The best book ever!
Wow, I just totally and completely forgot to post yesterday. So, how about a special Saturday edition? It's hard to follow up on Washoe and Reese River, but I'll give it a try with this little gem. It reads:Matrimony Made Easy,orHow to Win a Lover:With instructions for courting, in order to win the affections of the opposite sex. This is the most wonderful book ev

Washoe and Reese River, Part the Third
Maybe one day I will post the entire Faith/Love correspondence, but I haven't even uncovered it all yet, so for now, we come to the conclusion of our three-part miniseries, The Most Excellent and Lamentable Tragedie of Washoe and Reese River. (Somehow that doesn't have quite the same ring as "Romeo and Juliet," does it?) Those of you who have been reading since Day One may recall this ad, which at the time I posited was, in my opinion, quite real - a conclusion I still stand b

Washoe and Reese River, Part Deux*
All of these are from editions of this paper that I hadn't cataloged yet, and it did take a fair bit of work to uncover them. I hope you people appreciate what I do for you! These are not the only ads from Faith/Hope/Love (there are a lot - this correspondence lasts a year, after all), but these particular ones are from July 24, 29, and August 5!

Washoe and Reese River
The crazy thing about this serious of ads is that I'm pretty sure I don't even have them all. But after some serious searching this morning, I finally figured these were enough for now. If I run across another treasure trove, I'll add 'em in.These ones remind me of Hair Dye and Eyebrows, with Reese River as the "Hair Dye" and Washoe as the "Eyebrows," except that these were about fifteen years earlier.

Bad Seeds
So, I didn't blog this morning - sorry about that. I'm down in Chattanooga for the Symposium on the 19th Century Press, the Civil War, and Free Expression and this is my first free moment!  So without further ado, today's fare: An honest gentleman (30) would like the acquaintance of an unmercenary lady; object m