Baled Hay: A Drier Book Than Walt Whitman's ''Leaves O' Grass''

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

Baled Hay is a collection of humorous essays by Bill Nye, a popular American humorist and journalist of the late 19th century. The book is filled with Nye's signature wit and satire, and it pokes fun at everything from politics to religion to the foibles of human nature. Nye's writing is sharp and clever, and his humor is still relevant today.

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Satire Non-Fiction Essays

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Satire Parody social commentary Entertainment Laughter American Literature Humor Wit 19th century literature Funny Light Reading

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Bill Nye

United States

Bill Nye, widely known as "Bill Nye the Science Guy," was a renowned American science communicator, television host, and mechanical engineer. This essay delves into the remarkable life of Bill Nye, hi...

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1: DEDICATION.; BALED HAY

2: GREELEY AID RUM.; ABOUT SAW MILLS.; EXPERIMENTS WITH OLD CHEESE.; THE RAG-CARPET.

3: ONE KIND OF A BOY.; THE CHAMPION MEAN MAN.; FRATERNAL SPARRING.; CHIPETA'S ADDRESS TO THE UTES.

4: BILL NYE'S CAT.; AUTUMN THOUGHTS.; THE MAN WHO INTERRUPTS.

5: THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN COW.; PRESERVING EGGS.; HUMAN' NATURE ON THE HALF-SHELL.; TOO CONTIGUOUS.; THE AMENDE HONORABLE.

6: JOAQUIN AND JUNIATA.; SOME VAGUE THOUGHTS.; THE YOUMORIST.; MY CABINET.

7: HEALTH FOOD.; PINES FOR HIS OLD HOME

8: ONE TOUCH OF NATURE.; HOW TO PUT UP A STOVE-PIPE.; FUN OF BEING A PUBLISHER.; LINGERIE.; FRUIT.; THE BONE OF CONTENTION.

9: CONGRATULATORY.; THE AGONY IS OVER.; OSTRICH CAVALRY.; AN ELECTRIC BELT.; THE ANNUAL WAIL; HE WAS NOT A BURGLAR.

10: BEST ON, BLESSED MEMORY.

11: GENIUS AND WHISKY.; THE TWO-HEADED GIRL; THE CULTIVATION OF GUM.; WE HAVE REASONED IT OUT.; CARVING SCHOOLS.

12: DIGNITY.; ALWAYS ROOM AT THE TOP.; INACCURATE.; THE WESTERN ''CHAP.''

13: AN INCIDENT OF THE CAMPAIGN.; WHY DO THEY DO IT?; TWO STYLES.; GOSHALLHEMLOCK SALVE.; THE STAGE BALD-HEAD.

14: FATHERLY WORDS.; THE GOOD TIME COMING.; MANIA FOR MARKING CLOTHES.; REGARDING THE NOSE.

15: SOMETHING TOO MUCH OF THIS.; COLOR BLINDNESS.; IS DUELING MURDER?; HEAP GONE.; THE EDITORIAL LAMP.

16: DIFFICULT TO IDENTIFY.; THE MAROON SAUSAGE.; TESTIMONIALS OF REGARD.; THE CHINESE COMPOSITOR; SNOWED UNDER; ROUGH ON OSCAR.

17: THE POSTAL CARD.; WHY WE ARE NOT GAY.; SCIENTIFIC.; THE REVELATION RACKET IN UTAH.

18: SAGE BRUSH TONIC.; LAME FROM HIS BERTH.; THE PUBLIC PRINTER.

19: SAD DESTRUCTION.; THE IMMEDIATE REVOLVER; THE SECRET OF HEALTH.; HOUSEHOLD RECIPES.; WHAT IS LITERATURE?; THE PREVIOUS HOTEL.

20: ANECDOTE OF SPOTTED TAIL.; THE ZEALOUS VOTER.; HOW TO PRESERVE TEETH; MR. BEECHER'S BRAIN.; OH, NO!

21: THE MARCH OF CIVILIZATION.; AN UNCLOUDED WELCOME.; THE PILLOW-SHAM HOLDER.; SOMETHING FRESH.; YANKED TO ETERNITY.; WHY WE SHED THE SCALDING.

22: ANOTHER SUGGESTION.; PISCATORIAL AND EDITORIAL; ANOTHER FEATHERED SONGSTER; ABOUT THE OSTRICH; TOO MUCH GOD AND NO FLOUR.; WE ARE GETTING CYNICAL

23: ASK US SOMETHING DIFFICULT.; THE MIMIC STAGE.; DECLINE OF AMERICAN HUMOR; CHICAGO CUSTOM HOUSE; FOREIGN OPINION

24: THEY HAVE CURBED THEIR WOE.; HUNG BY REQUEST.; THE MELVILLES.; MENDING BROKEN NECKS.; ARE YOU A MORMON?

25: CAUTION.; POISONS AND THEIR ANECDOTES.; CORRESPONDENCE.; WHAT THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY NEEDS.

26: TABLE MANNERS OF CHILDREN.; WHAT IT MEANT.; VOTERS IN UTAH.; INCONGRUITY

27: RIDING DOWN A MOUNTAIN.; CORRALED HIM.; FIRMNESS.; PUT IN A SUMP.

28: MINING AS A SCIENCE; DRAWBACKS OF ROYALTY.; ENGLISH HUMOR; ABOUT THE AUTOPSY.

29: DON'T LIKE OUR STYLE.; MR. T. WILSON.; ETIQUETTE OF THE NAPKIN; AN INFERNAL MACHINE.

30: THE CODFISH.; HIS AGED MOTHER.; BUSINESS LETTERS.; DANGER OF GARDENING.

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