The food generally consists of dried meat and corn.
— from Omaha sociology (1884 N 03 / 1881-1882 (pages 205-370)) by James Owen Dorsey

As soon as he had attended to their horses and brought in the saddle cloths, Jack surveyed the miserable hovel—some twelve feet in diameter, and with no furniture save a couple of dirty mats and cushions—and wished with all his heart for a decent English pig-stye!
— from By Far Euphrates: A Tale by Deborah Alcock

Big Waller dashed towards a very small pond which lay near the cottage, and dipping his cap into it, brought up a compound of diluted mud and chickweed.
— from The Wild Man of the West: A Tale of the Rocky Mountains by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne

National Organization The first national convention of Disciples met at Cincinnati, October 24-28, 1849, with 156 representatives from one hundred churches in eleven states.
— from An American Religious Movement : A Brief History of the Disciples of Christ by Winfred Ernest Garrison

"Now wot's de chanst of dem makin' a clean git away?"
— from Triple Spies by Roy J. (Roy Judson) Snell

Besides, ther's a wonderful power in latitude To shift a man's morril relations an' attitude; Some flossifers think thet a fakkilty's granted The minnit it's proved to be thoroughly wanted, Thet a change o' demand makes a change o' condition, An' thet everythin' 's nothin' except by position, Ez, fer instance, thet rubber-trees fust begun bearin' Wen p'litikle conshunces come into wearin', —
— from Poems of James Russell Lowell With biographical sketch by Nathan Haskell Dole by James Russell Lowell

A joyous Sunday mood doubtless filled the minds of the burghers, who to-day were out of doors on foot, in large over-crowded wooden wagons, or gaily-painted boats on the Rhine, to enjoy the leisure hours of the day of rest, eat country bread, yellow butter, and fresh cheese, or drink milk and cool beer, with their wives and children.
— from The Burgomaster's Wife — Complete by Georg Ebers

The Library of the Academy of the Socialist Republic of Romania, a precommunist institution founded in 1867, holds special collections of Romanian, Greek, Slavonic, Oriental, and Latin manuscripts, maps, and engravings as well as rare collections of documents, medals, and coins.
— from Area Handbook for Romania by Eugene K. Keefe