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

Name: Bill Nye and Boomerang; Or the Tale of a Meek-Eyed Mule, and Some Other Literary Gems
Author: Bill Nye

Bill Nye

Read by DaleBarkley · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

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To My Mule Boomerang (1:17)
The Apology (2:01)
Apostrophe to an Orphan Mule (2:16)
A Miners' Meeting - My Mine - A Mirage on the Plains (7:51)
The True Story of Damon and Pythias (7:30)
Sad Memories of the Dead Year (4:44)
Bill Nye's Thirteenth Grand Semi-Annual Farewell Circus and Hippodrome (7:01)
Letter from Paris (4:05)
Prehistoric Crockery (5:18)
Suggestions for a School of Journalism (7:33)
The Fragrant Mormon (2:51)
Recollections of the Opera (5:04)
A Sunny Little Incident (3:22)
He Rewarded Her (1:11)
The Modern Parlor Stove (3:18)
Remarks to Originators (3:02)
Queer (0:53)
Sic Semper Gloria Houseplant (1:49)
How to Tell (1:20)
Biography of Colorow (2:48)
Diary of a Saucy Young Thing (2:16)
Killing off the James Boys (2:26)
A Relic (2:12)
Some Reasons why I can't be an Indian Agent (5:27)
The Picnic Snoozer's Lament (1:13)
Billious Nye and Boomerang in the Gold Mines (6:21)
Two Great Men (2:51)
Dirty Murphy (2:30)
A Rocky Mountain Sunset (2:31)
The Temperature of the Bumble-bee (1:53)
Drawbacks of Public Life (3:31)
The Glad, Free Life of the Miner (4:57)
Some Thoughts of Childhood (3:20)
The New Adjustable Campaign Song (3:28)
Sitting down on a Venerable Joke (3:02)
A Hairbreadth Escape (3:43)
Myself, Dr. Talmage and Other Divines (6:20)
Fine-cut as a Means of Grace (3:07)
The Weather and Some Other Things (5:22)
The Parable of the Unjust Steward (4:09)
Ode to Spring (1:05)
The Parable of the Prodigal Son (4:29)
The Indian and the Everlasting Gospel (6:27)
The Muse (12:08)
Shoeing a Broncho (5:13)
Pumpkin Jim; or the Tale of a Busted Jackass Rabbit (13:19)
William Nye and the Heathen Chinee (6:04)
Hong Lee's Grand Benefit at Leadville (3:25)
You Fou (2:32)
The Lop-eared Lovers of the Little Laramie (13:37)
Speech of Spartacus (8:30)
Correspondence (11:03)
He Went Out West for His Health (6:09)
A Quiet Little Wedding without any Frills (6:06)
Thoughts on Spring (3:50)
The Same Old Thing (6:34)
The Veteran who died while getting his Pension (5:37)
Gingerbread Poems and Cold Pickled Facts (5:13)
Origin of Beautiful Snow (6:03)
Ute Eloquence (3:30)
The Aged Indian's Lament (3:54)
How a Mining Stampede breaks out (4:23)
The Great Rocky Mountain Re-union of Yaller Dogs (3:54)
What Woman's Suffrage has done for Wyoming (5:12)
Portuguese without a Master (5:45)
The Rocky Mountain Hog (3:11)
The Buckness wherewith the Buck Beer Bucketh (1:53)
Billious Nye and the Amateur Stage (3:36)
A Journalistic Correction (1:31)
Bankrupt Sale of Literary Gems (1:45)
Thoughts on Marriage (4:42)
A Ute Presidential Convention (11:52)
The Club-footed Lover of Piute Pass (7:17)
The Automatic Liar (3:45)
Some Post-office Fiends (6:01)
Agriculture at an altitude of 7,500 feet (2:53)
The Gentle Youth from Leadville (3:04)
A Snide Journalist (6:42)
He Was Blind (3:49)
Thoughts of the Mellow Previously (3:43)
My Tombstone Mine (6:22)
Bankrupt Sale of a Circus (5:58)
Greeley versus Valley Tan (1:38)
The Eternal Fitness of Things (3:01)
They Unanimously Arose and Hung Him (4:04)
Rhetoric versus Woodtick (5:32)
The Model Wife (5:53)
Some Overland Tourists (6:01)
Catching Mountain Trout at an elevation of 8,000 feet (4:23)
Home-made Indian Relics (6:38)
The Previous Reporter (3:02)
The Peace Commission (4:20)
Some Answers to Correspondents (6:19)
The Crow Indian and His Caws (4:25)
The Nuptials of Dangerous Davis (4:18)
The Holiday Hog (1:35)
Some Census Conundrums (2:29)
The Gentle Power of a Woman's Influence (4:18)
The Native Inborn Shiftlessness of the Prairie Dogs (2:03)
Answers to Correspondents (7:14)
The Secret of Garfield's Election (4:35)
Perils of the Butternut Picker (6:57)
A Word or Two about the Swallow (4:10)
Laughing Sam (3:02)
The Calamity Jane Consolidated (2:10)
The Nocturnal Cow (3:34)
The Relentless Garden Hose (1:31)
A Wail (2:16)
The Great, Horrid Man Receiveth New Year Calls (2:53)
Just the Thing (1:41)
Thanks (1:32)
An Anti-Mormon Town (1:33)
A Christmas Ride in July (2:01)
Examining the Brand on a Frozen Steer (1:28)
Onion Peelin's (3:20)