Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-11-30
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THE PICTURESQUE SIDE OF AMERICAN
CAN FARM LIFE.-This subject will be treated
in series of separate papers engaged from writ
ers who stand in the front rank among Americans.
both in qualities of style and in keen insight OF
nature. Mr.. r. E, Robinson. author Of delight
full paper on " Fox Hunting in New England in
the January number, will represent the same Sec
ton in this series. John Burroughs, whose pa
pers on similar topics have been highly priced
and popular feature Of SCRIBNER will write OF
Farm Life in New York. Maurice Thompson, the
poet naturalist, will decide the characteristics Of
Western farming, of which but little has been
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"ROXY,"-By Edward Eggleston (author of
1.-THE Hoosier Schoolmastcr,'' &c. This new
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OUT OF-DOOR PAPERS. BY John Burroughs,
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by Fdelia Bridges.
ARCHITECTURE OF BIRDS-Dr. Thomas NJ.
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THE SADDLE HORSE Col. George E. War
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sport, including road riding: fox hunting and rae.
ing The nature OF the English thoroughbred
and that of his Eastern progenitor Uhe Arabian)
are fully considered in relation to these uses
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NYR beginning with Joe Hale's Red Stockings, "
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