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CONTENTS.

Page CONTENTS.

CONTENTS.

  • I. FOURTH OF JULY ORATION IN OREGON 13

  • II. A CALIFORNIA MODEL LOVE LETTER 43

  • III. ON SPRINGFIELD MOUNTAIN 45

  • IV. PHENIX ON AGRICULTURE 53

  • V. NEVER TOLD A LIE 56

  • VI. SEWING MACHINE — FELINE ATTACHMENT 58

  • VII. PHENIX ON WET WEATHER 64

  • VIII. WARRE-LYKE BALLADE OF YE ASTOUNDEDDE DOCTOR 71

  • IX. LIFE IN PANAMA 104

  • X. A TRIP TO OREGON 109

  • XI. BUTTERFIELD AT THE BALL 116

  • XII. SQUIBOB'S “COMPOSITION OF ARMIES” 129

  • XIII. BOSTON — A MORAL CITY 138

  • XIV. A JOURNEY FROM BOSTON TO NEW ORLEANS 145

  • XV. NEW ORLEANS — ITS HOTEL 162

  • XVI. MATTERS AND THINGS IN SAN FRANCISCO 178

  • XVII. JOHN RANDOLPH OF ROANOKE 184

  • XVIII. THE GYROSCOPE. A REVIEW 186

  • XIX. THE SONG OF “NOTHIN' SHORTER” 190

  • XX. MASSACHUSETTS DENTAL ASSOCIATION 198

  • XXI. THE LEGEND OF JONES 206

  • XXII. REPORT OF A SCIENTIFIC LECTURE 215

  • XXIII. GREAT RAILROAD PROJECT 223

  • XXIV. TOPOGRAPHICAL ENGINEERS 227

  • XXV. ON CLIPPER SHIPS 238

  • XXVI. A LETTER OF CREDIT 241

  • XXVII. PANNIERS 244


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