Woodworth's Youth's Cabinet, Volumes 1-2D.A. Woodworth, 1856 - Youth |
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... Kansas , First Impressions of . .ii . 106 Kansas Fish Story .. ..ii . 23 Kansas , Rambles in ....... i . 178 King of the Pumpkins ...... ..i . 8 Libraries , Important . ... 173 Lily and the Rose ..... .ii . 104 Little Bantam ...
... Kansas , First Impressions of . .ii . 106 Kansas Fish Story .. ..ii . 23 Kansas , Rambles in ....... i . 178 King of the Pumpkins ...... ..i . 8 Libraries , Important . ... 173 Lily and the Rose ..... .ii . 104 Little Bantam ...
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... Kansas ... i . 178 ..ii . 116 .i . 190 Widowed Mocking - Bird..i . 64 William Penn .. Winged Thief , The . Wisconsin , Uncle in ... ii . 186 .ii 169 Frank ..ii . 26 Wonders of the Micro- .ii . 8 Vesuvius Polka - Music..i . 128 Vinegar ...
... Kansas ... i . 178 ..ii . 116 .i . 190 Widowed Mocking - Bird..i . 64 William Penn .. Winged Thief , The . Wisconsin , Uncle in ... ii . 186 .ii 169 Frank ..ii . 26 Wonders of the Micro- .ii . 8 Vesuvius Polka - Music..i . 128 Vinegar ...
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... NEW YORK Hist . Soc . Lib . 20,000 " L 46 44 ciety Library . CHARLESTON Society Library 20,000 AMERICAN Philosophical So- 20,000 66 UNCLE FRANK IN KANSAS . WONDER if my young friends. ATHENÆUM LIBRARY , BOSTON . MAMMOTH LIBRARIES . 177 34 ...
... NEW YORK Hist . Soc . Lib . 20,000 " L 46 44 ciety Library . CHARLESTON Society Library 20,000 AMERICAN Philosophical So- 20,000 66 UNCLE FRANK IN KANSAS . WONDER if my young friends. ATHENÆUM LIBRARY , BOSTON . MAMMOTH LIBRARIES . 177 34 ...
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UNCLE FRANK IN KANSAS . WONDER if my young friends would like to hear a little about my rambles in the far - western Territory of Kansas . If they would , I am the man to gratify them . When I was a little boy nothing pleased me better ...
UNCLE FRANK IN KANSAS . WONDER if my young friends would like to hear a little about my rambles in the far - western Territory of Kansas . If they would , I am the man to gratify them . When I was a little boy nothing pleased me better ...
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... Kansas and Nebraska , we found a perfect crowd of peo- ple . It was as much as we could do , at 2 o'clock at night , to find a bed at any of the hotels . I found one at last at the Planter's Hotel- one of the best houses in the Western ...
... Kansas and Nebraska , we found a perfect crowd of peo- ple . It was as much as we could do , at 2 o'clock at night , to find a bed at any of the hotels . I found one at last at the Planter's Hotel- one of the best houses in the Western ...
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Page 45 - He had scarcely performed ten minutes, when a mouse, apparently frantic, made its appearance in the center of the floor. The strange gestures of the little animal strongly excited the attention of the officers, who, with one consent, resolved to suffer it to continue its singular actions unmolested. Its exertions now appeared to be greater every moment : it shook its head, leaped about the table, and exhibited signs of the most ecstatic delight.
Page 11 - Though the Peruvian shores are on the verge of the great South Sea boiler, yet it never rains there. The reason is plain. The southeast trade-winds in the Atlantic Ocean first strike the water on the coast of Africa.
Page 115 - When I was young, I thought it was the thunder that killed the people ; but when I grew wiser, I discovered that it was the lightning — so I determined to thunder less and lighten more in future.
Page 11 - By this time they are heavily laden with vapor, which they continue to bear along across the continent, depositing it as they go, and supplying with it the sources of the Rio de la Plata and the southern tributaries of the Amazon. Finally they reach the snow-capped Andes, and here is wrung from them the last particle of moisture that that very low temperature can extract.
Page 37 - Who collects all my food, and with wonderful knack, Throws it into a net which I keep at my back ; And, though heels over head it arrives in a trice, It is sent up to table all proper and nice. I am spoken of sometimes as if I were glass, But then it is false, and the trick will not pass. A blow makes me run, though I have not a limb ; Though I neither have fins nor a bladder, I swim. Like many more couples, my partner and I At times will look cross at each other and shy; Yet still, though we differ...
Page 68 - At one stoppingplace, away from a town, he called for some water. It did not come, so he called again ; still he could not get it; but cider was brought, and, being very thirsty, he so far forgot himself as to drink that. When he returned home he related the circumstance. After he had finished, the little boy came up to his knee with his eyes full of tears, and said " Father, how far was you from James River when you drank the cider ? " " Rather more than fifteen miles, my boy.
Page 61 - Place a sprig of rosemary or any other garden herb in a glass jar, so that when it is inverted, the stem may be downwards, and the sprig supported by the sides of the jar...
Page 65 - A shepherd once, to prove the quickness of his dog, who was lying before the fire in the house where we were talking, said to me, in the middle of a sentence concerning something else— "I'm thinking, Sir, the cow is in the potatoes." Though he purposely laid no ^stress on these words, and said them in a quiet unconcerned tone of voice, the dog, who appeared to be asleep, immediately jumped up, and leaping through the open window, scrambled up the turf roof of the house, from which he could see...
Page 171 - Vermont was accosted in the following manner by an illiterate preacher who despised education. "Sir, you have been to college, I suppose?" "Yes, sir," was the reply. "I am thankful," rejoined the former, "that the Lord has opened my mouth to preach without any learning.
Page 144 - What few words the little fellow produced were applauded ; and applause stimulating exertion, produced such effects that, before Robin was ten years old, he could really address the company with some degree of eloquence. As he grew up, his father constantly took him every Sunday into his private room, and made him repeat, as well as he could, the sermon which had been preached.