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Lake County, Indiana, 1884; An Account of the Semi-Centennial Celebration of Lake County, September 3 and 4, with Historical Papers and Other Interest

Timothy Horton Ball

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Description:This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1884. ... long Kentucky rifle, who were skilled in shooting what they called "prarrie " chickens, who (fid a large amount of "reckoning," whose women and children found it difficult "to get shut " of the ague, and who, when they held secrets of their own and were in the presence of others whom the facts might or might not concern, "never let on." Well did these understand and practice the virtue of primitive hospitality, loading their tables with food hut not with display; lighting the supper tables with lamps made of iron spoons, a piece of cloth for the wick, a little gravy from the skillet for the oil. and for the lamp stand a crevice between the logs of the cabin in which the mistress of ceremonies inserted the handle of the spoon. From this primitive contrivance arose what was called the "Hoosier lamp." And there also came families from many eastern states, from Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York; and others from New England, bringing with them their intelligence, their enterprise, their untiring the children of the latter doing much shrewd 'guessing," and when they would say, I "saw" something, instead of using the provincialism ' I seen it," would be met by the question from some of the other children, a question supposed sufficient to settle the matter of language, "Did you 'saw1 it clean in two?" Surprised, but not much abashed, the young New Englanders held on to "saw" and "did" in the place of "seen" and "done," laughing in their sleeves and in their own log cabins at the odd expressions which every day met their young ears. And next there came the men, women, and children, in European garb and with European language, polite courteous, and kindly, for they were seeking homes among the "native horn," they were planting themselves in the ...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Lake County, Indiana, 1884; An Account of the Semi-Centennial Celebration of Lake County, September 3 and 4, with Historical Papers and Other Interest. To get started finding Lake County, Indiana, 1884; An Account of the Semi-Centennial Celebration of Lake County, September 3 and 4, with Historical Papers and Other Interest, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1884. ... long Kentucky rifle, who were skilled in shooting what they called "prarrie " chickens, who (fid a large amount of "reckoning," whose women and children found it difficult "to get shut " of the ague, and who, when they held secrets of their own and were in the presence of others whom the facts might or might not concern, "never let on." Well did these understand and practice the virtue of primitive hospitality, loading their tables with food hut not with display; lighting the supper tables with lamps made of iron spoons, a piece of cloth for the wick, a little gravy from the skillet for the oil. and for the lamp stand a crevice between the logs of the cabin in which the mistress of ceremonies inserted the handle of the spoon. From this primitive contrivance arose what was called the "Hoosier lamp." And there also came families from many eastern states, from Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York; and others from New England, bringing with them their intelligence, their enterprise, their untiring the children of the latter doing much shrewd 'guessing," and when they would say, I "saw" something, instead of using the provincialism ' I seen it," would be met by the question from some of the other children, a question supposed sufficient to settle the matter of language, "Did you 'saw1 it clean in two?" Surprised, but not much abashed, the young New Englanders held on to "saw" and "did" in the place of "seen" and "done," laughing in their sleeves and in their own log cabins at the odd expressions which every day met their young ears. And next there came the men, women, and children, in European garb and with European language, polite courteous, and kindly, for they were seeking homes among the "native horn," they were planting themselves in the ...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Lake County, Indiana, 1884; An Account of the Semi-Centennial Celebration of Lake County, September 3 and 4, with Historical Papers and Other Interest. To get started finding Lake County, Indiana, 1884; An Account of the Semi-Centennial Celebration of Lake County, September 3 and 4, with Historical Papers and Other Interest, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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