The Lost Sea Captain’s Thirty Six Hour Sojourn
A Hamburg sea captain, Captain Borson, recounts surviving a fierce Java to Hamburg voyage. A sudden storm drives the ship aground near the Elbe, leaving crew stranded atop the mast as floods rise. A life-boat rescue with bread and rum follows, ending with wife and captain recovering from hair turning white and perilous memories.
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Julius Buchheister
Borson
Hamburg
China
Java
Capt. Berson
Capt. Borson
Channel
Helgoland
Otto
Hans Krogbien
Harry
Hans
Elb
Hanover
St. Croix
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England
A Yankee Trick in a Frontier Swap
A Kentuckian and a Yankee exchange horses by a feint with a trained spurred horse. The Yankee claims the horse points game while the Kentuckian duels a dangerous crossing, learning the trick was to swap more than beasts. The Yankee declares the horse can also point fish as well as fowl.
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Earth
Maxims for Horticulturists Preserve Careful Farm Rules
Guidelines for orchard management outlining best practices and cautions. Advice covers grass use under trees, variable fruiting, curculio pests, plum blight remedies, pruning hires, proper cutting of limbs, trimming philosophy, and the myth of a universal master gardener. The tone is practical, cautionary, and regionally scoped to mid nineteenth century agricultural writing.
Wise Words for Everyday Conduct
A collection of maxims on honesty, temper, kindness, and self control. It advises trading honestly, judging by character, keeping a clean tongue, fostering goodwill, and avoiding laziness. It urges faith, prudent thought, decisive action, and restrained authority to maintain order and virtue.
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Faith
God
Pension Bureau claims and disposals decline in six weeks
The Pension Bureau reports a steady decrease in backlogs from December 2, 1872 to January 11, 1873. Pending claims stood at 79,465 with 2,988 receipts and 3,885 disposals. Disposals exceeded receipts by 897, averaging a drop of about 150 claims weekly for six weeks, a record low for the office.
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Pension Bureau
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