Tables of Contents from The Youth's Companion
Below are annotated Tables of Contents from issues of The Youth's Companion in which Emily Dickinson's poetry appeared. It eventually will be searchable.
The Youth's Companion, Vol. 74 No. 52 (Dec. 24, 1891).
| "Burt Colby's Assistant" | Sallie Pate Steen | 1 pg. and 1/3 col. with illustration. For the Companion. The story of young Burt Colby, who moves to a city with his mother and their dog Jule after his father, a poor tobacco farmer, dies. Burt is given the chance to work in a tobacco factory where, despite the "many insults" he receives from the "black men" the factory also employs, he gains the trust of his employer. He also begins, by his association with the company accountant, to fulfill his father's dying wish that he receive an education. Burt, always accompanied by his dog Jule, fills in one day for a missing foreman and upon arriving at the site sees "the mocking surprise of . . . fifty black faces . . ." (665). Burt shows steadiness here in the face of adversity, which is expressed most hostilely in the form of Big Jim. Upon physical threat from Big Jim, Jule saves Burt and order is restored. The owner's pleasure with the result leads to a promotion for Burt; the owner also supports Burt's pursuit off his education. By the end, Jim has been tamed, addressing Burt as "Marse Burt" (666) when Burt leaves for school. | 665-666. |
| "The Keyboard" | Unsigned | 8-line poem. From Illustrated London News. "[B]lack and white 'slaves'" of keyboard respond to queen who "rules them" "with her finger-tips." | 666 |
| "On the Town" | J.L. Harbour | 2 2/3 cols. For the Companion. This story's main character, Nancy Gregg, is driven to the poorhouse when she becomes too old to support herself. Her act of forgiving a long-time debtor is repaid when the dead man's son returns and pays an outstanding loan with interest. Nancy leaves the poorhouse in the end. | 666-667 |
| "Stars Between" | Unsigned | 4-line poem. Selected. | 667 |
| "Wintering in a Dug-Out" | Charlotte H. Smith | Part 3 of 3 ("A Wet Spring"). 3 1/5 cols. including 2 illustrations. For the Companion. A western success story of two women. After the death of one woman's husband, the two women must face the difficulties of securing a coffin, dealing with floods, and establishing a wheat farm. They manage the latter in part because "of the generous land laws of our country." | 667 |
| "Rocky Mountain Burros" | J.H. Lewis | 2 cols. including 2 illustrations. For the Companion. This essay portrays the burro as, among other things, a stubborn animal, using a brief story to illustrate the point. | 667-668 |
| "Humility" | Mathew V. Flail | 4-line poem. For the Companion. | 668 |
| "The Czar's Character" | Unsigned | Just under 1 col. "When an event so momentous as a general war depends upon the life or will of any man, or of two or three men, the personal qualities of those men become a subject not only of deep interest, but of much public importance." Presents character descriptions of prominent rulers of the time. Presents the Czar of Russia in a positive light--one who is devoted to "his domestic circle," which is something "which will inspire the respect and liking of Americans . . . ." |
668 |
| "To an Old Clock" | Unsigned | 7-line poem. From Portsmouth Journal. | 668 |
| "The Temperance Union" | Unsigned | 5/6 col. | 668 |
| "Johnson's Success" | Unsigned | 1/2+ col. A conversation between two men about a recently-elected and wealthy mayor who had just died. One man tells how Johnson came to be successful--he worked very hard and long hours and as a result earned money and position. The other man points out how Johnson's brother, a simple farmer, has led a good life with a family and is still alive. They conclude that Johnson was not that successful after all. | 668 |
| "Marrying a Title" | Unsigned | ˝ col. A essay that speaks negatively about the current state of marriage. Tells the story of a man who pretends to be a Prince from Florence and ends up tricking an American girl into marrying him. Points out problems with other types of marriage, showing how women put themselves up for "sale." | 668-669 |
| "Dutiful" | Unsigned | 1/4 col. Tells of Sir Thomas Moore's sincere devotion to his mother that was shown, for one thing, by the many letters that he wrote her. | 669 |
| "'Turn Over,'" | Unsigned | 1/5 col. Tells of two Lord Chancellors of England and how they both played jokes by breaking off notes to people in strategic points and continuing the notes on the other side of the page. Humorous. | 669 |
| "Cicero" | Unsigned | 1/6 col. Tells of two writers, Cardinal Newman being one, who name Cicero as being the sole or chief influence on their prose style. | 669 |
| "For the Love of It" | Unsigned | 1/4 col. Preaches the rewards of entering into a task with vigor. At an agricultural exhibit a man displayed a bountiful array of food items he had "'Raised on an abandoned Farm.'" He succeeded because he entered the task "'for the love of it.'" | 669 |
| "Prizes Awarded" | Unsigned | 1/6 col. Announcement of winners for 1890-91 Folklore Story contest. | 669 |
| "Use of a Passport" | Unsigned | 1/4+ col. Retells a humorous story of Henry W. Wolff's ("The Country of the Vosges") where he is ordered to show his passport so a German police officer can determine that he is allowed to travel without one. | 669 |
| "How High Is the Atmosphere?" | Unsigned | 1/4 col. Reports on an astronomical observation of Lord Rosse's observatory in Ireland in which the moon was used to indirectly determine the height of the earth's atmosphere. | 669 |
| "Considerate" | Unsigned | 1/9 col. Humorous anecdote from the Chicago Tribune. A minister announces the sexton's arrival and describes his appearance for the attentive few who did not turn around upon hearing the door open. | 669 |
| "Foreign English" | Unsigned | 1/10 col. Reprints paragraph from Notes and Queries in which non-native English speakers botched public signs and betrayed their misunderstandings of the English language. | 669 |
| Advertisements | 669 | ||
| "Lord Shaftesbury: His Work among the London Poor" | Archdeacon F.W. Farrar | 3 ˝ cols. including illustration. For the Companion. First half of this encomium praises general characteristics of Shaftesbury's actions; the latter half narrates some specific actions in which he was engaged. Shaftesbury was able to speak in a compelling manner both to those he aimed to help (e.g., criminals) and those from whom he wished to elicit support. | 670 |
| "'Keeping Up,'" | Unsigned | 3/4 col. plus an illustration. For the Companion. "Aunt Sabrina" tells her nieces how a bad fall that she had taught her an important lesson about the silliness of keeping a good public "front." The lesson served her well after her father died and she and her mother had few economic resources. Her nieces show they have learned from the lesson when they return from a shopping trip with more practical purchases than they originally had intended to buy. | 670-671 |
| Chief Good Thunder | Hight Rev. H.B. Whipple | 2 1/7 cols. including illustration. For the Companion. A somewhat haphazard collection of stories, mostly about Chief Good Thunder. The chief was cheated by the U.S. government on a land sale but still turned his daughter over to be educated by "whites." He later saved the lives of many white people from attacks by Sioux and eventually there was a town named after him. This essay closes with a speech that the chief, a converted Christian, gave at the town named after him. | 671 |
| In Old Times | Unsigned | ˝ col. Two humorous marriage-related stories, one about a 40-year-long courtship and one about a silly groom. | 671 |
| How to Cure Furs | William Bell | 7/8 col. including illustration. For the Companion. Gives directions for preparing furs from catching the animal to cutting the skin off, stretching it, and finally curing it. Includes illustrations of wooden pieces used for stretching the skin. | 671 |
| Suggestions | Regular Column. This issue showcases questions about "Phases of the Moon." | 672 | |
| Elodea: The Marsh St. John's wort | Celia Thaxter | 5-stanza poem. For the Companion | 672 |
| Her Arrogance | Unsigned | 6/8+ col. For the Companion. A young woman's self-righteous attitude leads her to point out her brothers' temper, untruthfulness, and intemperance. While noting their faults, she shows herself to be an unpleasant person. In the end, her mother grieves for her rather than for her brothers. | 672 |
| Charity before Business | Unsigned | ˝ col. The historian Prescott delayed the finishing of some important business of his so as to help his secretary with a charitable deed. | 672 |
| China's Emperor | Unsigned | ˝ col. A general picture of the life of the Emperor and Empress of China. Casts their life as being privileged but confining. | 672 |
| A Nameless Rose | Emily Dickinson | 12-line poem. For the Companion. | 672 |
| Discipline Triumphant | Unsigned | 1/3+ col. Orders were sent that illiterates inside the British army in India be taught to read and write. Upon finding that there were no illiterates in a particular group, the instructor was commanded to assemble a group of soldiers to act as illiterates. Humorous. | 672 |
| In a Balloon | Unsigned | 1/3 col. An account from the London World by a woman who made her first trip up in a hot air balloon. | 672 |
| "Shirt-Sleeve" Christians | Unsigned | 1/3 col. A deacon literally ends up in his shirt sleeves after the minister makes a call for "shirt-sleeve," or hardworking, Christians. Humorous. | 672 |
| "Jacko" | Unsigned | 1/4 col. From the London Spectator. A tame rook ("Jacko") tried to help some wild rooks build their nest. Ends with joke about eating rooks. | 672 |
| The Border-land of Science | Unsigned | 1/5 col. From a lecture in which a professor speculates on scientific methods for the transference of ideas between people. | 672 |
| College Expenses | Unsigned | 1/8 col. Joke reprinted from Texas Siftings where a student from Yale reveals he has not been studying. | 672 |
| Children's Page | Regular Department. Middle 1/3+ of page is filled by an illustrated acrostic poem (acrostic is built on words "Merry Christmas"). | 673 | |
| Christmas Time | M.J.H. | 15-line poem. For the Companion. | 673 |
| Follow Your Color | Unsigned | 2/3 col. For the Companion. Describes a wealthy family's Christmas. The aunt of the family tied different colored ribbons from the tree to presents (presents include a pony and a piano). The family does the same for her when they have finished finding their own presents. | 673 |
| My Dolly Hung Her Stocking Up | Unsigned | 8-line poem. For the Companion. | 673 |
| Winnipeg | Unsigned | ˝ col. For the Companion. "Winnipeg" is the nickname of a little girl who lives with her family in "Indian Territory." This sketch tells of a Christmas celebration where presents are given to the Indians. "Winnipeg" gives her new wax doll to a young Indian girl. | 673 |
| A Christmas Wish | Ada C.H. Stoddard | 8-line poem. For the Companion. | 673 |
| Untitled | Unsigned | 1/10 col. Humorous account of Sunday School discussion in which a little girl speaks most favorably of plum pudding in connection to Christmas. | 673 |
| Untitled | Unsigned | 1/10 col. Childish query about who filled Santa Claus's stocking when he was a child. Humorous. | 673 |
| Nuts to Crack | 1/2+ col. Regular feature of puzzles. | 673 | |
| His Blue Bag | Unsigned | ˝ col. A "cluster" of "anecdotes" about Dr. Frank Buckland, telling first a story about his bag and secondly one about commentary that he made on a tunnel being constructed. In both stories, the doctor is dismissed by people who do not properly respect him. He proves his credibility in both cases. Humorous. | 674 |
| Out of Sight | Unsigned | 1/4 col. A well-meaning father gives his son advice about drawing. The little boy follows his father's instructions literally to humorous ends. | 674 |
| Little Man | Unsigned | 1/7 col. From Boston Transcript. Repeats conversation a man had with a child who claimed not to be a little girl or boy but "'papa's little man.'" Humorous. | 674 |
| Deserved a Medal | Unsigned | 1/10 col. Comment from an artist's diary in which he recommends a young student for an award. Although she did not answer the questions correctly, she answered them in a "ladylike" fashion. Humorous. | 674 |
| Advertisements | 674 | ||
| Breaking a Bronco | Unsigned | 1/3 col. Describes the process of breaking in a bronco; tells about the deceptive calm the horses sometimes show. | 675 |
| Hard Travelling | Unsigned | 1/3 col. Offers an idea of what travelling in China is like; the author compares it to travel in the U.S. Describes three methods of transportation in North China and tells of an uncomfortable travelling experience someone had in South China. | 675 |
| Absent-Minded | Unsigned | 1/6 col. A thoughtful but not clear-minded wealthy man, for the sake of a recently-ill coachman, travelled himself in a covered coach. Humorous. | 675 |
| Iowa Corn | Unsigned | 1/7 col. Humorous story from Washington Star meant to illustrate the extent to which Iowa corn is large. | 675 |
| Untitled | Unsigned | 4 lines. Excuse note for a child where the humor lies in a grammatical error. | 675 |
| Advertisements | 675 | ||
| Terms for Companion subscribers | 676 | ||
| Diptheritic Paralysis | Unsigned | 1/3+ col. For the Companion. General description of this kind of paralysis. Explains what causes it and assures readers that it "may be expected to pass away with time and care . . . ." | 676 |
| Comets' Tails | Unsigned | 1/2+ col. This science column gathers miscellaneous information about comets. Much of the article describes different kinds of comet tails and speculates on what such comets are composed of. | 676 |
| Operating on a Tiger | Unsigned | 1/4+ col. About a doctor who was trying to operate on the ingrown claw of a tiger. The two keepers assisting him were startled and fled, leaving the doctor to fend for himself. He escaped and made the keepers help him, this time creating a situation in which they could not escape. The tiger later recognized the doctor as his friend. | 676 |
| Patrick's High Standing | Unsigned | 1/6 col. Tells of an Irish girl's high opinion of her brother's success. He apparently sold his face for the advertisement of Bilkins's Balm. Humorous. | 676 |
| He Took Precautions | Unsigned | 1/9 col. From Good News. A boy who hid under a tree in a thunderstorm tells his mother that he was safe because he ran out from the tree every time that it thundered. Humorous. | 676 |
| Well Said | Unsigned | 1/9 col. Joke reprinted from Harper's Magazine where a young Harvard graduate is made to look silly for his "book learning." | 676 |
| At Last | Unsigned | 1/9 col. Joke from Exchange in which a girl replaces emotions of respect toward a young man with emotions of love. | 676 |
| Untitled | Unsigned | 2 lines. Reprinted from Boston Herald: "To prevent trousers from bagging at the knee, always get up and give the lady your seat." | 676 |
| Advertisements | 676 | ||
The Youth's Companion, Vol. 65, No. 34 (Aug. 25, 1892). Return to Top
| Title | Author | Annotation | Pages |
| A Foreclosed Mortgage | Grace Schuyler | For the Companion. Humorous story about two boys who sell a doll house on credit and are forced to repossess or "foreclose" on it for nonpayment. | 417-418 |
| As We Believe | Selected. | 4 line poem. | 418 |
| My Tramps | Ellen L. Biscoe | For the Companion. Part 2 of 2. Story of a young woman and her adventures with poetic vagabonds. | 418-419 |
| The Landslide | T.W. Parsons. | 4 line poem. | 419 |
| Smoky Days | Edward W. Thomson | For the Companion. Part 4 of 6. Serialized adventure story about pioneers in Canada. | 419 |
| The Lead Line | W.J. Henderson | Essay on the methods that river boats use for measuring the depth of the water. | 419-420 |
| A Bluebird | Frank Dempster Sherman | For the Companion. 4 line poem. | 420 |
| The Condition of Italy | Unsigned | Explanation of Italian budget difficulties / deficiencies; general political climate. | 420 |
| Vanished | Emily Dickinson | 8 line poem. | 420 |
| Retaliation upon Canada. | Unsigned | Political piece reporting on Congressional measures to enforce "reciprocal relations" with Canada with regards to waterway usage. | 420 |
| A Useful Hint | Unsigned | Suggestion for the modeling of medical charities on Quaker doctor / nurse training methods. | 420 |
| Seeing and Observing | Unsigned | A man makes some useful observations during a war between Austria and Turkey; as a result, a Turkish attack is foiled. | 420 |
| About People | Unsigned | A man describes how he acquired his ability to judge people. | 420 |
| Dumas, Editor | Unsigned | Short piece on Alexandre Dumas's attempt at translating the Iliad without knowing Greek. | 420 |
| The School in Politics | Unsigned | Polemic on keeping political interests out of public schools, while maintaining public funding for them. | 421 |
| Democracy and Cookery | Unsigned | Connection between ambassadorial success / diplomatic success and a good cook at the embassy. | 421 |
| Can Man Change Climate | Unsigned | Speculates on impact that industrialization may have on environment. | 421 |
| Ready for Business | Unsigned | The danger of being too diligent in business pursuits. | 421 |
| Earache | Unsigned | A common remedy for earaches. | 421 |
| When He "Knew it All" | Unsigned | States that egotism, often common in youth, does not always fade with age. | 421 |
| Why She Thought So. | Unsigned | A woman questions a magazine's care for poetry in light of its poor selections. | 421 |
| The Zoo at Central Park | W.A. Conklin | For the Companion. Informative article about the animals in the Zoological Gardens in Central Park. | 422 |
| Two Days Out | John H. Mason | For the Companion. Article on taking a voyage on a ship. | 422-423 |
| Nancy's Good Heart | Florence B. Hallowel | Story of a nasty-mouthed but good-hearted Negro woman (possibly a slave / ex-slave?). | 423 |
| Our Government | Unsigned | Extremely brief breakdown of the U.S. system of government. | 424 |
| Jim | Maud R. Burton | For the Companion. 40 line poem. | 424 |
| Two Ways | Unsigned | For the Companion. Religious article with the moral that one cannot stand up on high and order another out of vice. | 424 |
| Two Angry Generals | Unsigned | An argument between Generals Sherman and Sheridan, presumably during the Civil War. | 424 |
| Icebergs from the North | Unsigned | Warnings of icebergs from the North Pole drifting into shipping / steaming lanes in the N. Atlantic. | 424 |
| Saved by a Squall | Unsigned | An English (?) captain's vessel, being chased by French Frigates, is saved by a sudden squall that enables him to escape. | 424 |
| A Message | Edith Mary Norris | For the Companion. 16 line poem. | 424 |
| Modest Expectations | Unsigned | A colloquial man encounters a ship for the first time. | 424 |
| Appreciated Afterward | Unsigned | A man is saved from immanent danger without his knowledge; he then shows gratitude. | 424 |
| The Fun of Being Blind | Unsigned | Article on the proverbial "happiness" of the blind, a blind man travels around, giving a lecture on the joys of blindness. | 424 |
| Who Owned the Pew | Unsigned | An Irishman interrupts a church service to assert his ownership of a pew. | 424 |
| In One Word. | Unsigned | Short parable on brevity. | 424 |
| Desirable Ignorancy | Unsigned | A woman goes on a boating trip with boys who don't know how to swim, and therefore won't be reckless with the boat. | 424 |
| Children's Page | Unsigned | ||
| Helen | Marcia B. Jordan | For the Companion. 16 line poem. | 425 |
| Helen | Unsigned | Illustration | 425 |
| For a Rainy Day | Ada Carleton Stoddard | Two little girls spend a rainy day inside making Christmas presents. | 425 |
| Nuts to Crack | Unsigned | Enigmas, Charades, Puzzles., etc. Double Cross Words, Numerical Enigma, Quotation Puzzle. |
425 |
| A Painter's Dog | Unsigned | J. Yates Carrington's love for his terrier Teufel, who became the subject of a number of Carrington's paintings. | 426 |
| Buying Buns | Unsigned | The Crown Prince of Denmark buys buns for his hungry soldiers. | 426 |
| Anecdote | Unsigned | A child in a rock fight does not call his mother because "[she] couldn't hit a barn door." | 426 |
| Story of a War Song | Unsigned | History of "Rally Round the Flag" by George Root. | 427 |
| Needed No Lessons | Unsigned | A collie puppy shows natural affinity for herding rams / sheep. | 427 |
| Couldn't Find Them | Unsigned | A foolish city boy does not know potatoes grow underground. | 427 |
| Neuragila of the Toe | Unsigned | For the Companion. Physiological article on psychosomatic pain in the toe. | 428 |
| Pills, Mustard, Gingerbread | Unsigned | Article on Dijon, which is famous for Pills, Mustard, and Gingerbread. | 428 |
| A Washington Bear Hunt | Unsigned | A bear escapes from the Washington Zoological Gardens. | 428 |
| Obeying Orders | Unsigned | A woman hires a German servant, and he takes her instructions too literally. | 428 |
| Not the Same | Unsigned | A foreign speaker's confusion with the English language. | 428 |
| Troubles of Childhood | Unsigned | Humorous anecdote about indolent child with a snarly disposition. | 428 |
| High Colored | Unsigned | Short article on the dangers of lying. | 428 |
| His Best Trait. | Unsigned | A rotten child's best trait is that he is not a twin. | 428 |
The Youth's Companion, Vol. 65, no. 36. (Sept. 8, 1892)
| "On the Lone Mountain Route" | Will Allen Dromgoole | Ch. 2 of 6 ("Bad News from the Ford"), 1 pg. and 1/3 col. including illustration, For the Companion. Main characters of the story appear to be a grandmother, Granny Duffy, and sister, Delia, of a boy named Joe. The characters speak in mountain dialect; the grandmother is superstitious. Both Granny and Delia are vehicles to discover and convey information about Joe, who it appears has gotten mixed up in bad company. In this particular episode, Delia discovers that Joe has been to a blacksmith to get bullets made. The story ends with news that a man named Bill Nichols has been shot. | 441 |
| Parson Pladley | Manley H. Pike | Just over 2 full cols. For the Companion. Story of a Puritan church that was attacked during church service on Sunday, June 1676, during the time of King Philip's War. A boy skipping church warns the congregation of the Indians' presence. Selected members assume battle stations within the church and the minister continues preaching to the remainder of the congregation, not stopping until the time in his hourglass has run out--an event that coincides with the Indians bursting into the church. At the close of the sermon, the entire congregation joins in the fight, the Indians are defeated, and the minister excuses the boy, Abner True, from church-administered punishment. The ending makes clear, however, that the boy will still be punished by his father, a man "counted second only to the minister himself in rigid piety . . ." (442). | 442 |
| Woodland Rest | Mary A. Townsend | 4 lines of poetry. Selected. | 442 |
| My Little Sister | Ethelwyn Wetherald | 1 1/3 cols. For the Companion. A girl who visits her grandparents misses her loving parents greatly and leaves the visit as soon as she can, showing her impatience when she runs ahead of the slow carriage taking her home. She discovers that her mother has been "ill" and is soon introduced to an infant sister. Jealousy over the attention her sister receives immediately sets in, as she is neglected by others. All respond poorly to her, not treating her special enough (the gardener) or scolding her for her behavior (her mother) until she is called to her father, who asks her for her forgiveness for ignoring her. The narrator repents and for ever after loves her sister. | 442-3 |
| Hope | Unsigned | 4-line poem. Selected. | 443 |
| Smoky Days | Edward W. Thomson | Ch. 6 of 6 ("Vincent Down the Chute"). 3 1/3 cols. including illustration. For the Companion. The conclusion of a story in which a boy, Pete Armstrong, returns home after having been taken for dead. This chapter recounts the heroic exploits of his friend Vincent Bracy, who risks his life by searching for Pete. The boys apparently had quarreled before but make amends in the end. They both remain friends in the future. | 443 |
| Our Albérgo del Sole | M.B. Wright | 2 cols. including illustration. For the Companion. This sketch of Pompeii tells of the Sun Hotel (Albérgo del Sole) in which the narrator and other Americans stayed. He tells of both Old and New Pompeii and recounts information about the volcano's destruction in a folk-tale style. | 443-4 |
| The Climber | Clinton Scollard | 4-line poem. For the Companion. | 444 |
| The Mexican Elections | Unsigned | 2/3 col. Compares recent election in Mexico favorably to those in Great Britain and Ireland and in South America. Criticizes the former for being disorderly and the latter for the instability of its elected governments. | 444 |
| Enthronement | Samuel Hoyt | 20-line poem. For the Companion. | 444 |
| The Anti-Option Bill | Unsigned | 2/3 col. About bill still awaiting approval or dismissal in Congress that would penalize those involved in "futures" trading. Adopts the guise of an objective report, but presents the farmers' position (anti-futures) as misguided in its linking of the existence of futures to low grain prices. | 444 |
| At the End of the Season | Unsigned | 1/3 col. Reports on a series of advertisements proposed by a young girl that suggest the benefits of vigorous health gained by an outdoor vacation. Things advertised as "Lost" include ill tempers and female interests in fashion; things "Found" include healthy appetites and "Perfect Rest." | 444 |
| A Hero at Homestead | Unsigned | 1/3 col. Account narrated by a Pinkerton's Guard involved in Carnegie Works strike violence. Young medical student who stepped forward to help both guards and strikers during violence was "'the only man who crossed from one boat to the other that day.'" The Companion speaks directly at end of story, joining narrator's wish that the young man might be identified and recognized for his work. The essay closes, "The world is the stronger and better for keeping the record of such men." | 444 |
| A Beautiful Day | Unsigned | 1/4 col. Essay on the "art of smiling." Claims that children have both a special gift for smiling and for detecting true smiles. Comments on how smiles are true indicators of character. | 444-5 |
| Discovery of Gold | Unsigned | 1/3+ col. Tells of James W. Marshall's discovery of gold in 1848 while he was employed by Captain Sutter. Though the two men tried to keep the discovery secret, many people arrived on Captain Sutter's land. Both Sutter and Marshall "died poor," while others received a total of 5 million dollars. | 445 |
| Using the Tongs | Unsigned | 1/3 col. "The tongs" are what people supposedly used to remove papers of opposing political parties from their houses fifty to sixty years earlier. Claims that there is not such great animosity between people now as there was between the Whigs and Democrats then, but recounts different current issues of contention, ending with the caution that "epithets may be hurled by any one, but sound argument is possible only on the side of the right." | 445 |
| The Very Man | Unsigned | 1/4 col. Humorous story about a man who meddled all too much with his town's "improvements" and becomes embarrassed while bragging. | 445 |
| King George's Goldfish | Unsigned | 1/4 col. Humorous account of how members of Parliament were puzzled by a reference to the goldfish of Windsor Castle in King George II's speech. Apparently Pitt had placed it there when, upon seeking the king's approval for the prepared speech, King George II withheld approval until Pitt added a reference to the fish. | 445 |
| Impressive Funeral | Unsigned | 1/4 col. Quotes from S.C. Hall's "Memories," an account of "the burial of the poet Campbell in Westminster Abbey." Tells how the reading of the text "'I Heard a voice from heaven'" was followed dramatically by a loud clap of thunder. | 445 |
| Weed-Maps | Unsigned | 1/4 col. Suggests that German wall charts of weeds is an idea that needs to be adopted in the United States in an effort to teach people about the varieties of weeds and thus allow them to combat them more effectively. | 445 |
| Weather | Unsigned | 1/6 col. Humorous weather complaints offered in Elson's "European Reminiscences"--one about the rain in Pisa, the other about the variability of weather in Rotterdam. | 445 |
| Boastful Men of War | Unsigned | 1/6 col. Humorous stories of how children's honest comments about others' war stories reveal the exaggerated nature of those stories. | 445 |
| Advertisements | 445 | ||
| National School Celebration of Columbus Day: The Official Programme | 1 pg. 1 1/4 col. total. The Youth's Companion was heavily involved with drawing up official plans for the celebration of Columbus Day. The contents of the program include a description of the different things to be done at the school celebration of the day and detailed directions for the Pledge of Allegiance. It offers as "gifts" the "Song of Columbus Day" (Theron Brown), "The Ode for Columbus Day" (Edna Dean Proctor), and "The Address for Columbus Day" (446). Throughout the instructions there is heavy emphasis placed on the importance of public education. | 446-7 | |
| The Girl Who Thinks She Can Write | Kate Field | 1 1/4 cols. For the Companion. About women who want to write. Field claims that those who must write will. She recognizes that more women than ever are writing but warns away those who look to make a living by it and who have to ask advice about how to do it. She does not see lack of opportunity as being a barrier for those who would write. | 447 |
| The First "Youth's Companion" | Mary A.W. Davis | 1 ˝ cols. For the Companion. Account of the great lengths to which the author and her sister went to raise the necessary dollar to subscribe to the Youth's Companion. She tells of the reading material they otherwise had available to them ("Scott's Commentaries on the Scriptures," "Lathrop's Sermons," "Bishop Porteous' Lectures," "Millot's History of England, "Cooper's Ancient History," Hannah More's Tales, Scott's "Waverly" and "Gay Mannering," and a volume of Shakespeare). Upon discovering from the Boston Recorder that N.P. Willis planned to issue the Companion, Davis and her sister gathered and sold rags and papers, and nuts. | 447 |
| Suggestions | 1/7 col. Regular Department. Asks questions related to blood. | 448 | |
| To-Morrow | R.L. Hendrick | 30-line poem. For the Companion. | 448 |
| Mother and Son | Unsigned | 1/3 col. For the Companion. Tells first of a mother whose son died while saving people in a recent disaster in Titusville, Pennsylvania. The mother expresses gratitude for the work the son was able to do. This story is placed next to a description of Van Dyck's painting of the Dead Christ and interprets the expression on Mary's face as being of a similar nature. | 448 |
| The Emerald Vase | Unsigned | 1/3 col. For the Companion. Story of an emerald vase said to have been given by the Queen of Sheba to Solomon. The vase held an elixir that would extend life indefinitely. Solomon continuously refused to administer it until, dying himself, he called for the vase only to discover that the elixir had evaporated. Author treats story as an invention but closes with admiration for the moral it conveys, equating the unused elixir with "neglected faith." | 448 |
| Like Other Men | Unsigned | 1/3+ col. Accounts from George Mifflin Dallas's published diary of some of the author's encounters with Nicholas I while the author was United States Minister to Russia. Apparently, Nicholas I liked to move around unnoticed. Tells of two chance encounters with the Emperor, the first reflecting well on his having commendable actions while mixing with others while unknown. | 448 |
| Height of Waves | Unsigned | 1/3 col. Establishes the height of waves when water hits a shoreline obstruction as being able to be 150 feet. Tells of the Tillamook Rock Lighthouse as being one of several lighthouses where the water has washed completely over the top of the structure. | 448 |
| Caught by an Alligator | Unsigned | 1/3 col. Tells of "Apatou, the native guide" of Doctor Crevaux, who wrote "Across Venezuela" (448). Apatou apparently communicated with alligators through "guttural cries" and was rescued with difficulty at one point from an alligator that had grabbed hold of part of his leg. | 448 |
| Autumn | Emily Dickinson | 12-line poem. For the Companion. | 448 |
| A Dog's Luck | Unsigned | ˝ col. Tells of Alfred de Musset's visit to a wealthy family's house where a stray dog sneaks in at his arrival. Guest and host assume the dog belongs to the other; both are too polite to say anything about dog's horrible behavior. Mistake is finally discovered and the host votes for Musset's membership in the French Academy, although "'I shouldn't have done so if that dog had really been his. Upon such little things do great things depend!'" | 448 |
| Kind-Hearted Waiter | Unsigned | 1/3 col. Two humorous stories about people giving advice to others in a way that reveals the "unflattering opinion" they have of them. | 448 |
| Russian Justice | Unsigned | 1/3 col. Compares Russian to "Oriental justice" for the "eccentric decisions" that are made. Tells the story of one such decision involving a farmer, an intended buyer, and an actual buyer. All three came to complain to the judge; the judge was left in the end with the money and the item of purchase. | 448 |
| Tennyson's Blunder | Unsigned | 1/4 col. Humorous story about the correction that the mathematician, C. Babbage, made to Tennyson's poetic claim that "Every moment dies a man, / Every moment one is born." Babbage alters the second line to reflect population growth: "And one and a sixteenth is born." | 448 |
| No Quarrels | Unsigned | 1/4 col. Tells of "Auntie Collins"'s ("an old colored woman") advice to her daughters about how to keep peace in their homes. Records her advice in dialect in which she tells how she always threw something at her husband when anything seemed to be wrong. | 448 |
| Confusion of Dates | Unsigned | 1/5 col. From the Boston Transcript. Humorous mix-ups between famous quotations and historical events. Mix-up is blamed in part on an "indifferent" or "thoughtless" teacher. | 448 |
| Children's Page | Center of page is taken up by "Change of Mind," a poem that substitutes pictures for some words and is surrounded by whimsical illustrations. | 449 | |
| After Vacation | Unsigned | 10-line poem. For the Companion. | 449 |
| Keeping Accounts | Unsigned | 1 col. Charley returns from a summer visit with Aunt Edith having picked up some new attitudes. He now dislikes his mother's affection and wants to be paid for the errands he does for her. His mother proposes that they each keep an account of what they do for each other; hers clearly ends up much longer and Charley learns his lesson. | 449 |
| Untitled | Unsigned | 1/10 col. Humorous account of Little Bessy's request for more sugar after she has been given some sugar to cure her hiccups. | 449 |
| Children's Saying | Unsigned | 1/10 col. For the Companion. Little girl's humorous request in baby language for pie. | 449 |
| Correction | Ed. Children's Page | 5 lines. Implies that a "stolen" poem might have been printed in an earlier issue of the Companion. | 449 |
| Nuts to Crack | 1 col. Regular feature of Companion that features puzzles for children and answers to previous week's puzzles. | 449 | |
| Laugh Cure | Unsigned | 1/4 col. A man tries the advice of a medical journal to cure his rheumatism by laughing "at [his] neighbor." Ends up provoking the anger of a German man, who speaks in heavy dialect. | 450 |
| Khedive and Sentry | Unsigned | 1/5 col. A British guard mistakes the Khedive for someone of a lower position. The situation is rectified when the guard's superior returns and recognizes the Khedive. | 450 |
| Did Him Good | Unsigned | 1/3 col. Story from Captain Eastwick's autobiography in which the captain tells of his first sailing experience and the unjust treatment he received from the ship's first mate. Another person on board was at times friendly to him and told him there is only "duty" and "mutiny" on a ship and that he was learning a good lesson. Eastwick affirms this in retrospect. | 451 |
| Protection | Unsigned | 1/3 col. Humorous tale that revolves around the idea that feathers do not conduct electricity and that one should "cover [oneself] with a feather-bed" during a thunderstorm. A little boy assumes it is going to rain because a man is being tarred and feathered. | 451 |
| Advertisements | 451 | ||
| Terms | 452 | ||
| Doctor and Dentist | Unsigned | 1/3+ col. For the Companion. Medical column. Instructs parents to be aware of the way that a child's nutrition affects his/her teeth and how the soundness of the teeth in turn can affect the child's well-being. Tells parents that bad teeth should be filled and that regular check-ups are necessary and more economical in the long run. Offers instructions to parents about how to care for infants' teeth and tells which food should be avoided and which eaten. | 452 |
| How Hot is Boiling Water? | Unsigned | 1/3 col. Informs readers of how boiling is reached at different temperatures according to different systems (Fahrenheit, Centigrade, and Reaumur) and how altitude and atmospheric pressure affect the ability of things to boil. Uses an egg and other breakfast food to illustrate the effects of altitude on things being boiled. | 452 |
| Lucky Swoon | Unsigned | 1/4 col. Account from the Atlanta Constitution of a lion that escaped into "a group of negroes standing on the [train] platform." Speaks in a derogatory manner of the group's reaction, drawing on racial stereotypes about superstitions. One woman who fainted is merely sniffed at by the lion. | 452 |
| Too Much Attention | Unsigned | 1/5 col. Humorous account of a woman who disliked questions so much that she had killed a hen given to her because it prompted so many inquiries from passersby. | 452 |
| Only One | Unsigned | 1/5 col. Humorous account of a little girl who is instructed by her father to ask for food in the singular rather than the plural. After being corrected to drop the "s" from "rolls," she politely asks for "a chee" when she wants cheese. | 452 |
| His Idea of Them | Unsigned | 1/6 col. Account from the New York Recorder about a farmer's ignorant and humorous response to a naturalist's full description of "the common caterpillar." The farmer had "'supposed they was mostly skin and sqush!'" | 452 |
| Miserly | Unsigned | 1/7 col. Humorous account about the miserly actions of a churchgoer and a man who delayed his supper until midnight so it could also count for breakfast. | 452 |
| Untitled | Unsigned | 5 lines. From Babyland. Humorous comment by a small boy who says the bell on the cow is to inform "'the calf that dinner is ready.'" | 452 |
| Advertisements | 452 | ||
The Youth's Companion Vol. 65, no. 38. (Sept.
22, 1892).
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| Title | Author | Annotation | Pages |
| On The Lone Mountain Route | Wm. Allen Dromgoole | For The Companion. Pt. 4 of 6 of serialized adventure story about a fugitive, possibly innocent, evading the authorities. | 465-466 |
| O Banner Free | T. Cambell Holt | 4 line poem. | 466 |
| The "Sympafwizing Ten" | Wm. Zachary Gladwin | For the Companion. Story of the creation and adventures of a benevolent organization of children, and their founders / leaders, Tip and Clip. | 466 |
| Vegetable Caterpillar | Unsigned | For the Companion. Short article on the symbiosis between a vegetable spore and a caterpillar. | 466 |
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