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  2. Light and Healthsome

    A courting game.—Lawn tennis. A marriage tie.—The nuptial knot. A summery remark.—Warm weather. A young shaver.—A barber's apprentice. ...

    Article : 1,185 words
  3. The Engineer's Story.

    We were driving the down express— Will at the steam, I at the coal— Over the valleys and villages! Over the marsh and coppices! ...

    Article : 675 words
  4. Credit Not Good.

    "I suppose," remarked the loafer, as he helped himself at the lunch table, "I suppose if Jimmy Service or Graham Berry came in here and said: "Johnny, let's have ...

    Article : 542 words
  5. Anecdotes of Famous Singers.

    Sophie Arnould, a famous French prima donna, who was born in 1744, was renowned for her piquant retorts and repartees. One day she saw a doctor of her acquaintance, ...

    Article : 383 words
  6. The Cyclist's Farewell to His Steed.

    My beautiful, my bicycle? that standest patient by. With thy proudly arched and glossy back, t'would please a critics; eye; ...

    Article : 533 words
  7. A Night of Adventures.

    I have travelled in my time over a great portion of the world, and have had some rather curious and exciting adventures, but the most remarkable of these, taking ...

    Article : 2,568 words
  8. The Success of Elderly Lovers.

    The girl poor thing; generally begins life by falling head-over-ears with a young man who is unworthy of it; some insignificant idler of twenty-five or thereabouts, with ...

    Article : 407 words
  9. An Idyl of the Kitchen.

    In brown Holland apron she stood in the kitchen; Her sleeves were rolled up, and her cheeks all aglow; ...

    Article : 244 words
  10. Agricultural, &q.

    Horses should not be allowed to drink cold water when heated. It produces colic. Wisconsin hop-growers sow buckwheat in their yards, upon which the lice will feed in ...

    Article : 272 words
  11. His Lost Wife.

    A few days ago the wife of a German living in the north west part of this city was suddenly called to the country by a message from a sick sister, and she left home ...

    Article : 403 words
  12. An Extempore Wedding.

    Mdlle. Z——, the daughter of a wealthy Jew at Oran, was engaged to be married to young Mordecai X——, a native of Tunis. The day of the wedding had arrived, and ...

    Article : 214 words
  13. A Good Rider.

    A dude called at Garton's livery stable the other day and asked could the groom let him have a pretty high-spirited horse. "Can you ride well, sir?" asked the groom. ...

    Article : 131 words
  14. BEE CULTURE.

    A lady who is engaged in bee culture writes me she fears being unable to hive her swarms She says: "I have supplied myself with all necessary dress, and with hiving-box, hook and ...

    Article : 191 words
  15. Story of a Doctor.

    An amusing instance of the calls which may be made on a doctor occurred some months ago in a small country town. The doctor was out one evening, when a violent ...

    Article : 242 words
  16. Oh! Shellfish Man.

    Let us royster with the oyster in the shorter days and moister that are brought by brown November with its roguish final R!; 'for breakfast or for supper, on the ...

    Article : 215 words
  17. Ye Small Boy.

    Ye small boy proceedeth to the pantry and abstracteth the jam from the jam pots there of, and his father interrogateth him as regardeth the disappearance of said jam, and ...

    Article : 196 words
  18. HINTS TO BUYERS OF HORSES.

    A horse, when trotted for the purpose of detecting lameness, should be run up and back as slowly as possible. He should not be ridden or driven, but he should be led by the halter, while ...

    Article : 237 words
  19. For Fear he Might.

    (Scene—On board an intercolonial steamer.) Irish passenger to handsome colored cook—"Good mornin', Snowball; 'pon my honor yez are lookin' well. Tell me this now. What ...

    Article : 79 words
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