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Baled Hay: A Drier Book than Walt Whitman's ''Leaves o' Grass''

Name: Baled Hay: A Drier Book than Walt Whitman's ''Leaves o' Grass''
Author: Bill Nye

Bill Nye

Read by Scotty Smith · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

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DEDICATION.; BALED HAY (13:59)
GREELEY AID RUM.; ABOUT SAW MILLS.; EXPERIMENTS WITH OLD CHEESE.; THE RAG-CARPET. (12:50)
ONE KIND OF A BOY.; THE CHAMPION MEAN MAN.; FRATERNAL SPARRING.; CHIPETA'S ADDRESS TO THE UTES. (14:17)
BILL NYE'S CAT.; AUTUMN THOUGHTS.; THE MAN WHO INTERRUPTS. (15:34)
THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN COW.; PRESERVING EGGS.; HUMAN' NATURE ON THE HALF-SHELL.; TOO CONTIGUOUS.; THE AMENDE HONORABLE. (11:39)
JOAQUIN AND JUNIATA.; SOME VAGUE THOUGHTS.; THE YOUMORIST.; MY CABINET. (14:06)
HEALTH FOOD.; PINES FOR HIS OLD HOME (12:13)
ONE TOUCH OF NATURE.; HOW TO PUT UP A STOVE-PIPE.; FUN OF BEING A PUBLISHER.; LINGERIE.; FRUIT.; THE BONE OF CONTENTION. (13:21)
CONGRATULATORY.; THE AGONY IS OVER.; OSTRICH CAVALRY.; AN ELECTRIC BELT.; THE ANNUAL WAIL; HE WAS NOT A BURGLAR. (10:43)
BEST ON, BLESSED MEMORY. (14:27)
GENIUS AND WHISKY.; THE TWO-HEADED GIRL; THE CULTIVATION OF GUM.; WE HAVE REASONED IT OUT.; CARVING SCHOOLS. (13:31)
DIGNITY.; ALWAYS ROOM AT THE TOP.; INACCURATE.; THE WESTERN ''CHAP.'' (13:57)
AN INCIDENT OF THE CAMPAIGN.; WHY DO THEY DO IT?; TWO STYLES.; GOSHALLHEMLOCK SALVE.; THE STAGE BALD-HEAD. (12:26)
FATHERLY WORDS.; THE GOOD TIME COMING.; MANIA FOR MARKING CLOTHES.; REGARDING THE NOSE. (13:58)
SOMETHING TOO MUCH OF THIS.; COLOR BLINDNESS.; IS DUELING MURDER?; HEAP GONE.; THE EDITORIAL LAMP. (12:07)
DIFFICULT TO IDENTIFY.; THE MAROON SAUSAGE.; TESTIMONIALS OF REGARD.; THE CHINESE COMPOSITOR; SNOWED UNDER; ROUGH ON OSCAR. (10:24)
THE POSTAL CARD.; WHY WE ARE NOT GAY.; SCIENTIFIC.; THE REVELATION RACKET IN UTAH. (16:48)
SAGE BRUSH TONIC.; LAME FROM HIS BERTH.; THE PUBLIC PRINTER. (18:40)
SAD DESTRUCTION.; THE IMMEDIATE REVOLVER; THE SECRET OF HEALTH.; HOUSEHOLD RECIPES.; WHAT IS LITERATURE?; THE PREVIOUS HOTEL. (10:34)
ANECDOTE OF SPOTTED TAIL.; THE ZEALOUS VOTER.; HOW TO PRESERVE TEETH; MR. BEECHER'S BRAIN.; OH, NO! (9:50)
THE MARCH OF CIVILIZATION.; AN UNCLOUDED WELCOME.; THE PILLOW-SHAM HOLDER.; SOMETHING FRESH.; YANKED TO ETERNITY.; WHY WE SHED THE SCALDING. (12:09)
ANOTHER SUGGESTION.; PISCATORIAL AND EDITORIAL; ANOTHER FEATHERED SONGSTER; ABOUT THE OSTRICH; TOO MUCH GOD AND NO FLOUR.; WE ARE GETTING CYNICAL (11:25)
ASK US SOMETHING DIFFICULT.; THE MIMIC STAGE.; DECLINE OF AMERICAN HUMOR; CHICAGO CUSTOM HOUSE; FOREIGN OPINION (14:38)
THEY HAVE CURBED THEIR WOE.; HUNG BY REQUEST.; THE MELVILLES.; MENDING BROKEN NECKS.; ARE YOU A MORMON? (12:58)
CAUTION.; POISONS AND THEIR ANECDOTES.; CORRESPONDENCE.; WHAT THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY NEEDS. (16:49)
TABLE MANNERS OF CHILDREN.; WHAT IT MEANT.; VOTERS IN UTAH.; INCONGRUITY (11:15)
RIDING DOWN A MOUNTAIN.; CORRALED HIM.; FIRMNESS.; PUT IN A SUMP. (14:26)
MINING AS A SCIENCE; DRAWBACKS OF ROYALTY.; ENGLISH HUMOR; ABOUT THE AUTOPSY. (12:31)
DON'T LIKE OUR STYLE.; MR. T. WILSON.; ETIQUETTE OF THE NAPKIN; AN INFERNAL MACHINE. (11:47)
THE CODFISH.; HIS AGED MOTHER.; BUSINESS LETTERS.; DANGER OF GARDENING. (11:04)