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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...probably, of representing his firm in the old clo' department at the Centennial. But, as a general thing, if one wishes to avoid trying on the new varieties of "Patent Braces," and other articles of wearing apparel, he will best secure his object by studying the peculiarities of gait among pedlers. It is an easy matter to discover a new hand at the business. He walks along rather undecidedly, stops to scan the name on the door, and then knocks, with something of deference in the sound. Far different is the hardened book-agent or phrenologist; he gives an extremely...
Seeking their homes among the skyey stars...
...That such a settlement had once existed there had long been a traditional belief, but until the last five years nothing definite about it was known. The exploring expedition sent out by the government in 4845 brought back from the eastern coast of America some most important relics, and among them some papers relating to this town of Harvard. It is expected that there will soon appear a work on America written in the light of these developments; at present it is sufficient to remark that the common notion that America was once a populous and powerful country, but that...
...principal information about these "men" is derived from some scattered sheets of what were probably periodicals published by the men themselves. We learn from these that there existed among the men a continual discontent with the acts of the Legislature, which they speak of as the "Faculty." If this word is the same as the Latin facilis, as seems probable, the ironical application of the name becomes evident. This, too, would seem to imply quite an advanced state of intellectual culture among the inhabitants of Harvard...
...this town were beset by many foes. Among them were "goodies" and "pocos," who dwelt in the town itself, and a race of fierce savages, called "Port peelers," who infested a high mountain near the place called "Mt. Auburn," whence they frequently descended, and bearing away every one whom they met, buried them alive on the slopes of the hill. Query: Was "port" an abbreviation of porto? The men had also a feud with a certain Yale, of which nothing more is known. Men are often spoken of as "deading"; may they not have been killed in these contests...