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Saratoga in 1901

Landon, Melville D. (1839-1910)
  
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PREFACE
  
CONTENTS

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UP THE HUDSON Off for Saratoga!
  
HORSE-RACERS.
  
GAMBLERS.
  
CLERGYMEN
  
The Old Pilot.
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Saratoga Preparing for the Great Race
  
PEEP IN THE MORNING.
  
LONGFELLOW,
  
LO, THE POOR INDIAN
  
JOKE.
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JOCKEYS.
  
JAKE.
  
ALBERT.
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The Ladies on the Grand Stand BETTING.
  
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TRAVERS'S JOKE.
  
PHILOSOPHY.
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CONGRESS SPRING. SARATOGA.
  
THE STATISTICS OF SARATOGA.
  
EARLY SETTLEMENT
  
GROWTH OF SARATOGA.
  
THE OLD UNITED STATES.
  
THE RACE TRACK.
  
CONGRESS SPRING.
  
USE OF THE WATERS.
  
HOW TO DRINK THE WATERS.
  
ANALYSIS OF SPRINGS IN A NUTSHELL.
  
REFLECTION.
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RACES.—FUN.—PERSONAL.
  
HORSE TALK.
  
A Party of Tammanyites.
  
THE ROUND LAKE CAMP-MEETING.
  
FUNNY.
  
WHO IS HERE? (Personal.)
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Love and geography.
  
WHAT WE DO NOW.
  
GINX.
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THE BLOOD OF HARRY LEE.
  
THE STORY—CALHOUN AND WEBSTER'S BIG HEARTS.
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GENERAL SHERMAN TALKS.
  
SHERMAN'S STORY.
  
PRESIDENTIAL.
  
EMPEROR GRANT.
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FUN BETWEEN THE HOUSES.
  
YANKEE JEWS.
  
INDIGNATION.
  
DAINTY DISHES.
  
EXTREME OF VICE.
  
GAMBLING.
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SPRINKLED.—NEW SPRING.—JESSIE CRANE.
  
SPRINKLED!
  
NEW INDIAN SPRING.
  
FIZZ!
  
WALKING STICKS.
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SARATOGA TURNOUTS.
  
EOUIPAGES.
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MOON ON THE LAKE.
  
RICH SAM DUNCAN.
  
POOR SAM DUNCAN.
  
OLD “FRANK WADDELL” BOTTLE.
  
POTATOES (THE SECRET).
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SARATOGA GOSSIP.
  
SARATOGA.
  
LEVITY AT THE CLARENDON.
  
JOKE.
  
BY THUNDER!
  
GROESBECK ON THE WAR PATH.
  
SELF-MADE MEN.
  
MADE HIMSELF.
  
“POKER”
  
THE FIRST MASQUERADE.
  
MASQUERADE GENERALLY.
  
BROWN'S BOYS.
  
THE PIRATES!
  
ANCIENT HENRY.
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CONGRESS SPRING.
  
DREADFUL DEVELOPMENTS.
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TRUTH CRUSHED TO EARTH!
  
OUR CORRESPONDENT EXPELLED.
  
LAN — INVITED TO GO!
  
THE EXILE'S RETURN.
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ELI PERKINS' SERMON.
  
THE CONTRAST.
  
AMONG GENTLEMEN
  
THE NEWEST SENSATION
  
THESE CRETONNE SUITS
  
GENTLEMEN'S TOILETS
  
DRESSING AT SARATOGA.
  
BENCHES IN CONGRESS SPRING PARK.
  
STATISTICS.
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SARATOGA AMUSEMENTS.
  
ONE MORE JOKE,
  
AMUSEMENTS.
  
ELI PERKINS PREACHES ON PRICES.
  
FEEING WAITERS.
  
HATS.
  
ELI IS LAN—
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PICTURES
  
A BEAUTIFUL CHRISTIAN.
  
FULL-DRESS BALL AT CONGRESS HALL.
  
MARRIED LADIES WITH BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN.
  
LOVE IN A GRAVEYARD.
  
EPITAPHS.
  
THE EFFECT OF THE SNAKE STORY.—A JOKE.
  
SARKASUM
  
THAT HORRIBLE BUCK!
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REV. ELI PERKINS.
  
TYPES.
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FLIRTING
  
WHEN FRED'S A FLIRT.
  
MEYERS AND THE CEDAR BLUFF.
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GRAND HOP AT THE CLARENDON.
  
SWELLS.
  
KISSES.
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GRAND SOCIAL CONGRESS.
  
AT THE CLARENDON.
  
COMMITTEE ON INCOMES.
  
COMMITTEE ON PEDIGREES.
  
COMMITTEE ON FLIRTATION.
  
COMMITTEE ON DRESS.
  
OTHER COMMITTEES.
  
THE INTRIGUING COMMITTEE.
  
THESE TERRIBLE DEVELOPMENTS
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A CHRISTIAN ACT.
  
SUBSCRIPTIONS.
  
FUN.
  
AWFUL PROFANITY.
  
COL. FISK OF THE 9TH.
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FASHIONABLE SOCIETY AT THE CIRCUS.
  
AFFECTING INCIDENT.
  
“SOCIETY PEOPLE.”
  
PERSONAL.
  
AN EPISODE OF WAR.
  
MORE PERSONAL.
  
TOILETS.
  
GUESTS PRESENT—VERY PERSONAL.
  
ELI PERKINS OF CONNECTICUT.
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JOKE THE OUT EVERYBODY SOLD.
  
WATERING-PLACE POETRY.
  
FUN AT DINNER.
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SARATOGA CROWDS!
  
OLD DOG BRAVE,
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MR. PERKINS GOES TO THE CLARENDON.
  
A POOR MAN.
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Clarendon.
  
WATCHING THE BALCONY.
  
JOSH BILLINGS INTERVIEWED.
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MR. PERKINS MOURNS BECAUSE HE DOES NOT DANCE THE ROUND DANCES.
  
TERRIBLE DEVELOPMENT.
  
THE YOUNG LADIES
  
ELI IN TEARS.
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ECLIPSE OF THE GAS WORKS.
  
TO SLEEP.
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THE GREAT SCANDAL CASES. BARONS AND JUDGES IMPLICATED.
  
THE JOKE A SUCCESS.
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SARATOGA INDIAN STORY. LENA AND ORONTA DISAPPEAR IN CONGRESS SPRING.
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CHAPTER I.
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CHAPTER II.
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CHAPTER III. THE LONE INDIAN.
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CHAPTER IV. LOVE AND SUICIDE.
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CHAPTER V.
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CHAPTER VI.
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CHAPTER VII.
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THE DEFEAT OF LONGFELLOW. THE BREAKING OF OLD JOHN HARPER'S HEART.
  
A FUNERAL AND A WEDDING
  
AFTER THE RACE.
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ELI CRAZY ON STATISTICS. MULTIPLICATION, ADDITION, AND SUBTRACTION.
  
MORE STATISTICS.
  
THE OTHER HOTEL STATISTICS.
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THE BATTLE OF SARATOGA,
  
THE BATTLE.
  
THE COLORED TROOPS,
  
THE GUN-BOATS
  
THE BATTLE RAGES.
  
THE PERKINS' FAMILY.
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SARATOGA IN 1901. ELI AN OLD MAN.
  
EUROPE.
  
DROPPED DOWN AT LONG BRANCH.
  
THROUGH THE AIR TO SARATOGA.
  
HOW THE YOUNG LADIES WERE DRESSED.
  
INTEMPERANCE.
  
NEW YORK IN 1901. FASHION'S CHANGES.
  
GOING TO PARTIES IN 1901
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CANT WORDS IN 1901.
  
NEW AMERICAN DICTIONARY.
  
RITUALISM IN 1901 CANDLES VERSUS THE SUN.
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SARATOGA AGAIN IN 1901.
  
CONGRESS SPRING DRIES UP.
  
GROWTH OF SARATOGA.
  
LONGFELLOW AND UNCLE JOHN HARPER.
  
THE BOYS.
  
VALE!
  
HOME AGAIN.
  
NEW YORK AT BALL & BLACK'S.
  
ELI CONFESSES HIS SINS.
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FIFTH HEAVENUE FLIRTING.
  
I LIKE TO BE LOVED.
  
JULIA'S IDEA.
  
FLIRTING
  
NEW YEAR'S CALLS.
  
ALBERT AND JULIA.

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