To-morrow sweet sixteen and the drover’s proposal
A girl confides to her mother that William Grimes the drover plans to ask for her hand and walk with her in the barley fields. The mother objects, citing his rough ways, but the daughter notes Grimes is dead and that William is the sole surviving heir to a substantial estate worth about five thousand pounds and three hundred yearly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Grimes
Grimes
William
Tara
Wall
Earth
Foun Thompson
Bavagra
Ayecpors
Virginia
Clark
Hher
Atle Resolintia
Lost Ticket During Circus Journey Ends in Friendly Confrontation
A traveler recalls a humorous episode on a Cincinnati to Civil War era train run after a stop in Springfield. A French passenger loses his ticket, trusts a stage agent for a replacement, and a mistaken ticket leads to a comic clash before a peaceable resolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfter
National
Springfield
Cincinnati
Buffalo
Henri House
Hare
Agen
Vere
Eno
Cincinnati Theatre
Laura
Cincenatt
Dees
Ligland
Porlor
Shoes on the four feet horse tale ends in argument
In a comical scene a Dutch blacksmith and a colonial visitor dispute how many shoes fit four feet the smith insisting four shoes on two feet and the traveler claiming four shoes on four feet leading to a heated exchange and laughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Himmel
Fragmentary Maine Market Scene Includes Child Trader Exchange
A garbled text fragment depicts a Maine market day with a vendor selling wares and a child exchange. The dialogue hints at bargaining and moral tension, but readable details are limited and context is unclear.
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Business Directory
Sauk County Standard
Baraboo
Sauk County
Wis
Adams House
Y E. Sumner
Gaiphra &Adams
Dunnels
Butterfield
Water Street
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
A. Dunnels
Ruvycareield
Tripp
Steven
G. Stevens
Pulling & Stewart
Ounsentons
Chancery
Portage City
B.S. Pulling
Ababa Abbott & Northrop
Sauk
Dane
Columbia
Annort
Norstar
Madison
Prairie du Lac
Peve Art
Charles Cowies
Purvictan Ann Sunceox
Broadway and
Sixth Streets
Wistanain
B. F. Mills
Iselby
State of
New York
J. H. Pratp
Couxsenzter
Office
the Register of Deeds
W. EL. Clark
Baraboo, Sauk, Co., Wie
George Martins
Sauk CO
E. P. Spencer
Reensrun
Desps
L. F. Cook
Tronseyav Law
Circuit Court
New York Central Fire Insurance Company
U. S. Life Insurance, Annuity and Trust Company of
Philadelphia
M. G
Waite, Atpy
United States
Register of Deeds
Sauk G Senaty
Jfl
Birchard, & CO
Spring Street
J.P. Birchard
WM. A. Noyes
M. Crain
P Ablc
Taylor's Bank
Ada B. Fergles
I. L. Feegle's
Frenchy
Gar
von Rascal
von Letaile
Lis
Reaper
Broadway
Pudiie
Huai
Sputa
The
Cincinnati Enquirer
Benedict
A** Bas
Adonis
Hig
Cleveland
Were
Morpheus
Nick-Nack Maine
Indy
Sechildren
Marm
Tyou
Ana
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