Donkey scenes and a Paris marriage case amid eclectic press items
A collage of gossipy vignettes and social sketches spans donkey wares in Alexandria markets with street cries and boy auctioneers, a comic Boston style marriage scene, and a Paris court case where a husband defends the right to beat his wife citing a marriage certificate amid a broader discussion of domestic authority and legal limits.
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Stiggins
Gentlemait
Yans
Yankes
Massachusetts
Masschusetts
Jonathan
Yaas
Columby
Happy Land
Providence Depot
Alexandria
John Forrester
Cleopatra
Chamberlant
Paris
Maubert
Amy
Elizabeth
Violins and Fiddles and a Lesson in Education
A humorous tale recounts Jacob the Bay-Near Pitts burgh elder, who fled a schooling plea and paid dearly for ignorance. He mistook violin for fiddle, learned a hard lesson about language, money, and the value of education. The piece blends comic dialect with a moral on pursuing schooling for prosperity.
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Jacob
Pittsburgh
Namaa
Vagon
Filadelry
Drick
von Drick
Tam
Cincinnati? Gazette
Democratm
Ojohu
Isvgdeenabip
Board of Control
Megal
New York
United Sines Bank
Treawury
Stavaten
Otto
General Assembly
Hamilton County
Lima
Sila
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VOLS
Saltunt D Rabris
Pomball Batterson
Iy Gaupee
F Poncismans
Ato Pitutin
Meyer
Bedincad
Abe Homer
an-Gracow
Sepunisy
Couperbutir
Ud. W.bigh
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Call
London
Weatigaubis
Cosbol
Omaralla
Adelaide
Samet
Sherbos
Nan
Lai Gher
Austrailia
Sinetares
Peesey
Obama
Ploy
Trayel Dea
Bosibn
Runde Telind
Gerrixe Ovess
Madam Creswell
Charles the Secoond
Bridewell
Pounds
Pied
Cros- Swell
Clerkenville
Miocrasie Sixt
Fatign
Col . Morgan
Vallandighem
Montgomery
McCormick
Adams
Shearers
Ross
Cunningham
Allen
Messrs. Buros
McCook and
Vallanidglam
Messrs. Spalding and Warner
Giston
Wm. Lilley
J M Ryosa
CL. Vallandigham
John A. Corwin
A P_Edgarton
Rieampire
Sammasel
W Halsey
John Chaney
S W Andrews
Knapp
HB Smith
Thomas Richey
G A Hail
Thomas
Mitchener
Wm D Morgan
George
Luther Day
Halsey Rice
Richard Warner
Spalding
Leech
Guernsey
Jewett
Harrison
O'etoek
P.M
Dimmock
Cal Samuel Medary
Franklin
Joseph Cooper
Hamilton
E C Hibben
Clinton
Mstark
Greene
Thomas Shiceler
Miami
Wm Blackburn
John Ewing
Hancock
Col
David Miller
Highland
Amos Corwice
Pike
Wm M Forsman
Pickaway
Charles Follett
Licking
James Stewart
Richland
R’ DeSteigener
Athens
John’ E Hanne
Morgan
Wm Scott
Gurnsey
Barton
Belmont
Calvin Brumbaugh
Holmes
Alonzo L Littell
Carroll
Samuel’ L Lorah
Waynesee
G. Haney
Hughes
Cuyahoga
Jose Whiton
Lorain
Hi Gill
T Granville Penn
Brown
Thomas Powell
Hawilton
George W Houk
Abner L
Leiter
Committee On Credentials
Andrews
Col. McCook
Committee On
Vallandigham
Columbiana
Reubery Wood
Thomas W. Bailey
William Medill
James Myers
Peter P. Lows
Belden
William Sawyer
Ledbetter
Ives
Muskingum
Adaate
Flinn
Powell
Morrison
Bond
Luens
Ge Myers
Ina Saundidata
Stark
Sud
Beldher
I McZune
Arginize
Wm Sawyer
Reuben Wood
Witham Medill
Peter P Lowe
Thomas W Burley
Geo W Belien
Edson
O.ds
Sawyer
Peter P Lawe
Thomas W Bartley
Geo W Belden
William’ Sawyer
Dean A Corwhe
Mr Burne
Richlant
W Birtley
Ben Wood
Mersrs Jewet
Smith
Robertson
Fairfield
Glover
Scioto
Glover, Chaney
Col. Allen
Edgerton
Ohio
T. W. Bartly
Janes Myers
G. W. Bolden
P.P Lowe
D. L. Ledbener
William Médilla
T W Bartley
Janes Myers II
PP Lowe
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