Mr Bodley on Child Rearing and Discipline
The piece portrays Mr Bodley clashing with his wife Mary over parenting Bobby Bodle. He rejects strict laws and punishment, while Mary urges natural limits and guidance. Family tensions rise as Bobby’s antics disrupt meals and visits, highlighting differing views on discipline and the hope that a child’s character develops through balanced care.
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Bobby
Bodle
Mary
Bridget
Mr. Bodles
Grace
Mr. Bodle
James
Photographer's Ghostly Show In County Connaught
A recounting of a strange scene in which a photographer tests a subject with a clicking slate and a menacing warning. The narrator describes watching a translucent figure and two men bargaining over a portrait, while a chilling threat to remove eyes and teeth is implied. The odd performance ends with exaggerated reactions and a claim that the scene resembles a court or fairy ordeal.
The Last of the Stuarts in Exile 1788 to 1807
In 1788 Charles Edward the Young Pretender died in Rome and his widow the Countess of Albany sought refuge in London where she found the capital dull yet praised England’s political liberty in her diary. The Countess later received an annuity from George III. Cardinal York died in Rome in 1807 at age eighty two, as the last male heir of Seman lineage, with claims tied to the elder brother.
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Charles Edward
Rome
Countess of Albany
London
St. James’ Pario
England
Cardinal York
George III
King
le Comte d'Albanie
Fragmented OCR note on alcohol and a saloon debate
A garbled OCR fragment discusses a man paying at a Tabernacle service and a saloon, mentioning drink moderation and a clash over truth in the story. The text suggests a critique of excessive drinking and a reference to “The Bores of Moderate Drinkine.”
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Sapentee
Ae Saloun
Verge
Ion
One, Two, Three, It Heeds A Love Across Long Years
A fragmented lyric scene centers on a speaker counting steps and seasons. The figure envisions a bride and a future across distant shores while praising endurance. The voice contemplates time, fate, and eternal life through a ritual of numbers and seasons.
Married Ex I married my wife about five years ago
A former spouse recounts a five year old marriage contract about restraint and mutual forgiveness. The couple, once hot tempered, learned to keep peace by confession and kindness. They credit the agreement with harmonious years, good children, and happy grandchildren, urging mutual cooperation for a good marriage.
Lorenzo Dow the Peter the Hermit remembered by Norwich
An elderly Norwich resident recalls Lorenzo Dow born near Norwich and famed revivalist itinerant. Dow’s outdoor meetings drew crowds with improvised pulpits, mammoth lumps of forest verge and inverted barrels as stages. Villagers awaited him, crying out Hero comes old Dow as he arrived on a plain wagon with long white beard and iron staff.
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Lorenzo Jowe
Lorenzo Dow
Peter the Hermit
Aaspesacher
Norwich
Dow
Rouda
Amy
Dow the preacher who travelled with no church
A fragmentary reminiscence recalls Dow, a fearless improvisational preacher in rural Pennsylvania and Virginia. He rejected denominations, refused pay, and preached with fervor from odds and barrel tops. Anecdotes describe his daring rescues, practical jokes, and a medicine he sold called Dow's physic before dying in Alexandria, Virginia.
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Dow
Jerusaem
Don
Pennsylvania
Hag
Tom Point
Y Dow
Alexandria
Ren and their fate amid suffering compel a judgment
A brief note describes Ren facing ongoing hardship that drives a sense of obligation to follow through with a difficult judgment, highlighting endurance, moral choice, and the weight of consequence.
Calves and cows manage feeding and dairy economics
The article discusses winter dairy management with varied pallet and hen strategies, noting cheese and butter prices and large British cheese imports. It explains buttermilk cheese methods, milk-room hygiene, and the impact of mildew. It also shows feeding carrots with oats for horses, recommending a mix of oats and sliced carrots for better results.
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Sousas
Great Britain
Measure for Measure at the Farmer's Door
A peddler visits a well to do farmer, showing linen table cloths and delaying the sale to test honesty. A month later he returns, asking for a meal to test the table’s hospitality, but the woman’s sharp wit exposes the ruse and he escapes with his burden untouched.
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Mta
Oyster miscue at famed New York oyster house
A well known writer nicknamed Footstick, slightly intoxicated, orders oysters and a stew. A few clams spill into the dish, the waiter returns it, and Footstick remarks on the erroneous oyster order as the crowd reacts to the commotion.
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South Aide
Walter
Walter d
Footstick
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