Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-01-18
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TILE PICTURESQUE SIDE OF AMERICAN
CAN FARM LIFE. This subject will be treated
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who stand in the front rank among Americans
both in qualities of style and in keen insight of
nature. Mr.. Il. +. Robinson author OF delight
full paper Oh Fox Hunting in New England in
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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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"RONY,'-By Edward Eggleston (author of
The Hoosier Schoomaster." &c.). This new
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AMERICAN SPORTS.-Some of the most nov
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OUT OF DOOR PAPERS. BY John Burrought
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