Letters to the Joneses


Read by Keith Salis

We watch our news and live our lives and see many things wrong with society today. It is easy for us to claim that things were better in "The Good Old Days."
It appears Solomon was correct when he said, "There is nothing new under the Sun," because Timothy Titcomb tackles many of the same societal ills in 1863 that we do today.
In Letters to the Joneses, we are privy to "letters" that a former Schoolmaster writes to various citizens of Jonesville. Each one deals with his pithy response to a fabricated individual who acts as a model of a type of person who is troubling himself and much of the town.
In his letters, we can find many of our own acquaintances and even ourselves. This would be fantasitc reading for young people today to learn what traits to avoid to help their own Jonesville to function as well as possible. (Summary by Keith Salis) (8 hr 16 min)

Chapters

Preface 3:05 Read by Keith Salis
First Letter - To Deacon Solomon Jones 19:59 Read by Keith Salis
Second Letter - To Mrs. Martha Jones 20:10 Read by Keith Salis
Third Letter - To F. Mendelssohn Jones 23:36 Read by Keith Salis
Fourth Letter - To Hans Sachs Jones 18:55 Read by Keith Salis
Fifth Letter - To Edward Payson Jones 22:04 Read by Keith Salis
Sixth Letter - To Mrs. Jessy Bell Jones 20:07 Read by Keith Salis
Seventh Letter - To Salathiel Fogg Jones, Spiritualist 23:14 Read by Keith Salis
Eighth Letter - To Bejamin Franklin Jones, Mechanic 19:15 Read by Keith Salis
Ninth Letter - To Washington Allston Jones 21:12 Read by Keith Salis
Tenth Letter - To Rev. Jeremiah Jones, D.D. 22:04 Read by Keith Salis
Eleventh Letter - To Stephen Girard Jones 20:07 Read by Keith Salis
Twelfth Letter - To Noel Jones 20:25 Read by Keith Salis
Thirteenth Letter - To Rufus Choate Jones, Lawyer 22:01 Read by Keith Salis
Fourteenth Letter - To Mrs. Royal Purple Jones 22:37 Read by Keith Salis
Fifteenth Letter - To Mrs. Felicia Hemans Jones 19:41 Read by Keith Salis
Sixteenth Letter - To Jehu Jones 19:30 Read by Keith Salis
Seventeenth Letter - To Thomas Arnold Jones, Schoolmaster 20:47 Read by Keith Salis
Eighteenth Letter - To Mrs. Rosa Hommin Jones 19:38 Read by Keith Salis
Ninteenth Letter - To Jefferson Davis Jones, Politician 23:03 Read by Keith Salis
Twentieth Letter - To Dr. Benjamin Rush Jones 22:12 Read by Keith Salis
Twenty-First Letter - To Diogenes Jones 15:45 Read by Keith Salis
Twenty-Second Letter - To Saul M. Jones 17:54 Read by Keith Salis
Twenty-Third Letter - To John Smith Jones 19:54 Read by Keith Salis
Twenty-Fourth Letter - To Goodrich Jones, Jr. 19:06 Read by Keith Salis