Man in the Moon Visits Ruby and Dines on Squirrel Tale
Ruby offers supper to the Man in the Moon who visits via the chimney and shares comic country sayings. The Moon man declines eating away from home, recounts a Jupiter voyage, and prepares to depart as Ruby fears being eaten. The scene ends with the Moon fading as Ruby frets for her father arriving home.
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Ruby
Sasha
Euch
Raby
Adessi
Ted
Sofias
Jane Rosea
Ceas
Baby
Danty
Jupier
St. Vitus
Tany
Patagonia
F. Stewart
The Laugh Of A Woman And Its Romantic Muse
A prose meditation on the enchanting power of a woman’s laugh likened to flutes on water. The piece wittily recalls playful anecdotes at weddings and engagements, urging couples to balance romance with practical humor and restraint.
Proposals for Future Transport and Armament Revealed
The piece outlines shifting from rail trains to a combined engine system for speed and capacity, modernizing water transport with large steamboats, and a 260 ton inland fleet. It envisions 16 mph ocean steamers, improved steel via Bessemer, hydraulic elevators, and pervasive electric storage. It predicts pistons and giant guns shaping warfare with higher firepower.
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Atlantic
Bessemer
Scientific American
The Crowing Wife Of The Richmond Examiner
A Richmond Examiner item recounts a married woman with a lifelong mania for crowing like a rooster. She wakes with dawn with clucking wings and loud crowing, supposedly inherited from a country Shanghai chicken near her mother’s bed. The husband jokes about alarm clocks and even severing her throat, but the piece endorses the odd talent as true and harmless.
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Chanticleer
Ake
Shanghai
Ben-Coop
Materns
Ben Cnop
Richmond Examiner
How to Tell a Good Teacher Tale from Swampville
A Swampville gentleman recounts trying school teaching and recounts how he sought trustees to get a teaching post. He recalls Mr Snickles evaluating him by gait and handwriting, then disappeared before a decision. He explains he did not reapply, saying the encounter soured his interest.
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Ruby
Emood
Anid Ruby
Emily
Baby
Raby
Roby
Swampville
Wal
Mr. Snickles
Mr Snickles
Myagle
Liie
Jis
Gays
Ant
Swanzpville
Hiram
Mao
Sin
God
Little Verses On Life's Bright and Dark Moments
Poem fragment reflecting on life’s fleeting days and enduring hope. It contrasts bright hours with sorrow and urges focusing on joy, noting that life includes both sunshine and hardship. The speaker suggests that hope remains in every heart despite pain.
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Earth
Bo Hope
Min
Ife
Fitting Shirts and a Mischief of Tailors
A narrator recalls attempting to tailor shirts to fit a man, failing repeatedly, then discovering a clever but costly solution. After numerous trials and a final inch alteration, the owner’s neck and confidence shift, revealing a cycle of self-adjustment and humor. Across other snippets, a farm boy recounts handling a heavy musket mishap and a streetwise parable ends with social observations.
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Amias
Sol
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