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The “Oregon” School and Other Schools

January 2, 2015 By Marfy Goodspeed in Bray, Delaware Twp, E. T. Bush, Families, Kingwood Twp, Opdycke, Rittenhouse, Williamson Tags: schools

Ducks’ Flat School, Crossroads School and Their Teachers
Testing a Greeny’s Nerve

by Egbert T. Bush, Stockton. N. J.
published in the Hunterdon Co. Democrat, December 18, 1930

Detail of the Cornell Map of 1851
Detail of the Cornell Map of 1851

This article by Mr. Bush is a perfect complement to a recent blog post, “Amos Romine’s Beloved Farm.” It is one of my favorite Bush articles. Because there is so much to say about the people he mentions, I will refrain from interrupting him and leave my comments for the end.

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Favorite Posts of 2014

December 31, 2014 By Marfy Goodspeed in Uncategorized Tags: thoughts

The Writing Master by Thomas Eakins, 1882
The Writing Master by Thomas Eakins, 1882

 

What is it about lists? Especially lists that get made at the end of the year? It’s that thing we like to do—look back before we look forward. So, in the spirit of the season, I am copying my son the science writer, Carl Zimmer, who has collected his favorite articles here:   2014: A Storyful Year – Phenomena: The Loom

Choosing favorites should not imply that I am not happy with all my articles. It’s just that some of them did grab me more than others. So, here’s my list, for those of you who feel like some reading during this long weekend.

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Indians Thought Lightning Would Not Strike A Beech

December 27, 2014 By Marfy Goodspeed in E. T. Bush, Historians, Stockton Tags: flora and fauna, weather

Writer Has Never Found a Beech Tree That Had Been Struck
Other Facts and Queries

by Egbert T. Bush, Stockton, NJ
published in the Hunterdon Co. Democrat, December 11, 1930

Bewick OakThis article, with which I end the year 2014, can be seen as a follow up to Bush’s article previously published here called “Gathering Nuts Was Once an Industry.” There is nothing in the way of genealogy in this article, but it is full of the usual Bush charm.

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