Out of the hurly-burly, or, Life in an odd corner
Publisher: AMS Press
Published: 1972
Place of publication: New York, USA
Language: eng
Table of contents: title: CONTENTS; title: CHAPTER I.; title: The founder of New Castle — A search for quietness — Life in the city and in the village — Why the latter is preferable — Peculiarities of the village — A sleepy old town — We erect our family altar 25; title: CHAPTER II.; title: A very dangerous invention — The patent combination stepladder — Domestic servants — Advertising for a girl — The peasant-girl of fact and fiction — A contrast 36; title: CHAPTER III.; title: The view upon the river — A magnificent panorama — Mr. and Mrs. Cooley — Matrimonial infelicities — The case of Mrs. Sawyer — A blighted life — A present — Our century plant and its peculiarities 47; title: CHAPTER IV.; title: Judge Pitman — His experiment in the barn — A lesson in natural history — Catching the early train — One of the miseries of living in the village — Ball's lung exercise — Mr. Cooley's impertinence 56; title: CHAPTER V.; title: A little love affair — Cowardice of Mr. Parker — Popular interest in amatory matters — The Magruder family — An event in its history — Remarkable experiments by Mrs. Magruder — An indignant husband — A question answered 68; title: CHAPTER VI.; title: The editor of our daily paper — The appearance and personal characteristics of Colonel Bangs — The affair with the tombstone — Art news — Colonel Bangs in the heat of a political campaign — Peculiar troubles of public singers — The phenomena of menageries — Extraordinary sagacity of the animals — The Wild Man of Afghanistan 84; title: CHAPTER VII.; title: The Battery and its peculiarities — A lovely scene — Swede and Dutchman two hundred years ago — Old names of the river — Indian names generally — Cooley's boy — His adventure in church — The long and the short of it — Mr. Cooley's dog and our troubles with it. 99; title: CHAPTER VIII.; title: The Morning Argus creates a sensation — A new editor — Mr. Slimmer the poet — An obituary department — Mr. Slimmer on death — Extraordinary scene in the sanctum of Colonel Bangs — Indignant advertisers — The colonel violently assaulted — Observations of the poet — The final catastrophe - Mysterious conduct of Bob Parker — The accident on Magruder's porch — Mrs. Adeler on the subject of obituary poetry in general 113; title: CHAPTER IX.; title: The reason why I purchased a horse — A peculiar characteristic — Driving by the river — Our horse as a persecutor — He becomes a genuine nightmare — Experimenting with his tail — How our horse died — In relation to pirates — Mrs. Jones's bold corsair — A lamentable tale 134; title: CHAPTER X.; title: A picturesque church — Some reflections upon church music — Bob Parker in the choir — Our undertaker — A gloomy man — Our experience with the hot-air furnaces — A series of accidents — Mr. Collamer's vocalism — An extraordinary mistake 152; title: CHAPTER XI.; title: A fishing excursion down the river — Difficulties of the voyage — A series of unfortunate incidents — Our return home, and how we were received — A letter upon the general subject of angling — The sorrows of the fishermen — Lieutenant Smiley — His recollections of Rev. Mr. Blodgett — A very remarkable missionary 164; title: CHAPTER XII.; title: How the plumber fixed my boiler — A vexatious business — How he didn't come to time, and what the ultimate result was — An accident ; and the pathetic story of young Chubb — Reminiscences of General Chubb — The eccentricities of an absent-minded man — The rivals — Parker versus Smiley 183; title: CHAPTER XIII.; title: An evil day — Flogging-time in New Castle — How the punishment is inflicted — A few remarks upon the general merits of the system — A singular judge — How George Washington Busby was sentenced — Emotions of the prisoner — A cruel infliction, and a code t^at ought to be reformed 200; title: CHAPTER XIV.; title: A Delaware legend — A story of the old time — The Christmas play — A cruel accusation — The flight in the darkness along the river shore — The trial and the condemnation — St. Pillory's day seventy years ago — Flogging a woman — The deliverance 211; title: CHAPTER XV.; title: A very disagreeable predicament — Wild exultation of Parker — He makes an important announcement — An interview with the old man — The embarrassment of Mr. Sparks, and how he overcame it — A story of Bishop Potts — The miseries of too much consolidation — How Potts suffered, and what his end was 237; title: CHAPTER XVI.; title: Old Fort Kasirair — Two centuries ago — The goblins of the lane — An outrage upon Pitman's cow — The judge discusses the subject of bitters — How Cooley came home — Turning off the gas — A frightful accident in the Argus office — The terrible fate of Archibald Watson — How Mr. Bergner taught Sunday-school 255; title: CHAPTER XVII.; title: A dismal sort of day — A few able remarks about umbrellas — The umbrella in a humorous aspect — The calamity that befell Colonel Coombs — An ambitions but miserable monarch — The influence of umbrellas on the weather — An improved weather system — A little nonsense — Judge Pitman's views of weather of various kinds 278; title: CHAPTER XVIII.; title: Trouble for the hero and heroine — A broken engagement and a forlorn damsel — Bob Parker's suffering — A formidable encounter — The peculiar conduct of a dumb animal — Cooley's boy and his home discipline — A story of an echo- 293; title: CHAPTER XIX.; title: A certificate concerning Pitman's hair — Unendurable persecution — A warning to men with bald-headed friends — An explanation — The slanderer discovered — Benjamin P. Gunn — A model life-insurance agent 306; title: CHAPTER XX.; title: A certain remarkable book — A few suggestions respecting Boston — Delusions of childhood — Bullying General Gage — Judge Pitman and the catechism — An extraordinary blunder — The facts in the case of Hillegass — A false alarm 324; title: CHAPTER XXI.; title: Settling the business — Vindication of Mr. Bob Parker — A complete reconciliation — The great Cooley inquest — The uncertainty in regard to Thomas Cooley — A phenomenal coroner — The solution of the mystery 334; title: CHAPTER XXII.; title: An arrival — A present from a Congressman — Meditation upon his purpose — The patent-office report of the future — A plan for revolutionizing public documents and opening a new department in literature — Our trip to Salem — A tragical event — The last of Lieutenant Smiley 360; title: CHAPTER XXIII.; title: Pitman as a politician — He is nominated for the Legislature — How he was serenaded, and what the result was — I take a hand at politics — The story of my first political speech — My reception at Dover — Misery of a man with only one speech — The scene at the mass meeting — A frightful discomfiture. 363; title: CHAPTER XXIV.; title: The wedding-day — Enormous excitement in the village — Preparations for the event — The conduct of Bob Parker — The ceremony at the church, and the company at Magruder's — A last look at some old friends — Departure of the bride and groom — Some uncommonly solemn reflections, and then — The end 387; title: List of Illustrations; title: 1. — Frontispiece.; title: 2. — Title Page. 1; title: 3. — The Founder of the Village (Initial Letter) 25; title: 4. — A Professor of Music 26; title: 5. — A Disgusted Agriculturist 28; title: 6. — New Castle from the River (Full Page) 32; title: 7. — The Real Peasant-Girl (Initial Letter) 36; title: 8. — A Dangerous Invention 37; title: 9. — The Early Morning Fire 39; title: 10. — The Ideal Peasant-Girl 42; title: 11. — Unsymmetrical Cold Beef; title: 12. — The View down the River (Full Page); title: 13. — A Family Jar (Initial Letter); title: 14. — A Musical Navigator; title: 15. — The Nocturnal Dog; title: 16. — Mr. Sawyer's Nose; title: 17. — The Man with the Century Plant; title: 18. — A Lively Vegetable; title: 19. — Judge Pitman's Bag (Initial Letter); title: 20. — The Judge introduces Himself 57; title: 21. — Pitman's Musical Experiment 59; title: 22. — That Infamous Egg 60; title: 23. — The Dog by the Wayside 61; title: 24. — Catching the Train 61; title: 25. — Hauled In 62; title: 26. — My Lung Exercise 64; title: 27. — An Altercation with Cooley 67; title: 28. — A Female Professor (Initial Letter) 68; title: 29. — The Lamp Turned Low 68; title: 30. — Studying Up 69; title: 31. — Parker Relating his Woes 69; title: 32. — Magruder's Wooing 72; title: 33. — A Queer Feeling in his Head 72; title: 34. — Magruder Tells his Brother 73; title: 35. — The Class Going Up 74; title: 36. — A Secreted Observer 74; title: 37. — A General Attack on the Subject (Full Page) 78; title: 38. — Peeping Through the Crack 79; title: 39. — A Furious Husband 80; title: 40. — An Asinine Being (Initial Letter) 84; title: 41. — The Colonel's Bravery 85; title: 42. — An Interview with Cooley 86; title: 43. — That Tombstone 87; title: 44. — Mr. Mullins Explains 88; title: 45. — Exit Murphy 89; title: 46. — A Late Call. 91; title: 47. — A Captive Maiden 91; title: 48. — Excavating Her 92; title: 49. — Her Feet 92; title: 50. — That Antiquarian 92; title: 51. — The Raging Rhinoceros 94; title: 52. — The King of Beasts 94; title: 53. — The Rival Lovers 96; title: 54. — On the Settee 96; title: 55. — She Sat on Him 97; title: 56. — Too Thin 97; title: 57. — The Wild Man 98; title: 58. — The Fat Woman 98; title: 59. — The Boy of the Period (Initial Letter) 99; title: 60. — The Battery (Full Page) 102; title: 61. — An Ancient Warrior 103; title: 62. — A Raid on the Melon-Patch 106; title: 63. — Communing with Jones's Boy 106; title: 64. — Held Fast 107; title: 65. — The Solemnity of Jones. 107; title: 66. — Taring him Out 108; title: 67. — Not Matched 109; title: 68. — Dosing a Cur 110; title: 69. — Over the Fence and Back Again 110; title: 70. — Much too Faithful 111; title: 71. — Cruelty to an Animal 112; title: 72. — Removing a Mouthful 112; title: 73. — A Patron of the "Argus" (Initial letter) 113; title: 74. — The Poet 114; title: 75. — The Editor Explaining his Views 115; title: 76. — The Throes of Composition 116; title: 77. — A Row of Readers 117; title: 78. — Taking a Peep 117; title: 79. — The Scene in the Sanctum 118; title: 80. — That Monkey 119; title: 81. — Mrs. Smith's Woe 120; title: 82. — Bartholomew's Indignant Father 122; title: 83. — Mr. McFadden 124; title: 84. — The Editor meets the Poet 126; title: 85. — The Colonel in a Tight Place 127; title: 86. — Going up Stairs 128; title: 87. — In Highland Costume 130; title: 88. — Why Bob Stayed 130; title: 89. — Sawing him Out 131; title: 90. — Mrs. Adeler's Views 132; title: 91. — Bob's Trousers 133; title: 92. — The New Mazeppa (Initial Letter) 134; title: 93. — Cooley at an Auction 135; title: 94. — Our Urbane Horse. 136; title: 95. — Trying to Catch Up 138; title: 96. — Kicking 139; title: 97. — A Nightmare 140; title: 98. — Haunted 141; title: 99. — An Artificial Tail 142; title: 100. — A Demoralized Horse 142; title: 101. — It Came Off! 143; title: 102. — The Melodramatic Freebooter 144; title: 103. — Mrs. Jones's Pirate 145; title: 104. — Sweeping the Horizon 146; title: 105. — The Weekly Wash 146; title: 106. — Hailing the "Mary Jane" 147; title: 107. — A General Massacre 147; title: 108. — The Paternal Jones 148; title: 109. — She Puts on her Things 148; title: 110. — Slaying the Captain 149; title: 111. — "False! False!" 150; title: 112. — More Butchery 150; title: 113. — Suicide of the Widow 150; title: 114. — The Wreck of Mrs. Jones 151; title: 115. — A Chorister (Initial Letter) 152; title: 116. — The Spire 163; title: 117. — Sinful Games. 154; title: 118. — The Old Church (Full Page) 156; title: 119. — A Chinese Prayer 157; title: 120. — The Minister and I 157; title: 121. — In the Pipe 158; title: 122. — Bob in the Choir 158; title: 123. — The Undertaker's Sign 159; title: 124. — A Gloomy Man 160; title: 125. — Very Warm Work 161; title: 126. — Collamer Falls In 161; title: 127. — The Clergyman 162; title: 128. — Collamer Sings 162; title: 129. — He Asks a Question 163; title: 130. — A Ribald Boy 163; title: 131. — A Fisherman (Initial Letter) 164; title: 132. — Bringing 'em Home 164; title: 133. — Pushing Off 166; title: 134. — We Change Places 165; title: 135. — Cooling Off 166; title: 136. — Waiting for Bites 166; title: 137. — Anchor Gone 166; title: 138. — Fixing an Oar 167; title: 139. — Lost Him 167; title: 140. — Saved 167; title: 141. — A Tangle 168; title: 142. — The Man who Ow ned the Boat 168; title: 143. — A Successor of Izaak Walton 169; title: 144. — A Disheartened Digger 170; title: 145. — Tears 171; title: 146. — Watching the Cork 171; title: 147. — A Naked Hook 171; title: 148. — The Last Match 172; title: 149. — Caught on a Limb 173; title: 150. — A Playful Eel 174; title: 151. — Wriggling 174; title: 152. — Pulling In 175; title: 153. — That Infamous Boy 175; title: 154. — A South Sea Islander 177; title: 155. — Mr. Blodgett, Missionary 177; title: 156. — Going to the Picnic 177; title: 157. — The Vestry Meeting 178; title: 158. — Putting them to Sleep 178; title: 159. — The Funeral Service 179; title: 160. — The Remaining Warden 179; title: 161. — Going Home 180; title: 162. — He Paddled his own Canoe 180; title: 163. — Smashing poor Mott 181; title: 164. — A Fijian 182; title: 165. — Our Plumber (Initial Letter) 183; title: 166. — He Examines the Range 184; title: 167. — I Meet Him 184; title: 168. — How he Goes to Wilmington 184; title: 169. — An Indignant Artisan 185; title: 170. — On the Asparagus Bed 185; title: 171. — The Condition of my Grass-plot 186; title: 172. — At the Front Gate. 186; title: 173. — A View of the Ruins 187; title: 174. — Watching 188; title: 175. — One of the Robbers 188; title: 176. — Mr. Nippers Enters 188; title: 177. — I Expostulate with Nippers 189; title: 178. — Mrs. Cooley's Servant 190; title: 179. — She Shakes Henry 190; title: 180. — Bob as an Author 191; title: 181. — Young Chubb 191; title: 182. — Mysterious Music 192; title: 183. — "What does this Mean?" 193; title: 184. — Trying to Make him Disgorge 193; title: 185. — Henry's Brother tries Pressure 194; title: 186. — Exit with the Sexton 194; title: 187. — The Tomb of Chubb 195; title: 188. — General Chubb's Legs 196; title: 189. — The Influence of Art 197; title: 190. — The General Dives In 197; title: 191. — Through the Canvas 197; title: 192. — Pilloried (Initial Letter) 200; title: 193. — Infant Spectators 201; title: 194. — The Whipping-post 201; title: 195. — An Ancient Custom 202; title: 196. — That Remarkable Judge. 204; title: 197. — George Washington Busby 205; title: 198. — The Jury 205; title: 199. — Maternal Love 206; title: 200. — Manhood's Toil 206; title: 201. — Busby Whispers to the Tipstaff 207; title: 202. — More Hopeful Still 207; title: 203. — His Infant Steps 208; title: 204. — Busby's Heart grows Lighter 209; title: 205. — The Thunderbolt Falls 209; title: 206. — Leading him Out 210; title: 207. — Wielding the Lash (Initial Letter) 211; title: 208. — Hob-nobbing 212; title: 209. — The Major in a Sulk 213; title: 210. — The Lovers 215; title: 211. — "Where did You get That?" 217; title: 212. — The Flight by the River. 219; title: 213. — Dick Confesses 226; title: 214. — Wearing the Wooden Collar 228; title: 215. — A Flogging Seventy Years Ago (Full Page) 230; title: 216. — Pardoned 233; title: 217. — A Broken Man 235; title: 218. — The Market Green and the Old Church 236; title: 219. — A Juvenile Musician (Initial Letter) 237; title: 220. — Caught 238; title: 221. — Can't Reach It 238; title: 222. — Creeping Out 239; title: 223. — Back Again in a Hurry 239; title: 224. — A Mighty Ugly Situation 240; title: 225. — Listening 240; title: 226. — Parker Exults 241; title: 227. — The Second Hornpipe 241; title: 228. — He Surveys her Dwelling 241; title: 229. — Old' Sparks's Sacred Dust 244; title: 230. — A Conscientious Tombstone 244; title: 231. — Bishop Potts 246; title: 232. — A Warm Welcome 246; title: 233. — A Surprise for the Bishop 247; title: 234. — The Bride goes Home in a Row 248; title: 235. — Potts Meditates. 249; title: 236. — Waving Farewell 249; title: 237. — The Bishop is Confounded 250; title: 238. — Starting the Third Time 252; title: 239. — Potts becomes Hysterical 253; title: 240. — The Peruvian Monk 253; title: 241. — The Maniac Doctor 253; title: 242. — Bob gives an Opinion 254; title: 243. — Potts's Child 254; title: 244. — On the Ramparts (Initial Letter) 255; title: 245. — The Site of Fort Kasimir (Full Page) 258; title: 246. — Modern Warriors 259; title: 247. — A Dutch Goblin 260; title: 248. — Pitman tells of his Griefs 260; title: 249. — A Troublesome Cow 261; title: 250. — That Scandalous Blind-board 261; title: 251. — The Temperance Society makes an Inspection 262; title: 252. — "I'll Knock the Stuffin' out o' him" 262; title: 253. — The Judge's Bitters Advertisements 263; title: 254. — He Takes a Tonic 263; title: 255. — Another Dozen 264; title: 256. — Cooley's Illuminated Nose 265; title: 257. — "Out, Brief Candle" 266; title: 258. — "There was Mrs. Cooley a- Watches'" 266; title: 259. — Dr. Hopkins is Amazed 267; title: 260. — Appalling Intelligence 268; title: 261. — The Commodore's Tomb 269; title: 262. — The Fall of Simms 270; title: 263. — "Knock 'em with a Pole" 270; title: 264. — Hit by an Apple 271; title: 265. — Tim Keyser's Nose 272; title: 266. — "He Slid Abound so Quick" 272; title: 267. — "He Cut an Opening in the Ice" 273; title: 268. — The Pickerel Bites 273; title: 269. — "The Better of the Fight" 274; title: 270. — "And Pulled Tim Keyser Through" 274; title: 271. — Under Water 275; title: 272. — An Awful Sneeze 275; title: 273. — He Floats Ashore 276; title: 274. — "He Very Roundly Swore" 276; title: 275. — At Dinner 277; title: 276. — A Very Wet Time (Initial Letter) 278; title: 277. — A Damp Fisherman 279; title: 278. — Forelorn 279; title: 279. — The Comic Umbrella 280; title: 280. — Delicate Warriors 281; title: 281. — The Experiment of Coombs 281; title: 282. — An Embarrassed Panther 282; title: 283. — Bringing Home the Monster 282; title: 284. - Getting Ready for Action 283; title: 285. — The Medicine Man Dies 283; title: 286. — Cooley Awaits the Simoom 286; title: 287. — The Judge Enjoys the Weather 290; title: 288. — Perfectly Satisfied 291; title: 289. — The Genuine Weather-Gauge 292; title: 290. — "A Friend of Man" (Initial Letter) 293; title: 291. — The Impetuosity of Bob 296; title: 292. — A Somnambulist 297; title: 293. — A Precautionary Measure. 297; title: 294. — Dreaming of Magruder 297; title: 295. — Under the Bed 298; title: 296. — Bob is Amazed 298; title: 297. — Hunting for Henry 298; title: 298. — The Mystery Unraveled 299; title: 299. — "Perfectly Still" 300; title: 300. — The Consequences of a Sneeze 301; title: 301. — The Dog Leaves 301; title: 302. — I Suddenly Climb the Fence 301; title: 303. — Sold 302; title: 304. — "Commere to Me" 302; title: 305. — A Victim 303; title: 306. — A Human Echo 304; title: 307. — It won't Answer 304; title: 308. — After that Boy 305; title: 309. — A Bald-headed Party (Initial Letter) 306; title: 310. — A Deluge of Letters 308; title: 311. — Mrs. Singerly's Poodle 309; title: 312. — The Rally of the Baldheaded 309; title: 313. — A Microscopic Examination 310; title: 314. — Benjamin P. Gunn 313; title: 315. — A Visit to Mrs. Kemper 315; title: 316. — Gunn Waits with the Doctor 317; title: 317. — Pounding on the Partition 317; title: 318. — Up the Steeple 318; title: 319. — Into the Crater 318; title: 320. — Benjamin is Ejected 319; title: 321. — Portrait of Gunn 319; title: 322. — On the War Path 323; title: 323. — General Gage and the Boy (Initial Letter) 324; title: 324. — The Judge is Puzzled 329; title: 325. — Catechizing Him 329; title: 326. — The Doctors at Hillegass's House 330; title: 327. — Hillegass Recovers 331; title: 328. — The Joke on the Chief 332; title: 329. — A Deluge 332; title: 330. — The Combat on the Stairs 333; title: 331. — A Fireman 333; title: 332. — The Bone Controversy (Initial Letter) 334; title: 333. — Examining the Premises. 335; title: 334. — We Proceed Carefully 336; title: 335. — An Explosion at Cooley's 339; title: 336. — The Remains Scatter 340; title: 337. — "Fooling with a Gun" 341; title: 338. — Selfridge Argues with Smith 342; title: 339. — The Rival Juries 343; title: 340. — Cooley Turns Up 344; title: 341. — "Tossed the Little Baby" 348; title: 342. — That Mummy 349; title: 343. — A Patent-Office Report (Initial Letter) 350; title: 344. — Pub. Docs 351; title: 345. — Alphonso Lies in Wait 353; title: 346. — Lucullus, the Serenader 353; title: 347. — Death of Alphonso 354; title: 348. — Lucullus Breaks Jail 354; title: 349. — Smith Bombards the Artists 355; title: 350. — The Lovers Float Ashore 356; title: 351. — A Parting Scene 357; title: 352. — Smiley is Intoxicated 358; title: 353. — "He Leaped into the Sea" 360; title: 354. — Bob is Rescued 361; title: 355. — Nursing the Invalid 362; title: 356. — Tail-piece 362; title: 357. — Before the Mass Meeting (Initial Letter) 363; title: 358. — The Serenaders at Pitman's 365; title: 359. — Cooley Argues with Daniel Webster 366; title: 360. — The Discomfited Drummer 367; title: 361. — The Kickapoo's Mistake 369; title: 362. — A Patriotic Dutchman 370; title: 363. — Collapsed 370; title: 364. — Commodore Scudder's Dog 371; title: 365. — The Committee Welcomes Me 373; title: 366. — The Cold-eyed Drummer 375; title: 367. — "Go, Mark him Well" 376; title: 368. — Mr. Hotchkiss's Joke 379; title: 369. — The Drummer Glares at Me 381; title: 370. — I Retreat in Despair 386; title: 371. — A Solemn Vow 386; title: 372. — The Waiter (Initial Letter) 387; title: 373. — The Collars in his Trunk 389; title: 374. — A Shirt-button Lost 390; title: 375. — Waiting for the Bride 390; title: 376. — At the Reception 392; title: 377. — Pitman Expresses his Views 394; title: 378. — "We Flung a Shoe after Them" 394; title: 379. — The Final Bow 398