Vermont maple syrup tale tests trust and taste
A Vermont hotel agent accuses a maple syrup maker of adulteration after travelers hear of sorghum and molasses in the product. The conversation reveals a fondness for truth and a wary warning that deception could endanger supply.
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Way ‘Bouton
Genta Gian
Vermont
I Am Going To Apologize For The Square Thing
A traveler recalls a long exchange about a boy named George and a cherry tree. He plans to visit Deacon Haskins in Bayport to mend a quarrel, after learning a plum stump misled the tale. He aims to apologize and verify the truth patiently.
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Washington
George
Deacon
Mount Vernon
George Washington
History
Deacon Haskins
Jod Kerr
No One Among Four Presidential Hopefuls Swayed Him
A village post office encounter with Jim reveals indecision about Taft Bryant Hughes and Foraker. He dodges voting by saying he won’t rush to back a candidate, preferring to woo a widow with one of the county’s top farms, regardless of who is president for a decade.
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Taft
Bryant
Hughes
Foraker
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Job Kerr
How to Sing of Spring When Fever Rests Upon Me
The speaker longs to celebrate spring’s opening and fresh breezes yet is overwhelmed by a cold and illness. He laments coughing sneezes and mumps in children, making the vernal beauty hard to praise while he struggles with an ext impromptu head cold.
Come Gentle Spring Poem By Job Kerr
A playful verse foresees spring arriving in Dakota with melting snow and recovering life. It humorously notes warming weather, animals waking, and economic upturn implied by abundant money for fathers’ sons as race days return.
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Job Kerr
Bridegroom quarrel over mistletoe hat purchase
Bronson complains about Mrs Easy buying a spring bonnet. Woodson notes the trim with mistletoe, sparking Easy’s claim that a kiss under the mistletoe last December funds the hat.
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Bronson
Easy
Exercise for a man who has looked after his own furnace
A humorous dialogue contrasts domestic duties and spring chores as a husband jokes about needing exercise after a long winter. The wife counters with reflections on Lent and daily routines, highlighting humorous social banter about home life and seasonal duties.
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