlow
Plainfield
New-Jersey
Gam
Laing’s Hotel
Courtlandtst
W’ase Hotel
New York
Edward Deacon
Gottupried
Birber & Hair Dresser
Gazette Office
Thomas H. Brown
Jorrel
Liberty St
CHEAP
Cherry St
Kirkpatrick
Cas
Charles Somns
D. Bullman
Is Pr Yard
DR. Bullman
Abner Osborn
Greenwich Street
Fulton
Vesey Streets
New-York
Isaac S. Dunham
Somerset St. Plainfield
E. B
RE. M. Ee
James van Fleet
Toys, &c
Woodward & Connor’s
Courtland-street
Mossee & Cos
A. H. Gale & Co’s
Third Avenue
Thi Street
Arsdair
Peace-st
J. & D. Clark
New Brunswick
Anufactures
Ward & Clark
Market St
Newark
Globe Iron Foundry
Market and
Congress Sts
Market St. Newark
John Mills
Broad Street
Andrew Bf
Market Street
Newark, N. J
Opi Nion
Cumming & Vanduzer
Bush & Hillyer
Wiglesale
Greenwich St
Fulton & Deyste
Samuel Baker & Son
Church-St. New Brunswick
Bennett & Company
Faltoast
Broadway
Negy-York
Henry Cromwell
Barclay St
Coantry Ee
Ames
T. S&s. Artute
Wade
Cambridge
Yale
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