Adventure of Charles the Second in Dolgelly Valley
A lone horseman on a stormy night traverses the Dolgelly valley pursued by three armed men. The group reveals identities as Parliament officers and royalist, with the rider aiming for Sir David Tudor’s Castle. They seek shelter at a fortified hostelry.
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British Isles
Dolgelly
Snowdon
Happy Isles
Vale of
Beaumaris
England
Vale of Dolgelly
Shropshire
Becket
Obadiah
Zacharias
Richard Scampgrace
Parliament
David Tudor
The Cavalier Ruse and Rescue on the Mountain Pass
A Cromwellian inn guards a royal captive, the young Cavalier, Ellen Wynne, and Ralph Loyd plot. Edgar Vaughn arrives with help as King Charles rides to freedom. The scene shifts from smoky hostelry to a hillside escape across Merioneth.
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Lllen
Ralph
Charles
Ellen
Edgar
Cromwell
Edgar Vaughn
Shropshire
Montgomery
Fair Ellen
Edgar Vaughn and Ellen Wynne Legacy in Wales
The humble hostlery grew into a baronial hall, now vanished without a trace, yet the founder and his noble lineage endure in Welsh families who trace descent to Edgar Vaughn and Ellen Wynne.
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Wales
Edgar Vaughn
Ellen Wynne
Washington Intervenes as Corporal in Archaeic Reform Tale
A Revolutionary War anecdote describes an officer meeting a “Corporal” during a timber-lifting task at a redoubt, revealing George Washington’s surprise and readiness to help. A Massillon piece praises a five-year-old musical prodigy, while a Massillon Gazette column urges apprentices toward industrious study and prudent living. It concludes with a prison report linking most convicts to ardent spirits, challenging temperance reopenings.
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Washington
Massillon
Massillon Gazette
Gind
Pew
Franklin
Idle horses, cows, and the cost of wealth on a farm
In a long discussion, the author argues keeping two cows yields annual net profit while idle horses drain resources. He cites a farmer who died impoverished despite wealth, contemplates agricultural productivity, and notes record potato and turnip yields per acre. He ends with a recipe for potato bread and a durable plaster formula from Algiers.
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Butiter
Also Mentioned on This Page
Charles the Second
HE Clermont Courier
Batavia
Ghio
Whele
ESO
Scampgrace
Cavalier
Holdenburgh
St. George of
Elien Wynne
Ralph Loyd
Ralph’ Loyd
Merioneth
Corporal
Nash Whig
The
Farmers’ Advocate
Massachusetts
Samuel Lathop
Erastus Ture
Salem
Scotland
Androssan Farmer Society
Cincinnati Chronicle
Algiers
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