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Life and sayings of Mrs. Partington and others of the family

Shillaber, B. P. (1814-1890)
  
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PREFATORY.
  
CONTENTS.

  
BIOGRAPHY OF MRS. PARTINGTON, RELICT OF P. P., CORPORAL.
  
MILD WEATHER.
  
THE CHINA QUESTION.
  
SYMPATHY.
  
PAUL'S GHOST.
  
IKE SO TENDER-HEARTED.
  
LOOK UP.
  
A SOLEMN FACT.
  
NEW REMEDY FOR A DROUGHT.
  
“HEAR THAT VOICE.”
  
MRS. PARTINGTON PENNED.
  
THE SODA FOUNTAIN.
  
GIVING REASONS.
  
A SMALL TRADE.
  
ON LOCOMOTION.
  
THE LARGEST LIBERTY.
  
MRS. PARTINGTON IN COURT.
  
“RIGHT” AND “LEFT.”
  
A LITTLE TRUTH WELL PUT.
  
MUSICAL CRITICISM.
  
LIFE ON THE ROAD.
  
FANCY DISEASES.
  
DAGUERREOTYPES.
  
THAT AND THAT.
  
ON POLITICS.
  
BEAUTIFUL REFLECTION INTERRUPTED.
  
APPOINTING INSPECTORS.
  
MRS. PARTINGTON AT TEA.
  
SIR, YOU OWE ME A CENT.
  
GUESSING AT A NAME.
  
BURNING WATER.
  
A STRIKING MANIFESTATION.
  
IKE AND THE ELEPHANT.
  
A SUBSTITUTE.
  
WHOLESOME ADVICE.
  
A GHOST STORY.
  
A DANGEROUS POSITION.
  
A LESSON ON SYMPATHY.
  
HOW IKE DROPPED THE CAT.
  
STOPPING A 'BUS.
  
AFTER A WEDDING.
  
MRS. PARTINGTON IN THE MARKET.
  
PARTINGTON PHILOSOPHY.
  
FILIAL DUTY vs. WASHING-POWDER.
  
A SERIOUS QUESTION.
  
RATHER A RASCAL.
  
THE SENSITIVE MAN SEES A BLOOMER.
  
POWER OF ATTORNEY.
  
THE NEW DRESS FOR LADIES.
  
PSYCHOLOGY.
  
MATTER OF FACT.
  
THE CAT AND KITTENS.
  
A POINT SETTLED.
  
MORAL TRAINING.
  
A LITTLE TRUTH.
  
HAIR-DRESSING.
  
OMNIBUS-RIDING.
  
AURIFEROUS MEDITATIONS.
  
IKE AND THE ORANGES.
  
PATRIOTISM.
  
DULL BUSINESS.
  
ANTIQUITY IN A SHOWER.
  
THE NATIONAL EPIC.
  
MRS. PARTINGTON AND THE MAINE LIQUOR BILL.
  
TAKE THINGS EASY.
  
CARRIED AWAY WITH MUSIC.
  
MRS. PARTINGTON IN TROUBLE.
  
INFLUENZA.
  
AN ANSWER.
  
MUTTON CUSTARD.
  
MRS. PARTINGTON ON THE “RELIGIOUS TEST.”
  
MRS. PARTINGTON'S IDEA OF HUMOR.
  
A GREAT CURIOSITY.
  
MRS. PARTINGTON ON EXTRADITION.
  
IRREVERENT.
  
INDIGNATION MEETING.
  
HOW TO GET OUT OF AN OMNIBUS.
  
A LITERAL CONSTRUCTION.
  
A LEGITIMATE CONCLUSION.
  
QUESTION ANSWERED.
  
THE TEST REFUSED.
  
A WHOLESOME LESSON.
  
A BOOTLESS CASE.
  
PERHAPS TRUE.
  
OLD ROGER'S NEW HAT.
  
CHRISTMAS REFLECTION.
  
REFLECTION ABOUT MOSQUITOS.
  
A PASSABLE JOKE.
  
A PORCINE EXPOSURE.
  
A NAVE IN THE CHURCH.
  
A QUEER ASSOCIATION.
  
THE PUNDIT PUNNED.
  
PUNCH IN THE HEAD.
  
MATTER OF FACT AND SENTIMENT.
  
COMMISERATION FOR CLERKS.
  
THE BOUQUET.
  
MRS. PARTINGTON ON VENTILATION.
  
OUR RELATIONS WITH MEXICO.
  
THE FIRST OF APRIL.
  
AN INQUIRY ANSWERED.
  
BAILED OUT.
  
HAVE YOU GOT A BABY?
  
A HOME TRUTH.
  
A SEASONABLE PUN.
  
VARICOSE VEINS.
  
MRS. PARTINGTON ON VACATION.
  
TORCHLIGHT PATRIOTISM.
  
MRS. PARTINGTON ON SUFFRAGE.
  
DOWN WITH THE TYRANT.
  
MRS. PARTINGTON AND THE CLERK.
  
THOUGHT FOR THANKSGIVING DAY.
  
PEACE INCULCATED.
  
HUMAN NATURE.
  
MR. STEADFAST'S SOLILOQUY.
  
MRS. PARTINGTON RURALIZING.
  
VENTILATION.
  
LETTER FROM IKE, IN THE COUNTRY.
  
OUT OF PLACE.
  
TENDER NAMES.
  
LEARNING TO RELISH IT.
  
PHLEBOTOMY A DISEASE.
  
HIRSUTE ORNAMENTS.
  
MRS. PARTINGTON AND PROBATE.
  
DOMESTIC PURITY IMPUGNED.
  
DID IT HURT YOU MUCH?
  
“FARE, MA'AM.”
  
PAYING PROMPTLY.
  
“MEMENTO MORY.”
  
MESMERISM.
  
A SLIGHT MISTAKE.
  
CONSIDERABLY TRUE.
  
OLD BULL'S CONCERT.
  
ANGULAR SAXONS.
  
WATER GAS.
  
MRS. PARTINGTON AT THE OPERA.
  
A SLIGHT MISAPPREHENSION.
  
APOLLYON BONYPART.
  
PAUL AND POLITICS.
  
A PREDICTION.
  
THE DESSERT.
  
BOSTON MUSIC HALL.
  
TROUSSEAU OF PRINCESS WASA.
  
STOCK OF THE REVOLUTION.
  
PHILOSOPHY OF COUNTRY HEALTH.
  
THE PROMENADE.
  
MRS. PARTINGTON IN THE CROWD.
  
A CEREOUS MATTER.
  
ANCIENT AND MODERN REMEDIES CONTRASTED.
  
MR. SLOW IN THE MOON.
  
MY LITTLE BOY.
  
MY LITTLE BOY.
  
MRS. PARTINGTON ON REMEDIES.
  
A NEW INSTRUMENT.
  
CRITICISM.
  
BLEAK HOUSE.
  
ADMIRATION FOR ELOQUENCE.
  
NAVES OF THE CRYSTAL PALACE.
  
MR. BISBEE'S CONFESSION.
  
GERMANIA BAND.
  
A GOOD SUGGESTION.
  
CATCHING AN OMNIBUS.
  
IKE IN A NEW POSITION.
  
UNPOPULAR DOCTRINE.
  
BENEVOLENCE.
  
MYSTERIOUS ACTION OF RATS.
  
MRS. P. ON THE MISSISSIPPI.
  
PROVISIONS OF THE CONSTITUTION.
  
SEVERE, BUT JUST.
  
MRS. PARTINGTON AND PIETY.
  
BRICKS AND STRAW.
  
MEDALLIC PROSPECTS.
  
MRS. PARTINGTON BEATING UP.
  
A DEAD SHOT.
  
SHOCKING JOKE.
  
RIDING.
  
MRS. PARTINGTON LOOKING OUT.
  
FORESEEING THINGS BEFOREHAND.
  
A SINUOSITY.
  
THE SCIENCE OF FISH.
  
ETERNAL INDEBTEDNESS.
  
BORROWING NEWSPAPERS.
  
PROMISING CHILDREN.
  
FORGIVENESS OF WRONG.
  
A NEGATIVE AFFIRMATIVE.
  
TAKING PICTURES.
  
PRECOCITY.
  
MR. THIMBLE'S MOUSE-TRAP.
  
MRS. PARTINGTON vs. COOK-BOOKS.
  
ON ELOCUTION.
  
OUTRAGE.
  
IKE IN THE COUNTRY.
  
THE NEW YEAR — AN ALLEGORY.
  
THE ARCHITECTURAL BLACK EYE.
  
SEEKING A COMET.
  
BENEVOLENCE UNAPPRECIATED.
  
THE PARTING WORD.
  
ON GHOSTS.
  
STAGE COMPANIONSHIP.
  
MR. SLOW UPON MORAL WORTH.
  
MR. SLOW OFF SOUNDINGS.
  
AN EDITOR A LITTLE HEATED.
  
DON'T CUT IT, MISS.
  
TWENTY-NINE CATS.
  
MRS. PARTINGTON ON TOBACCO.
  
GUITAR IN THE HEAD.
  
A SINGULAR FACT.
  
A HIT AT THE TIMES.
  
THE POOR PRINTER.
  
MR. SLOW ON GRAVE TOPICS.
  
PAYING AN OLD DEBT.
  
OPERATIC REBUKE.
  
“SMITH & —.”
  
A WOMAN THAT ONE COULD LOVE.
  
INTRODUCING THE WATER.
  
RATHER FUNNY.
  
ON ONE STRING.
  
SEEKING THE LIGHT.
  
JUDGING VIRTUE BY ITS SMELL.
  
ABUSES OF THE PRESS.
  
MOUSE-HUNTING; AN INCIDENT IN THE LIFE OF MRS. PARTINGTON.
  
STAR-GAZING.
  
MRS. P. ON MOUNT VESUVIUS.
  
THE PIC-NIC: A GRAND DOMESTIC DRAMA, IN MANY ACTS.
  
AN EXCELLENT TEST OF AFFECTION.
  
HIGH-DUTCH vs. POLITENESS.
  
GOOD TASTE.
  
OLD ROGER MUCH EXCITED.
  
RARE DUN.
  
THE BEAR-SKINS.
  
AWFUL DEWY.
  
A SLIGHT MISAPPREHENSION.
  
PEPPERCASE REBUKED.
  
A REMEMBERED MISTAKE.
  
MRS. PARTINGTON AND JENNY LIND.
  
THE USE OF THE AZTECS.
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THE MYSTERY OF THE BRAZEN NOSE; OR, THE MAIDEN'S REVENGE.
 1. 
CHAPTER I THE HERO OF THE STORY.
 2. 
CHAPTER II. THE BRAZEN NOSE.
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CHAPTER III. THE GAME IS UP!
  
GOING TO CALIFORNIA.
  
A TOUGH CUSTOMER.
  
FUNERAL OBSTACLES.
  
EXCELLENT ADVICE.
  
TIMELY REFLECTION.
  
PREPARING TO SEE THE PRESIDENT.
  
A CHURCH INCIDENT.
  
A DRY-GOOD LESSON.
  
A GLANCE AT POVERTY.
  
SLANDERERS.
  
A STORMY SEASON.
  
DIETETICAL COUNSEL.
  
MRS. P. CONFERS WITH PAUL.
  
MRS. PARTINGTON AT THE PLAY.
  
BREACHES OF FAITH.
  
A QUEER CONCEIT.
  
MRS. PARTINGTON ON COLPORTERS.
  
FOURTH OF JULY.
  
SEEING THE FIREWORKS.
  
THE TELEGRAPH.
  
A STORY FOR CHRISTMAS.
  
MRS. P. AMONG THE ANIMALS.
  
A LEAF FROM MEMORY.
  
PEACEFUL COGITATIONS.
  
HOME MISSIONS.
  
OLD ROGER AND THE BOARDERS.
  
BAD TEMPERS.
  
GIVING THANKS.
  
A GOOD DEAL OF TRUTH.
  
POLITICAL EXTRAVAGANCE REBUKED.
  
SLEIGH-RIDING.
  
HUNK FOR THE UNION.
  
LEAF FROM PHILANTHROPOS' JOURNAL.
  
TRAINING DAYS.
  
LIFE — LIFE — HOW CURIOUS IT IS.
  
AN INTERESTING FACT.
  
NEW PATENTS.
  
BRIEF ANSWERS.
  
ORGANS.

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TO THE
FRIENDS OF MRS. PARTINGTON.

WHOSE FAVOR HAS ENCOURAGED
THE OLD LADY
IN HER ECCENTRIC SAYINGS,
THIS VOLUME
IS “RESPECTIVELY” DEDICATED.

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