NOTES ABOUT HOLLAND AND ITS CITIES
Frank George Carpenter narrates a tour through Holland’s level seas and canals, noting Amsterdam and Rotterdam built on piles, Scheveningen’s famed shore, windmills guarding vast plains, and a society keen on cleanliness, mirrors at windows, and fashionable seaside resorts. He contrasts Dutch propriety with European elegance, highlighting boats, bridges, and canal life.
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Holland
Europe
Ouis
Amsterdam
Washington
Flasue
Leyden
Tlaarlem
Arnheam
North Holland
United States
Have
Congress of Holland
Paul Potter
Napoleon Bonaparte
Paris
Louvre
Apoleon
Chave
England
Scotland
Ireland
W.ihogton
France
Bonaparee
Versailles
Napoleon
Louis Napoleon
Brussels
Bonaparte
London
Palace of
Palace
Rhine
North Sea
Rotterdam
New York
Philadelphia
Yvenne
Venice
Staal En Ens
Palace of the Ames
Austin
Souslands
Lindses
Amstram
Siesta Tau
Aos
Broadway
Baled
Miss van Derhoof
the Hague
Scheveningen
Hague
Hyde Park
Bois de Boulogne
A Dakota Blizzard A Drift into Ohio Memor y
A special correspondence describes a brutal Dakota blizzard and a driving sleigh journey. The narrator battles cold, alcohol, and fatigue while visions of a distant Ohio lake and past loves intrude amid drifting snow and a stark, remorseless night. The piece interweaves memory, survival, and haunting imagery with a driver named Jake and a doomed horse.
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Ohio
Feller
Fray
Sam
Ife
Husparp Kernan
Money Loving Dog and His Coin Obsession
Special Correspondence from New York details Dick the dog who worships coinage and shuns paper money, guiding his master's meat purchases. He majors in silver, resisting sleight coins, with a learned ability to fetch the correct pieces, while a church visit is spoiled by the coin basket. Gertrude Garrison reports on a canine palate for wealth and social cues, illustrating civilization’s financial lure even in dogs.
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New York
Herkimer
Tine
Rudy
Shakespeare
Dirk
Tom
Gertrude Garrison
Visiting Jones Farm and the Farmhouse Ordeals
Allan Forman recounts a summer visit to Jones Farm on Long Island, detailing misadventures with insects and farm mishaps. He endures heat, mosquitoes, hornets, a muddy fall, kicked by a cow, and social ridicule from locals while finding humor and health in country air, vegetables, and soft crabs.
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Dinfer
Iy Locin
Jones
Long Island
Lushandiui
Cinossbmaker
Jett Ita
Jersey
Aled Jones
Jones Farm
Allan Forman
Thoreau's Home at Walden Pond Becomes City Picnic Ground
Boston dispatch visits Walden Pond noting Thoreau lived alone in a self built house, cooked for himself, and attracted visitors like Hawthorne and Alcott. The piece laments modern crowds turning the site into a city picnic ground with swings and beer fueled revelry, while imagining alternative hermitage sites.
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Walden Pond
Boston
Thoreau
New England
Leeann
Merson
Hawthorne
Alcott
Finnehburg
Hereau
California
North Fork
Stanislaus
Thorenu
Asia
Thorent
Pacific
Civiligalaom
Hardware
Notion
Max Exton
Questions on Age and Mirth From Curious Minds
A 19th century column asks playful questions about aging, wisdom, and youth. It ponders Methuselah like ages, dignity with age, and contrasts a boy’s simple joys with a grown man’s worries, ending with a playful invitation from Epson Oliver.
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Amterdam
Heyue
Long Branch
The
Cape May
America
Van
Flore
Newport
Atlantic City
Asbury Park
Schevengen
Forest Park
New York City
Frank George Carpenter
Dakota
Isatm
Jake
Zoon
Ttinza Council of Mosquitoss
Bunko
Seakins
York
Peetal
Methusaleh
Epson Oliver
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