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Title: John Paul's book: moral and instructive: consisting of travels, tales, poetry, and like fabrications
Year: 1874 (1870s)
Authors: Paul, John, 1834-1905
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Publisher: Hartford, Conn., Chicago, Ill. : Columbian Book Company
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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ter long pondering as towhat I should give her for a Christmas present, I had cometo the conclusion there was tiothingso appropriate as pictures,&c., and would she, &c. When I returned liome that eve-ning, I found them set out in the wood-shed—Mrs. Paulthought they wouldnt do much harm there, and theyd beout of the way. Then I sent them to a friend out inMichigan as a New Years present. They came back in lessthan a Meek with a note from that yeoman, saying that hehad no place on his walls to hang them, but he had a tree inthe front yard which he thought would do very well for theartist. At the present writing these works of art repose in thegarret, awaiting a purchaser. I dont want a profit onthem, but I should like to get cost. They are quiet, coolbits, landscapes, I believe. One represents a scene on theHudson, the other on the Mohawk. Which is the scene onthe Hudson and which is the one on the Mohawk I have notyet been able to decide, nor was the artist able to inform me,
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QUIET, COOL BITS. 583 but this doesnt matter much. Indeed, it rather enhancestheir vahie, if anything. They will be a perpetual conun-drum to the purchaser, a sort of illustrated rebus, which hecan guess at his leisure ; no restrictions are put upon him;having paid his money he can take his choice. Hereafter,I am not to be considered as a patron of art, and itwould be impossible for an itinerant to get a bid for a pictureout of me at any price. Quiet, cool bits are not in myway since this bite. I invariably step out of the wa)- whena dealer comes into the office, fearful that the indignant kind-ling in my eye may be mistaken for appreciation, and thatthe wrathful quivering of my lip may be construed into abid. CHAPTER LXXVIIL CONCERNING THE CEUSADE AGAINST DOGS, AND THE DANGER OF HYDROPHOBIA. IIIAYE been staying quietly at home for a month or twoback, letting mad dogs bite me. None of the blame can be laid at my door. I warnedthem faithfully, argued Mith them, told them it Mas no man-

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