Surplus Wordplay Endears Old Settler to Squire
In a humorous rustic scene Peleg teaches his grandfather the meaning of surplus using a cider example and a talk with the Squire. The Old Settler boasts broad dialect wit as he argues over the slang term, finally leaving in a huff after a playful exchange about surplug.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peleg
Pelee
Sister Billings
The
Sol's Ridge
Clarion Blast
Grandpop
Clarion
Ol’ Caboll
Sugar Swamp
Crow Barren
Johnny Riddlecut
Susan
Pete
Jakey
Kathry
Riddlecut
Johnny
Little Pete
Deestrie
Notable Miscellany of Wit and Warnings
A collection of humorous and cautionary maxims on conduct and manners. Includes advice on money, age, gambling, temperance, social cautions, and a note about the Gen. Wayne inn in Baltimore facing sale. Contains vivid old-time phrases and social guidance.
London refreshment firm seeks 4000 extra waiters
A well known London firm of refreshment contractors advertised for 4000 additional waiters and drew 10000 applications, with all candidates claiming prior experience.
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London
Corneel Vanderbilts 50 Percent Debt and Daring Romance
The article recounts Cornelius Vanderbilt and his influence over Schuyler Colfax and Horace Greeley, detailing how he leveraged loans and repaid debts with interest. It covers his son Cornelius Jeremiah’s marriage to Miss Williams, his denial of funds for a house, and episodes with his daughters including a $10,000 gift, ending with Cornelius’ death by suicide after paying off old scores.
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Mr. Greeley
Greeley
The
Tribune
Chappaqua
Commodore
Spruce Street
Mr. Williams
Cornelius Jeremiah
Corneel
Samson
Corneei
Old Connecticut Farmer Marries Woman 60 Years His Junior
An eighty five year old Connecticut farmer married a seventy year younger wife in Norwich. He told a Main street music clerk he waited sixty years for such blood and recounted a long courtship history before leaving with the wedding gift, the organette music. The scene drew amused gawkers as the couple departed.
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Connecticut
Norwich
Jonathan
Martha
Lavies of fashion starve their happiness for vanity and pride
A quip notes fashion lovers sacrifice happiness for vanity and love for pride, contrasting appetite for social display with inner contentment.
Cure for Rheumatism Allcock Porous Plasters Endorsed
G G Treat of West Granville Massachusetts writes of Allcock's Porous Plasters praising their curative qualities for rheumatism neuralgia and pain. He notes his neighbors also benefited and many would be crippled without the plasters.
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G. G. Treat
West Granville
Mass
Allcock
A Stroke of Genius in a Romantic Dinner Scene
Reginald urges Elsie to join him for a celebratory meal with wine jelly ice cream cocoanuts lemonade fried oysters and sherbet. She responds with affection. The moment hints at a lasting romance amid interruptions and time.
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Reginald
Elsie
Mr. Regin
Money Made Keeping Hens From Small Flocks to Profits
A brochure promotes poultry farming as profitable for smallholders. It cites Mrs. Burgess of Nashua netting $36.59 from sixteen hens and touts Sheridan's Condition Powder. The new Farmers Poultry Raising Guide by I S Johnson & Co includes record sheets and essays by A F Hunter on making money with a few hens. It sells for 12 cents postpaid with testimonials from G W Cushing.
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James L. Burgess
Nashua
N. H
Sheridan
A. F. Hunter
Lowell, Mass
I. S. Johnson & Co
Custom House St
Boston
Mass
Johnson & Co
G. W. Cushing
Hingham
A Wise Woman Outsmarts the Morning Rooster
A summer visitor in a farmhouse solves a noisy wake up by hiring a neighborhood boy to drive the crowing cock away from the window. The plan succeeds, the boarder pays the boy after three days, and the rooster becomes dinner. The tale comes from the Boston Courier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anticleer
Boston Courier
Manner of Giving Reveals Charms Behind the Gift
A brief note observes that the spirit of generosity shows more in how a gift is given than in the gift itself. The piece reflects on intent, humility, and the impact on recipients.
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Old Settler
Squire
Gen. Wayne Inn
Baltimore
Maryland
Darkey
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Dolphis
Arin
Ortes
Piyy
Warerocomms
Fifth Avenue
Coristh ST
New York
Freicht
Peper
Aiee
Sincnauren
Binghamton
Ladies’ Home Journal
Jan’ Y
Emperis
Wang
Esen E Rexroxn
Anna W. Barnaen
W. L. Trouglan
W.L. Douglas
W. le Dousies
L. Dougl
W. L. Douglas
Ssebsncks Manirakeee
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