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A quarter race in Kentucky

and other sketches, illustrative of scenes, characters, and incidents throughout "the universal Yankee nation."

A QUARTER RACE IN KENTUCKY.

A SHARK STORY.

LANTY OLIPHANT IN COURT.

BILL MORSE ON THE CITY TAXES.

ANCE VEASY'S FIGHT WITH REUB. SESSIONS.

THE FASTEST FUNERAL ON RECORD.

GOING TO BED BEFORE A YOUNG LADY.

A MILLERITE MIRACLE.

OLD SINGLETIRE,

"RUNNING A SAW" ON A FRENCH GENTLEMAN.

BREAKING A BANK.

TAKING THE CENSUS.

DICK HARLAN'S TENNESSEE FROLIC.

"FALLING OFF A LOG," IN A GAME OF "SEVEN-UP."

THE "WERRY FAST CRAB."

"FRENCH WITHOUT A MASTER."

A ROLLICKING DRAGOON OFFICER.

THE GEORGIA MAJOR IN COURT.

UNCLE BILLY BROWN—"GLORIOUS!"

OLD TUTTLE'S LAST QUARTER RACE.

BILL DEAN, THE TEXAN RANGER.

THE STEAMBOAT CAPTAIN WHO WAS AVERSE TO RACING.

BOB HERRING, THE ARKANSAS BEAR HUNTER.

McALPIN'S TRIP TO CHARLESTON.

INDIA RUBBER PILLS.

A MURDER CASE IN MISSISSIPPI.

KICKING A YANKEE.

A "DOWN EAST" ORIGINAL.

"SOMEBODY IN MY BED!"

A DAY AT SOL. SLICE'S.

CUPPING ON THE STERNUM.

A BEAR STORY.

PLAYING "POKER" IN ARKANSAS,

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"He walked to the fire and threw it in, remarking, `Eternally — my soull [his favorite oath,]
Gentlemen, if I don't think we have lived long enough!' "