The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Continued Ghost Tale
Ichabod Crane travels homeward beneath a somber night sky near Tarry Town and Sleepy Hollow. A headless rider on a black horse closes in at the Wiley’s swamp and church bridge, ending with Ichabod's disappearance and a village debate over fate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tarry Town
Hudson
Flo
Andre
Maj. Andre
Ichabod
Wiley’s Swamp
Ichavod
Bram Bones
Doe
Campowder
Aml
Hans van Ripper
Brom
Icha
Sreed
Cotton Mather
Logians
van Tassel
Ham van Ripper
Gazers
Gossi
Brouwer
Ten Pound Court
Bromones
Katrina
Techabod
Sleepy Hollow
Postscript Tale At Corporation Meeting Reveals Comic Moral
A fragment from a postwar reminiscence describes a corporation meeting in New York where a storyteller explains a tale’s moral about finding advantages in every life situation. An old skeptic probes the logic, while a light humorous note undercuts the scene with laughter and a sly remark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manhattoes
New York
Bayard's Finances and News Bits from the Era
Bayard wealth cited at over 300000 with inheritance of 350000 from the late Senator Bayard and additional gains from wife investments and Baltimore real estate. Notes on rest and recreation plans. Also brief items on eastern shoe makers narrowing lines, advice on mad dog bites, a Georgia paper remark, and a Mormon settlement in Minnesota with six missionaries among Scandinavian settlers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bayard
Senator Bayard
Baltimore
Bia
Chicago Herald
Minnesota
Mysterious Opal Tales From Antiquity and Royal Courts
A long exposition on opals discusses ancient beliefs, legends, and status from Rome to Versailles, noting Empress Eugenie’s dread, Queen Victoria’s esteem, and famed gems. It covers origins in Arabia, Hungary, and current mines in Hungary and Honduras, with fire opal finds in Zimapan Mexico and a legendary 1770 Hungarian imperial gem now in Vienna.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott
Anne of
Arabia
Syria
Hungary
Honduras
Josephine
Eli
Troy
Eugenie
Eugenia
Versailles
Tuileries
Paris
England
Nonius
Rome
Marc Antony
Cleopatra
Zimapan
Mexico
Quetyalcoatl
Pyramid
Cholula
Vienna
San Francisco F Chronicle
Also Mentioned on This Page
Washington Irving
Tey
Ichabod Crane
Goblin
MR. Knickerboceker
Whittier
Amesbury
Masa
Lookout Mountain
Tennessee Battle Field
San Francisco
Georgia
Procter & Carats
N. Greenland
Warren Ps
Nelson Creenland
Uldertaber
Embalwer
Ture
Wm. Spinner
Diamond Block
Warren
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