North American Union plans and a Blairstown rail gift
A Montreal group forms the North American Union aiming for a continental constitutional federation. Joseph Blair of Blairstown New Jersey pledges to fund an eighteen mile branch railroad from Delaware Station to Blairstown for local farmers. Also notes on Turkish atrocities in Bosnia and perilous European duels, a missing English traveler in the Tyrol, sack bark in Western India, and a lengthy paraphrase of the Lord's Prayer by Thomas Sturtevant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Joan I. Blair
Blairstown
N. J
Delaware Station
Dehiwire
Kirkwamar
Oreeatern
Bair
India
Ceylon
Thomas Sturtevant
Pwertyeanth Reginien
United States Infantry
Arisoner
Providence
Upper Canada
Ben Hurlyburly and the horse aboard Betsy Never Sinks
A first mate tells of buying a horse in Kingston for the Betsy Never Sinks after low river water delays entry. He mounts the high-spirited beast, races through Kingston streets, and returns to the ship as Captain Filigree confronts the unintended absurdity of a sailor with a horse on board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Whitwaker Barry
London
I'yrol
Krimme
Kasern
Ater
Barth
Dor Iman
Orerouk
Anemoury
Juan Lewis
Ben Hurlyburly
Kingston
Barky
Betsy Neversink
Ben
Captain Filigree
Willeh
Bologna
Ife
Carrie Sipeme
Ben-Murlyburly
Eines
Crossstreet
Laghter’s Point
Una River Road
Samson
Delilah
Jaghter’s Point
Pegasus
Karky
Thad
Captain Piligree
Havart
Iity
Filysree
Captain Crossbones
W.S. Harney
Air-Bollow
Platte
Pinewater
Themelves
Sand Buttes
Harney
Little Thunder
Brule
Chrattan
Dbs
Aggie
Geneligidest
Fragmented Notes and Quotes on Tunneling and Society
A garbled collection cites a high cost estimate for a tunnel project at 98 500 000 and a lower actual figure of 16 000 000. It includes quotes from Talmage on marriage, remarks on a Woman's Pavilion slander at the Centennial, and assorted anecdotes about a Texas agent and Solomon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norwien Aindlefin
Talmage
Marrage
Ereby
Rochester Democrat
Texas
Solomon
Murdered Journalist and Other 19th Century Notes
A mixed dispatch recalls Leander I. Richardson killed and scalped by Indians in Hurn, with notes on his father Albert J. Richardson and Abby Sage Richardson. It also covers Tyre mission revival in Bitlis, a Cedar County man bitten by a mad dog and treated with a mad stone, and a barroom anecdote about a chromo and whisky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leander I’. Richardson
Springfield Republican
Hurn
Albert J. Richardson
New York Tribune
McFarland
Richardson
Farmington
Maine
Tribune
Chicago Junor
Boston Congregationalist
Young Richardson
J. J. Bunce
Mechanicsville
Cedar County
Iowa City
Turner Novans
You City
Cedar River
Sivans
Paris
Linn County
Mason
Center Point
Louud Messrs. Evans & Co
Messrs
Evans & Fleming
The Goddess of Liberty and Public Opinion Rumbles
A fragmentary column blends sentiment on liberty with satirical notes from Chicago and Louisville. It recalls portraits of the Goddess, public opinion’s power, and a bizarre tale of JOHN Forbes drifting from Haifa and surviving bear encounters after a perilous night in a pine tree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dee Fem
Yuarkeuw Douchla Dle
Arytete Rocuesren Denorrals
Saxony
Gligago Trebune
Jane Swissehelm
Avalaanches
The
Chicago Journal
Courier-Journal
Chicago
Summer Shower Dream Poem Fragments
Fragmented verse traces a summer shower with floral imagery and a love scene. Vivid nature details mingle with a muse like Tosa, a bouquet of flowers, and a hopeful, wistful interaction amid the rain.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bosnia
Europe
Bismarck
Heidelberg
Rostock
France
Ollivier
Luxemburg
Switzerland
Marshal von Moltke
Imfperial
Tard
Brads
Duff
Ats
General Harney
Taak Sasemaehinay
Tevin Wud
Cimonnatic Kogquirer
Tyre
Bitlis
Turkey
Yarls
Serail
Ons
Mobile
St Ty
Goddess OF Liberty
Dewa of Freedoms
Kingdom Come
John Forbes
Nebraska
Ha Fa
Saguenay
Forbes
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