The Clock of Fate and a Diamond Doll Proposal
A romantic tale unfolds with Martin Ellerslie fearing his proposal to Fanny Clen at a charity fair. Amid gifts and social pressure, he accidentally receives victory in love as Fanny accepts, and the couple become engaged, amid memory gaps about the actual proposal. The scene shifts to a Russian folk fragment and a broader miscellany of curiosities and oddities from literature and history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fanny
Martin
Fanny Olen
Sibyl Percy
Sibyl
Mr. Ellerslie
Martin Ellerslie
Mr.Ellerslie
Fanny Clen
Laura Barrington
Meat Martin
Fannylen
Dora
Hero
Guy Barnes
Guy
Ellérs
Frost
Red-nosed Frost
Hehd
Band
Fross
Farm notes on cattle craft and stock improvements
A rural miscellany surveys cattle on Jersey and Guernsey, farm capital in the US, new forage packing ideas, Bartlett pears, drainage ditches, soil nitrification, leather use, farm records, cow management for profit, draft horse lines, feeding value, and stock improvement trends across crops and livestock. It emphasizes practical farming, book learning, and experimental methods for better yields and efficiency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farwens
United
Brooklyn
Niles
Culinary tips and Bulwer Lytton anecdote in 19th century column
A miscellany of recipes and kitchen instructions covers cabbage dressings goose and duck fillings, pickled chicken and pumpkin handling. The column also recounts Archibald Alison's account of Bulwer Lytton and peers with a tale of degrees and a wedding vanity in a light бытов tone.
Swan tolls rise as Thames swans culled near Christmas
In England about thirty swans are taken from the Thames each year around Christmas. The Queen keeps four, the Prince of Wales two, and several royal kin including sisters, cousins, and aunts receive one each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster
England
Thames
Prince of Wales
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Houston
Martin Flerslie
Clen
Barnes
Miork
New York
Loader
St.Louis
St. Louis
New York Tribune
Duke of Wellington
St. Paul
Luxulion
Cornwall
Brewer
Iar
Germany
Louis
Mexico
Monterey
Isle of
Jersey
Guernsey
J. B. Lawes
Holland
Belgium
United States
Scientific American
E. Bulwer Lytton’s
Sir Archibald Alison
Oxford
E. Bulwer Lytton
Duke of Cambridge
Lord Eglington
Walpole
John Pakington
Bulwer
Aytoun
Roderick Marchison
Sir Edward
Lady Alison
Sir Archibald
London
Ghid
Edward
Blenheim
Mose
Jim Silverton
Mr. Schaling
Austin Merchant Prince
Dot
Ming
Texas
Blankie Blank
Donna
West
Iit
Owas Wen
Rosa ePhpe
Teeraseraaberans iNcik
Abterty
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