Item - Noah and the Musquito

(New York Weekly edition - source: Stanford Libraries)

(New York Weekly edition - source: Digital Library @ Villanova University)

Combined Summary

Online Full Text:	Digital Library @ Villanova University (New York Weekly edition) Stanford Digital Repository (New York Weekly edition)
Series:	New York Weekly — v. 32 no. 46 — page 8 New York Weekly — v. 60 no. 50 — page 7
Alternate Title:	Noah and the Mosquito
Subject / Tag:	Sketch
Author:	Hewitt, Oscar F.
Dates:	October 1, 1877 (New York Weekly edition) September 23, 1905 (New York Weekly edition)
First Sentence:	The common belief that the animals entered the ark in pairs, two by two, like good Sunday-school children, has all the attractions save the needful one of accuracy. (New York Weekly edition)
Last Sentence:	Daniel Pratt, a hotel clerk with his hair parted on the side, the man who makes wheelbarrow bets on election, and a lightning-rod peddler over thirty-five years old;" and being so familiar, our historic duties are finished, and we say "Farewell." (New York Weekly edition)