My Autobiography: Some Events Pathetic But Absolutely True1861 - 74 pages |
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... a question , and you are not sure how to answer - don't say anything . And don't you come out to the huxter wagon any more . " Then I wondered more about what she could mean . TASTING BUTTER ELEVEN YEARS OLD Tasting butter as a rule 42.
... a question , and you are not sure how to answer - don't say anything . And don't you come out to the huxter wagon any more . " Then I wondered more about what she could mean . TASTING BUTTER ELEVEN YEARS OLD Tasting butter as a rule 42.
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Some Events Pathetic But Absolutely True Ellen Gray. TASTING BUTTER ELEVEN YEARS OLD Tasting butter as a rule may not have any thrill in it , but if it is eleven years old that makes a difference . On October ninth in the year 1871 the ...
Some Events Pathetic But Absolutely True Ellen Gray. TASTING BUTTER ELEVEN YEARS OLD Tasting butter as a rule may not have any thrill in it , but if it is eleven years old that makes a difference . On October ninth in the year 1871 the ...
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... butter older than yourself , butter pro- duced from a cow ; and you can see and read about a cow that started a great fire , the news of which will go down in history . " The Chicago Evening Journal printed the first story of Mrs. O ...
... butter older than yourself , butter pro- duced from a cow ; and you can see and read about a cow that started a great fire , the news of which will go down in history . " The Chicago Evening Journal printed the first story of Mrs. O ...
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... butter , keeping her eggs gathered and counted ready for the market , and many other don'ts ' and do's - and she would bring me a nice present from the city of Philadelphia . She did . It was a pincushion which looked like a toad stool ...
... butter , keeping her eggs gathered and counted ready for the market , and many other don'ts ' and do's - and she would bring me a nice present from the city of Philadelphia . She did . It was a pincushion which looked like a toad stool ...
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... butter didn't look right , and she knew that I hadn't kept the churn clean . There was a scorch on the bottom of her porcelain kettle ; it didn't look as if I had scoured the tin ware , and there was plenty of sapolia , no excuse ; and ...
... butter didn't look right , and she knew that I hadn't kept the churn clean . There was a scorch on the bottom of her porcelain kettle ; it didn't look as if I had scoured the tin ware , and there was plenty of sapolia , no excuse ; and ...
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Page 67 - There are lonely hearts to cherish, While the days are going by ; There are weary souls who perish, While the days are going by...
Page 5 - Every child born into the world is a new thought of God, an ever-fresh and radiant possibility.
Page 30 - No. 93. /"\H, how sweet when we mingle with kindred spirits here, ^-' And tell of Jesus and His love ! When by faith we can see Him, and feel His presence near, And lift our longing souls above. We shall meet on the banks of the river ; happy, happy there for evermore. We shall dwell with the angels, and join with choral song, our loved ones, loved ones gone before.
Page 74 - Eureka! this the purpose I pursue ; For, behold, a god hath called me, and his service I shall do! " Brother, seek thy calling likewise, thou wert destined for the same; Sloth is sin, and toil is worship, and the soul demands an aim : Who neglects the ordination, he shall not escape the blame.
Page 53 - I thanked her and wanted to know if there was something that I could do for her, but she answered, "Never mind, child, you do well to do the things you are compelled to do.
Page 41 - Hill, but he heard me crying and came to me and asked me what the matter was. I told him. He said, "Never mind, daughter, I'll tell Mother to go look herself. She'll see no little potatoes.