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YOUR Family History Begins! Wednesday, October 15, 2014. 1890 - Stationary Traveling. Thoreau believed, or sometimes talked as if he believed, that everything was to be found in Concord. There was no great occasion for traveling, he thought. If you really needed to see anything, you had only to stay at home, and in due time it would come to you. He has lived in two states, in three counties and in three towns, and yet he has always lived where he was born. The facts of the case are these:. So Mr Graham, ...
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Greenerpasture.com Blog - Stories from long ago: April 2014
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YOUR Family History Begins! Wednesday, April 30, 2014. 1871 - Assassination Attempt. An attempt was made to shoot King Christian, of Denmark, the other day, and the shooter was arrested and brought before the King. Christian told him he could not praise his skill as a marksman, and advised him to practice before he repeated the shot, and then released him. Saint Joseph, Michigan. March 18, 1871. Tuesday, April 29, 2014. 1885 - Skating Rinks Are Okay. Rev T L. Drury, of Rutland, Vt.,. February 21, 1885.
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Greenerpasture.com Blog - Stories from long ago: 1894 - Intelligent Puss
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YOUR Family History Begins! Monday, June 8, 2015. 1894 - Intelligent Puss. A young woman bookkeeper employed in an office at South Manchester, Connecticut,. January 11, 1894. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). 1868 - 17 Pound Tumor. 1858 - The Dead Alive. 1894 - Intelligent Puss. 1883 - Eels Stop Paper. Subscribe To This Blog.
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Greenerpasture.com Blog - Stories from long ago: 1891 - CURSED THE CHURCH. - A Canadian Priest Calls Down God's Wrath on a Catholic Chapel. WITH HIS UPLIFTED CRUCIFIX. The Edifice Was Erected Against the Orders of the Bishop. FEELING OF TERROR AMONG THE P
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YOUR Family History Begins! Wednesday, July 30, 2014. 1891 - CURSED THE CHURCH. - A Canadian Priest Calls Down God's Wrath on a Catholic Chapel. WITH HIS UPLIFTED CRUCIFIX. The Edifice Was Erected Against the Orders of the Bishop. FEELING OF TERROR AMONG THE PEOPLE. A Division in the Church. Struck by a Bolt From Heaven. Others of the malcontents, however, still persisted in their stubborn determination to erect the chapel on their own side of the river, and eventually it was finished, although the pries...
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Greenerpasture.com Blog - Stories from long ago: 1882 - Clever Woman
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YOUR Family History Begins! Wednesday, October 15, 2014. 1882 - Clever Woman. Mrs Stewart was alone and unarmed when two tramps took forcible possession of her house, at New Vineyard, Me. While they were eating and drinking in the kitchen, she whittled a stick into the shape of a pistol, blackened it with soot, then made a fierce onslaught on the rascals, who fled precipitately. February 25, 1882. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). 1882 - Clever Woman. 1890 - Stationary Traveling. Subscribe To This Blog.
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Greenerpasture.com Blog - Stories from long ago: 1868 - 17 Pound Tumor
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YOUR Family History Begins! Monday, June 8, 2015. 1868 - 17 Pound Tumor. Mr Luther Shattuck, of Groton, Mass.,. Had a tumor removed from his neck, on the 11th inst., 16 inches long, 11 inches wide, 7 inches thick, weighing 17 pounds. The operation was skillfully performed by Dr. Norman Smith, of that place. June 18, 1868. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). 1868 - 17 Pound Tumor. 1858 - The Dead Alive. 1894 - Intelligent Puss. 1883 - Eels Stop Paper. Subscribe To This Blog.
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Greenerpasture.com Blog - Stories from long ago: June 2011
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YOUR Family History Begins! Thursday, June 2, 2011. Pennies on Grave Stones. Recently, while attempting to solve one of the many mysteries of my family, I came across several family grave stones in a cemetery in Rhode Island. On top of each stone, there was a penny. I had never seen that before. My initial thought was that someone left a penny to let people know that someone still cares about the person buried there. It seemed like a nice idea to me. 4) There is an old superstition that if you leave a co...
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Greenerpasture.com Blog - Stories from long ago: 1883 - Eels Stop Paper
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YOUR Family History Begins! Monday, June 8, 2015. 1883 - Eels Stop Paper. The machinery in a paper mill at Manchester, Connecticut. Was stopped by four large eels blocking the wheels. One was taken out whole. Its length was three feet three inches, and its weight four and three fourths pounds. The other eels were so mutilated that they could not be measured, but they were all of enormous size. It took all day to get the eel fragments out of the wheel. November 1, 1883. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Greenerpasture.com Blog - Stories from long ago: 1858 - The Dead Alive.
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YOUR Family History Begins! Monday, June 8, 2015. 1858 - The Dead Alive. A few days ago, a respectable man in the employment of one of the largest mercantile houses in Quebec, took passage in a schooner for Baie St. Paul,. On a visit to his relations. He carried with him a good stock of wearing apparel, and a check for the amount of his wages, a considerable sum. New Bern, North Carolina. September 26, 1858. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). 1868 - 17 Pound Tumor. 1858 - The Dead Alive.