Out of the Hurly-Burly; Or, Life in an Odd Corner

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 o...

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 ca...

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 churc...

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--I...

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...

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 o...

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--Reminisc...

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...

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...

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 overca...

Old Fort Kasimir--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 dismal sort of day--A few able remarks about umbrellas--The umbrella in a humorous aspect--The calamity that befell Colonel Coombs--An ambitious but miserable monarch--The inf...

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 a...

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 depa...

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...

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 loo...

If Peter Menuit had never been born, it is extremely probable that this book would not have been written. Mr. Menuit, however, had nothing to do with the construction of the vol...

A step-ladder is an almost indispensable article to persons who are moving into a new house. Not only do the domestics find it extremely convenient when they undertake to wash t...

We have a full view of the river from our chamber window, and it is a magnificent spectacle that greets us as we rise in the morning and fling the shutters wide open. The sun, i...

My next-door neighbor upon the west is Judge Pitman. I heard his name mentioned before I became acquainted with him, and I fancied that he was either a present occupant of the b...

Miss Bessie Magruder is the object upon which the affections of Mr. Bob Parker are fixed at the present moment. He met her, I believe, while she was attending school in the city...

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 CA...

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 CHURC...

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--IND...

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...

There are but few old villages in the United States that contain ancient churches so picturesque in situation and in appearance as that which stands in the centre of our town, t...

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 O...

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--REMINISC...

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...

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...

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 OVERCA...

OLD FORT KASIMIR 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 DISMAL SORT OF DAY--A FEW ABLE REMARKS ABOUT UMBRELLAS--THE UMBRELLA IN A HUMOROUS ASPECT--THE CALAMITY THAT BEFEL COLONEL COOMBS--AN AMBITIOUS BUT MISERABLE MONARCH-INFLUENCE...

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 A...

I have been the victim of a somewhat singular persecution for several weeks past. When we came here to live, Judge Pitman was partially bald. Somebody induced him to apply to hi...

While I was helping one of my youngsters a night or two ago to master a tough little problem in his arithmetic, I picked up the history that he had been studying, and as he went...

"It was a very easy thing to settle this business," said Bob. "I explained the matter to the members of our firm, and they not only gave me a letter containing very strong expre...

AN ARRIVAL--A PRESENT FROM A CONGRESSMAN--MEDITATIONS UPON HIS PURPOSE--THE PATENT OFFICE REPORT OF THE FUTURE--A PLAN FOR REVOLUTIONIZING PUBLIC DOCUMENTS AND OPENING A NEW DEP...

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...

two, five and six, and wound up by offering the whole of my number four argument. My hair fairly stood on end when Wilson bowed and left the stand. What on earth was I to do now...

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...