Baled Hay: A Drier Book than Walt Whitman's ''Leaves o' Grass''


Lu par Scotty Smith

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There can really be no excuse for this last book of trite and beautiful sayings. I do not attempt, in any way, to palliate this great wrong. I would not do so even if I had an idea what palliate meant. . . . I have taken great care to thoroughly eradicate anything that would have the appearance of poetry in this work, and there is not a thought or suggestion contained in it that would soil the most delicate fabric.
Do not read it all at once, however, in order to see whether he married the girl or not. Take a little at a time, and it will cure gloom on the "similia simili-bus curanter" principle. - Summary by Bill Nye (6 hr 34 min)

Chapitres

DEDICATION.; BALED HAY 13:59 Lu par Scotty Smith
GREELEY AID RUM.; ABOUT SAW MILLS.; EXPERIMENTS WITH OLD CHEESE.; THE RAG-CARPET. 12:50 Lu par Scotty Smith
ONE KIND OF A BOY.; THE CHAMPION MEAN MAN.; FRATERNAL SPARRING.; CHIPETA'S ADDRESS TO THE UTES. 14:17 Lu par Scotty Smith
BILL NYE'S CAT.; AUTUMN THOUGHTS.; THE MAN WHO INTERRUPTS. 15:34 Lu par Scotty Smith
THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN COW.; PRESERVING EGGS.; HUMAN' NATURE ON THE HALF-SHELL.; TOO CONTIGUOUS.; THE AMENDE HONORABLE. 11:39 Lu par Scotty Smith
JOAQUIN AND JUNIATA.; SOME VAGUE THOUGHTS.; THE YOUMORIST.; MY CABINET. 14:06 Lu par Scotty Smith
HEALTH FOOD.; PINES FOR HIS OLD HOME 12:13 Lu par Scotty Smith
ONE TOUCH OF NATURE.; HOW TO PUT UP A STOVE-PIPE.; FUN OF BEING A PUBLISHER.; LINGERIE.; FRUIT.; THE BONE OF CONTENTION. 13:21 Lu par Scotty Smith
CONGRATULATORY.; THE AGONY IS OVER.; OSTRICH CAVALRY.; AN ELECTRIC BELT.; THE ANNUAL WAIL; HE WAS NOT A BURGLAR. 10:43 Lu par Scotty Smith
BEST ON, BLESSED MEMORY. 14:27 Lu par Scotty Smith
GENIUS AND WHISKY.; THE TWO-HEADED GIRL; THE CULTIVATION OF GUM.; WE HAVE REASONED IT OUT.; CARVING SCHOOLS. 13:31 Lu par Scotty Smith
DIGNITY.; ALWAYS ROOM AT THE TOP.; INACCURATE.; THE WESTERN ''CHAP.'' 13:57 Lu par Scotty Smith
AN INCIDENT OF THE CAMPAIGN.; WHY DO THEY DO IT?; TWO STYLES.; GOSHALLHEMLOCK SALVE.; THE STAGE BALD-HEAD. 12:26 Lu par Scotty Smith
FATHERLY WORDS.; THE GOOD TIME COMING.; MANIA FOR MARKING CLOTHES.; REGARDING THE NOSE. 13:58 Lu par Scotty Smith
SOMETHING TOO MUCH OF THIS.; COLOR BLINDNESS.; IS DUELING MURDER?; HEAP GONE.; THE EDITORIAL LAMP. 12:07 Lu par Scotty Smith
DIFFICULT TO IDENTIFY.; THE MAROON SAUSAGE.; TESTIMONIALS OF REGARD.; THE CHINESE COMPOSITOR; SNOWED UNDER; ROUGH ON OSCAR. 10:24 Lu par Scotty Smith
THE POSTAL CARD.; WHY WE ARE NOT GAY.; SCIENTIFIC.; THE REVELATION RACKET IN UTAH. 16:48 Lu par Scotty Smith
SAGE BRUSH TONIC.; LAME FROM HIS BERTH.; THE PUBLIC PRINTER. 18:40 Lu par Scotty Smith
SAD DESTRUCTION.; THE IMMEDIATE REVOLVER; THE SECRET OF HEALTH.; HOUSEHOLD RECIPES.; WHAT IS LITERATURE?; THE PREVIOUS HOTEL. 10:34 Lu par Scotty Smith
ANECDOTE OF SPOTTED TAIL.; THE ZEALOUS VOTER.; HOW TO PRESERVE TEETH; MR. BEECHER'S BRAIN.; OH, NO! 9:50 Lu par Scotty Smith
THE MARCH OF CIVILIZATION.; AN UNCLOUDED WELCOME.; THE PILLOW-SHAM HOLDER.; SOMETHING FRESH.; YANKED TO ETERNITY.; WHY WE SHED THE SCALDING. 12:09 Lu par Scotty Smith
ANOTHER SUGGESTION.; PISCATORIAL AND EDITORIAL; ANOTHER FEATHERED SONGSTER; ABOUT THE OSTRICH; TOO MUCH GOD AND NO FLOUR.; WE ARE GETTING CYNICAL 11:25 Lu par Scotty Smith
ASK US SOMETHING DIFFICULT.; THE MIMIC STAGE.; DECLINE OF AMERICAN HUMOR; CHICAGO CUSTOM HOUSE; FOREIGN OPINION 14:38 Lu par Scotty Smith
THEY HAVE CURBED THEIR WOE.; HUNG BY REQUEST.; THE MELVILLES.; MENDING BROKEN NECKS.; ARE YOU A MORMON? 12:58 Lu par Scotty Smith
CAUTION.; POISONS AND THEIR ANECDOTES.; CORRESPONDENCE.; WHAT THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY NEEDS. 16:49 Lu par Scotty Smith
TABLE MANNERS OF CHILDREN.; WHAT IT MEANT.; VOTERS IN UTAH.; INCONGRUITY 11:15 Lu par Scotty Smith
RIDING DOWN A MOUNTAIN.; CORRALED HIM.; FIRMNESS.; PUT IN A SUMP. 14:26 Lu par Scotty Smith
MINING AS A SCIENCE; DRAWBACKS OF ROYALTY.; ENGLISH HUMOR; ABOUT THE AUTOPSY. 12:31 Lu par Scotty Smith
DON'T LIKE OUR STYLE.; MR. T. WILSON.; ETIQUETTE OF THE NAPKIN; AN INFERNAL MACHINE. 11:47 Lu par Scotty Smith
THE CODFISH.; HIS AGED MOTHER.; BUSINESS LETTERS.; DANGER OF GARDENING. 11:04 Lu par Scotty Smith

Critiques

wonderful ramble to hear Loved it!


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