Lightfoot the Deer Learns of New Horns and Rags
Peter Rabbit and Jumper the Hare discuss Lightfoot the Deer who reveals his horns grew this summer. Lightfoot explains the soft earlier horns with a skin and fur covering, the shedding process, and how the new horns hardened and shortened the old rags that clad them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Rabbit
Lightfoot
Deer
Peter
Jumper the Hare
Jumper
T. W. Burgess
WIU Service
Horn growth and bravado in Burgess tale
Lightfoot the deer in a Burgess narrative flaunts growing horns and readiness for combat. Peter and Jumper the Hare admire the deer’s horns and mock modesty as the scene highlights transformation and bravado.
Fragmented Tidbits From An Exam Note Collection
A curious mix of humorous and factual lines from an examination page includes notes on Shakespeare birth year, a Venice tourist anecdote, a dubious idiom, a demagogue definition, heat and cold effects with examples, and a brief comment on fish eggs. It reflects scattered items from 1932 WNU Service material.
A Mountain Man Goes Home
A mountain man departs the city to return to the mountains. He longs for the hills and says the prairie is no country for a mountain man to die. He thanks a farmer for hospitality and plans to finish his days where rock and prairie meet, citing youth’s wanderings and age’s rest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mother
Douglas Malloch
WNU
Molasses in Traditional Southern Cooking
A historical note on molasses as a staple in Puritan and Southern cuisine. Recipes include Louisiana Pudding with New Orleans molasses and Southern Waffles with milk eggs and melted butter, served with molasses. The piece highlights molasses as a long standing pantry staple from old times.
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Grandmother's Pantry
Louisiana
New Orleans
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Hildren’s Story
Thornton W. Burgess
Nippy Jacquette
Jo Mendi
Detroit Zoological Park
John Millen
Badgers
Gregory Kabat
University of Wisconsin
Rosetta Stone
Turkey
Shakespeare
Grand Canal
Venice
Bel! Syndicate
Nile
Wafa el Nil
Father Nile
Egypt
Canala
Western Newspaper Union
Kitty McKay
Nima Wilcox Putnam
Bell Syndicata
Mercoll
M. Conneer
Mistal
Doan
Pinkhes
Lydia E
Pinkham
Ohlia Ree Cae
N. Y. Lincoln
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