Bill Nye and Boomerang;

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Author

Nye, Bill, 1850-1896

Title

Bill Nye and Boomerang Or, The Tale of a Meek-Eyed Mule, and Some Other Literary Gems

Credits

Produced by David Widger from page images generously provided by the Internet Archive

Language

English

LoC Class

PN: Language and Literatures: Literature: General, Criticism, Collections

Subject

American wit and humor

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 51959

Release Date

May 2, 2016

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.BILL NYE AND BOOMERANG; — Or, The Tale Of A Meek-Eyed Mule, And Some Other Literary Gems
2. 2.By Bill Nye — Chicago, New York And San Francisco: — Bedford, Clarke & Co. — 1883
3. 3.MY MULE BOOMERANG, — THIS VOLUME,
4. 4.THE APOLOGY.
5. 5.OSTROPHE TO AN ORPHAN MULE.
6. 6.A MINERS' MEETING—MY MINE—A MIRAGE ON E PLAINS. — Camp on the New Jerusalem Mine, May 28, 1880.
7. 7.THE TRUE STORY OF DAMON AND PYTHIAS.
8. 8.CHAPTER I.
9. 9.CHAPTER II.
10. 10.CHAPTER III.
11. 11.CHAPTER IV.
12. 12.SAD MEMORIES OF THE DEAD YEAR. — HERE WE COME! — HERE WE COME! HERE WE COME! — 13 BILL NYE'S 13 — THE PRESS CORDIALLY INVITED. — PRESS COMMENTS. — A CARD.
13. 13.LETTER FROM PARIS. — Paris, May 30th, 1878.
14. 14.PREHISTORIC CROCKERY.
15. 15.SUGGESTION'S FOR A SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM.
16. 16.THE FRAGRANT MORMON.
17. 17.RECOLLECTIONS OF THE OPERA.
18. 18.A SUNNY LITTLE INCIDENT.
19. 19.HE REWARDED HER.
20. 20.THE MODERN PARLOR STOVE.
21. 21.REMARKS TO ORIGINATORS.
22. 22.QUEER
23. 23.SIC SEMPER GLORIA HOUSEPLANT.
24. 24.HOW TO TELL.
25. 25.BIOGRAPHY OF COLOROW.
26. 26.DIARY OF A SAUCY YOUNG THING.
27. 27.KILLING OFF THE JAMES' BOYS.
28. 28.A RELIC.
29. 29.SOME REASONS WHY I CAN'T BE AN INDIAN AGENT.
30. 30.THE PICNIC SNOOZER'S LAMENT.
31. 31.BILLIOUS NYE AND BOOMERANG IN THE GOLD MINES.
32. 32.TWO GREAT MEN.
33. 33.DIRTY MURPHY.
34. 34.A ROCKY MOUNTAIN SUNSET.
35. 35.THE TEMPERATURE OF THE BUMBLE-BEE.
36. 36.DRAWBACKS OF PUBLIC LIFE.
37. 37.THE GLAD, FREE LIFE OF THE MINER.
38. 38.SOME THOUGHTS OF CHILDHOOD.
39. 39.THE NEW ADJUSTABLE CAMPAIGN SONG.
40. 40.SITTING ON ON A VENERABLE JOKE.
41. 41.A HAIRBREADTH ESCAPE.
42. 42.MYSELF, DR. TALMAGE, AND OTHER DIVINES. — September 5, 1880.
43. 43.FINE-CUT AS A MEANS OF GRACE.
44. 44.THE WEATHER AND SOME OTHER THINGS.
45. 45.THE PARABLE OF THE UNJUST STEWARD. — ODE TO SPRING.
46. 46.THE PARABLE OF THE PRODIGAL SON.
47. 47.THE INDIAN AND THE EVERLASTING GOSPEL.
48. 48.THE MUSE. — CRITICISM ON THE WORKS OF THE SWEET SINGER OF MICHIGAN.
49. 49.SHOEING A BRONCO.
50. 50.PUMPKIN JIM; OR THE TALE OF A BUSTED JACKASS RABBIT.
51. 51.CHAPTER I.—PUMPKIN JIM.
52. 52.CHAPTER II.—GERALDINE CARBOLINE O'TOOLE.
53. 53.CHAPTER III.—STARTLING REVELATIONS.
54. 54.CHAPTER IV.—ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL.
55. 55.WILLIAM NYE AND THE HEATHEN CHINEE.
56. 56.HONG LEE'S GRAND BENEFIT AT LEADVILLE.
57. 57.YOU FOU.
58. 58.THE LOP-EARED LOVERS OF THE LITTLE LARAMIE.
59. 59.CHAPTER I.—A TALE OF LOVE AND PARENTAL CUSSEDNESS.
60. 60.CHAPTER II.
61. 61.CHAPTER III.
62. 62.CHAPTER IV.
63. 63.SPEECH OF SPARTACTUS. — ADAPTED FROM THE ORIGINAL ESPECIALLY FOR THIS WORK.
64. 64.CORRESPONDENCE. — Dalles of the St. Croix, September 8, 1880.
65. 65.HE WENT OUT WEST FOR HIS HEALTH.
66. 66.A QUIET LITTLE WEDDING WITHOUT ANY FRILLS
67. 67.THOUGHTS ON SPRING
68. 68.THE SAME OLD THING.
69. 69.THE VETERAN WHO DIED WHILE GETTING HIS PENSION.
70. 70.GINGERBREAD POEMS AND COLD PICKLED FACTS.
71. 71.ORIGIN OF BEAUTIFUL SNOW,
72. 72.UTE ELOQUENCE.
73. 73.THE AGED INDIAN'S LAMENT. — [copyrighted: all rights reserved.]
74. 74.HOW A MINING STAMPEDE BREAKS OUT.
75. 75.THE GREAT ROCKY MOUNTAIN REUNION OF YALLER DOGS.
76. 76.WHAT WOMAN'S SUFFRAGE HAS DONE FOR WYOMING. — SOME TESTIMONIALS, AND ONE THING AND ANOTHER. — ANSWERS.
77. 77.PORTUGUESE WITHOUT A MASTER.
78. 78.THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN HOG.
79. 79.THE BUCKNESS WHEREWITH THE BUCK BEER BUCKETH.
80. 80.BILLIOUS NYE AND THE AMATEUR STAGE.
81. 81.A JOURNALISTIC CORRECTION. — OFFICE OF THE MEEK-EYED TARANTULA. — BANKRUPT SALE OF LITERARY GEMS. — OFFICE OF THE MORMON BAZOO.
82. 82.THOUGHTS ON MARRIAGE.
83. 83.A UTE PRESIDENTIAL CONVENTION.
84. 84.THE CLUB-FOOTED LOVER OF PIUTE PASS. — A TALE OF LOVE AND COLD PIZEN.
85. 85.CHAPTER THE FIRST.
86. 86.CHAPTER THE TWICE.
87. 87.CHAPTER THREE TIMES.
88. 88.CHAPTER FOUR TIMES.
89. 89.THE AUTOMATIC LIAR
90. 90.SOME POSTOFFICE FIENDS.
91. 91.AGRICULTURE AT AN ALTITUDE OF 7500 FEET.
92. 92.THE GENTLE YOUTH FROM LEADVILLE.
93. 93.A SNIDE JOURNALIST.
94. 94.HE WAS BLIND.
95. 95.THOUGHTS OF THE MELLOW PREVIOUSLY.
96. 96.MY TOMBSTONE MINE. — Camp on Alder Gulch, June 18, 1880.
97. 97.BANKRUPT SALE OF A CIRCUS.
98. 98.GREELEY VERSUS VALLEY TAN.
99. 99.THE ETERNAL FITNESS OF THINGS.
100. 100.THEY UNANIMOUSLY AROSE AND HUNG HIM.
101. 101.RHETORIC VS. WOODTICK. — Camp on the New Jerusalem Mine, June 15.
102. 102.THE MODEL WIFE.
103. 103.SOME OVERLAND TOURISTS.
104. 104.CATCHING MOUNTAIN TROUT AT AN ELEVATION OF 8000 FEET.
105. 105.TROUT FISHING.
106. 106.HOME-MADE INDIAN RELICS.
107. 107.THE PREVIOUS REPORTER.
108. 108.THE PEACE COMMISSION. — EVIDENCE OF JOHNSON BEFORE THE COURT.
109. 109.SOME ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. — ANSWER. — ANSWER.
110. 110.THE CROW INDIAN AND HIS CAWS.
111. 111.THE NUPTIALS OP DANGEROUS DAVIS.
112. 112.THE HOLIDAY HOG.
113. 113.SOME CENSUS CONUNDRUMS.
114. 114.THE GENTLE POWER OF A WOMAN'S INFLUENCE.
115. 115.THE NATIVE INBORN SHIFTLESSNESS OF THE PRAIRIE DOGS.
116. 116.ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.
117. 117.THE SECRET OF GARFIELD'S ELECTION.
118. 118.PERILS OF THE BUTTERNUT PICKER.
119. 119.A WORD OR TWO ABOUT THE SWALLOW.
120. 120.LAUGHING SAM.
121. 121.THE CALAMITY JANE CONSOLIDATED.
122. 122.THE NOCTURNAL COW.
123. 123.THE RELENTLESS GARDEN HOSE.
124. 124.A WAIL.
125. 125.THE GREAT, HORRID MAN RECEIVETH NEW YEAR CALLS.
126. 126.JUST THE THING.
127. 127.THANKS.
128. 128.AN ANTI-MORMON TOWN.
129. 129.A CHRISTMAS RIDE IN JULY.
130. 130.EXAMINING THE BRAND ON A FROZEN STEER.
131. 131.ONION PEELIN'S.

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