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They All Do It; or, Mr. Miggs of Danbury and his Neighbors Being a Faithful Record of What Befell the Miggses on Several Important Occasions ...

 
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PREFACE.

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MR. MIGGS OF DANBURY, AND OTHER SKETCHES.
 
MIGGS'S JULIA.
 
THE PATRIOT'S IGNOBLE REPULSE.
 
THE SYMPATHIZING STRANGER.
 
AN ACCOMMODATING REPORTER.
 
BE CHEERFUL AT THE TABLE.
 
A GREAT GRIEF.
 
HENS AS A STUDY.
 
THE BOY WITH A PENNY.
 
TEMPEST IN A TUB.
 
SHOULD THE ASTORS LUG OFF THE MONEY?
 
WHAT HE WANTED IT FOR.
 
A PRUDENT SUFFERER.
 
THE COTTER'S SATURDAY NIGHT.
 
THAT AWFUL BOY.
 
HE WANTED TO KNOW THE MENU.
 
WHO WAS TO BLAME?
 
AN EXTRAORDINARY STOVE-PIPE.
 
AN EMINENTLY THOUGHTFUL HUSBAND.
 
STRIKING A BONANZA.
 
A SORE TROUBLE.
 
MR. COVILLE PROVES MATHEMATICS.
 
A FEMALE PRANK.
 
A STARTLING AFFAIR.
 
COVILLE CONVALESCES.
 
A SERENADING CATASTROPHE.
 
OWNING A COW.
 
AN ASTONISHING CURE.
 
THE HARBISONS' BABY.
 
MR. COVILLE RENEWS HIS SINGING.
 
A PROGRESSIVE WOMAN.
 
NOT AS HIS MOTHER DID.
 
AFTER THE FUNERAL.
 
A SMART WOMAN.
 
A DANBURY SPELLING-SCHOOL.
 
A LAZY BOY'S LOAD.
 
THE DUTIFUL BOY.
 
ENJOYING THEIR CHURCH PRIVILEGES.
 
THEY ALL DO IT.
 
A MODEL BOY.
 
THE BUREAU-DRAWER.
 
A WOMAN'S IDEA OF FINANCE.
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SPRING IN DANBURY.
 
MR. COBLEIGH'S SORROW.
 
THE BENEVOLENT STRANGER.
 
MR. COVILLE'S EXPERIMENT.
 
HIS WIFE'S MOTHER.
 
THE UNOSTENTATIOUS CUCUMBER.
 
SHE OBJECTED TO MUD.
 
RUNNING THE GANTLET.
 
AN EARLY DELICACY.
 
MAKING THE GARDEN.
 
GETTING YOUR VEGETABLES FRESH.
 
GENTLE SPRING IN THE HOUSEHOLD.
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SUMMER IN DANBURY.
 
TOMMY MIGGS'S VISION.
 
ABOUT A FLY.
 
A GRIEVOUS MISTAKE.
 
MRS. COBLEIGH CALLS HER DOG.
 
AFTER THE CELEBRATION.
 
COMING OUT OF THE SPREE.
 
A PREMATURE CELEBRATION.
 
MR. COLLINS'S CROQUET SET.
 
PUTTING DOWN THE WINDOWS.
 
AN INEXPENSIVE CELEBRATION.
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AUTUMN IN DANBURY.
 
A FRIGHTFUL MISCALCULATION.
 
AN ORNAMENTAL STOVE.
 
GOING TO SLEEP IN CHURCH.
 
GOING TO THE FIRE.
 
AN EXASPERATING ARTICLE.
 
GETTING YOUR PICTURE.
 
A WOMAN'S POCKET.
 
THE CARPET AT THE DOOR.
 
A SERIOUS PROBLEM.
 
FIGHTING THE WIND.
 
A COTTON FOE.
 
NOW AND THEN.
 
A PECULIAR TORTURE.
 
AN ABUSED BOY.
 
THE NEW-ENGLAND FESTIVAL.
 
SHE GOT THAT CHICKEN HERSELF.
 
THE SQUIGGSES ARE GRATEFUL.
 
MR. COBLEIGH LOOKS AFTER THE BREAD.
 
HOUSE CLEANING.
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WINTER IN DANBURY.
 
THE LITTLE MIGGSES' CHRISTMAS.
 
A FEMALE CAUCUS.
 
SWEARING OFF.
 
A GHASTLY JOY.
 
AN EXTREMELY PRACTICAL BOY.
 
LITTLE BOB'S GREAT GRIEF.
 
A WINTER IDYL.
 
THE MISSION OF A NIGHT.
 
WAS HE AFRAID?
 
YOUNG COVILLE CATCHES ON BEHIND.
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ETCHINGS.
 
WERE YOU EVER THERE?
 
COURTING UNDER DIFFICULTIES.
 
THE BAD BROTHER.
 
A PRUDENT YOUNG MAN.
 
A PRACTICAL SUGGESTION.
 
PHOTOGRAPHING HER MA.
 
ALMOST A MISUNDERSTANDING.
 
TEN YEARS AFTER.
 
THE NINETEENTH CENTURY.

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THEY ALL DO IT;

or
MR. MIGGS OF DANBURY AND HIS NEIGHBORS

A FAITHFUL RECORD OF WHAT BEFELL THE MIGGSES
ON SEVERAL IMPORTANT OCCASIONS. TOGETHER
WITH A FULL ACCOUNT OF
STIRRING EVENTS IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE
INTERVALS.

CAREFULLY PREPARED BY

J. M. BAILEY,


THE DANBURY-NEWS MAN.

BOSTON
:
LEE AND SHEPARD, PUBLISHERS.
NEW YORK
:
CHARLES T. DILLINGHAM.
1877.

Copyright.
Lee and Shpard. 1877.
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