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Frontier Humor in Verse, Prose and Picture

Frontier Humor in Verse, Prose and Picture

by Palmer Cox

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Author
Cox, Palmer, 1840-1924
Credits
Richard Tonsing, David Edwards, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Language
English
LoC Class
PN: Language and Literatures: Literature: General, Criticism, Collections
Subject
Canadian wit and humor
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 64642
Release Date
February 27, 2021
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.FRONTIER HUMOR IN VERSE, PROSE AND PICTURE.
  2. 2.PUBLISHERS’ PREFACE.
  3. 3.TABLE OF CONTENTS.
  4. 4.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
  5. 5.AH TIE. THAT DEADLY PIE.
  6. 6.NEW YEAR’S CALLERS.
  7. 7.SCENES ON THE SIDEWALK.
  8. 8.SAM PATTERSON’S BALLOON.
  9. 9.MY CANINE.
  10. 10.JIM DUDLEY’S FLIGHT.
  11. 11.TRIALS OF THE FARMER.
  12. 12.A CUNNING DODGE.
  13. 13.A TERRIBLE TAKE IN.
  14. 14.A FAMILY JAR.
  15. 15.THE ROD OF CORRECTION.
  16. 16.GONE FROM HIS GAZE.
  17. 17.ST. PATRICK’S DAY.
  18. 18.THE CONTENTED FROG.
  19. 19.ALL FOOLS’ DAY.
  20. 20.FINDING A HORSE-SHOE.
  21. 21.AN EVENING WITH SCIENTISTS.
  22. 22.OUR TABLE GIRL.
  23. 23.AN OLD WOMAN IN PERIL.
  24. 24.FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE.
  25. 25.ODE ON A BUMBLE-BEE.
  26. 26.DUDLEY AND THE GREASED PIG.
  27. 27.CORA LEE.
  28. 28.A BRILLIANT FORENSIC EFFORT.
  29. 29.VISITING A SCHOOL.
  30. 30.THE REJECTED SUITOR.
  31. 31.A NIGHT OF TERROR.
  32. 32.MY DRIVE TO THE CLIFF.
  33. 33.SECOND SIGHT.
  34. 34.THE THIEF.
  35. 35.A STARTLING CAT-ASTROPHE.
  36. 36.A TRIP TO THE MOUNTAINS.
  37. 37.AN IMPATIENT UNDERTAKER.
  38. 38.SERMON ON A PIN.
  39. 39.DUDLEY’S FIGHT WITH THE TEXAN.
  40. 40.ROLLER SKATING.
  41. 41.A TERRIBLE NOSE.
  42. 42.A MASKED BATTERY.
  43. 43.THE PRIZE I DIDN’T WIN.
  44. 44.THE COUNTRYMAN’S TOOTH.
  45. 45.MINING STOCKS.
  46. 46.ODE ON A FLEA.
  47. 47.FIGHTING IT OUT ON THAT LINE.
  48. 48.DUDLEY’S FIGHT WITH DR. TWEEZER.
  49. 49.MY NEIGHBOR WORSTED.
  50. 50.THE BREATHING SPELL.
  51. 51.A VISIT TO BENICIA.
  52. 52.TOO MUCH OF INDIAN.
  53. 53.GOING UP THE SPOUT.
  54. 54.THE GLORIOUS FOURTH.
  55. 55.JIM DUDLEY’S SERMON.
  56. 56.THE POISONED PET.
  57. 57.SEEKING FOR A WIFE.
  58. 58.DAVID GOYLE, THE MILLER MAN.
  59. 59.HEELS UP AND HEAD DOWN.
  60. 60.THE BITTER END.
  61. 61.A TRIP TO THE INTERIOR.
  62. 62.HUNTING WITH A VENGEANCE.
  63. 63.THE ART GALLERY.
  64. 64.A ROLLING STONE.
  65. 65.RIDING IN THE STREET CARS.
  66. 66.SIMON RAND.
  67. 67.THE VALUE OF A COLLAR.
  68. 68.QUAINT EPITAPHS.
  69. 69.MISTAKEN IDENTITY.
  70. 70.FLIRTING, AND WHAT CAME OF IT.
  71. 71.THE CHAMPION MEAN MAN.
  72. 72.IN A THOUSAND YEARS. (A WOMAN’S DREAM OF THE FUTURE.)
  73. 73.THE COBBLER’S END.
  74. 74.THE LAST OF HIS RACE.
  75. 75.JIM DUDLEY’S RACE.
  76. 76.OLEOMARGARINE.
  77. 77.DINING UNDER DIFFICULTIES.
  78. 78.ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.
  79. 79.COURT-ROOM SCENES.
  80. 80.THE MASON’S RIDE.
  81. 81.JUNE
  82. 82.THE ANNIVERSARY.
  83. 83.A COUNTRY TOUR.
  84. 84.A TRIP ACROSS THE BAY.
  85. 85.CHRISTMAS EVE.

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