02139cam a22003013u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000120011324500750012526400510020030000470025133600260029833700260032433800360035050000310038650800310041752012470044853400450169565300370174085600430177799900170182022242UtSlPG20260610133519.0mcr n260607r2007||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aAP1 aVarious14aThe Youth's Companion, Volume LII, Number 11, Thursday, March 13, 1879 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2007  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2007-08-05  aProduced by Richard Halsey  a"The Youth's Companion, Volume LII, Number 11, Thursday, March 13, 1879" by Various is a periodical publication likely created in the late 19th century. This volume features a collection of essays, stories, and illustrations intended for a youth audience, focusing on educating and entertaining young readers with moral lessons, adventures, and cultural insights pertinent to the time. The various contributions cover a range of topics that reflect the values and interests of the era, including humor, nature stories, and societal observations.  At the start of the volume, a story titled "The Hostler's Story" unfolds, narrated by a one-eyed hostler who recounts amusing anecdotes involving a bear named Pomp and the mischievous antics he performed to entertain guests at the Lake House during the summer. The hostler shares tales of an eccentric New Yorker who learned the hard way about the bear's playful nature when Pomp accosted him for snacks, contrasting the creature’s amusing behavior with the tension of human-animal encounters. The narration blends humor and folklore, inviting readers into the quaint and often humorous aspects of rural life and animal interaction in that period. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  nOriginal publication data not identified  aChildren's periodicals, American40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/22242  c63386d63386