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Newspaper
Ashtabula Telegraph
Location
Ashtabula, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1878
Page
4
A Tennessee Elder who also ran a grocery placed a silver plated caster with a $14 tag on it as a gift to his pastor. Other congregants bought plain casters, exposing the Elder’s ostentatious generosity and prompting town gossip about honesty and language.
In a tense 19th century scene a man trades an elder’s silver caster for ten dollars of groceries to placate a stern elder. The plan triggers a chain of warnings and misfortune as the elder, urged by friends, accepts the exchange but the night ends with the elder violently venting and the family under strain amid troubling rumors of missionary failure.
A tale about General Spinner, longtime United States Treasurer, whose signature drew requests nationwide. A tall Virginian arrives to claim a promised office, only to uncover Spinner’s inadvertent reply mix up. The astonished man receives cash to return home, escaping public office fantasy.
The New York Times essay recounts a Brookfield Vermont home scene where a Methodist minister and family are surprised by a mob of over forty people. The intruders, various ages and genders, burst in with cake and mischief as the clergyman’s household struggles with the unexpected visitors.
A Brookfield surprise party degenerates into a chaotic melee as guests tumble from the front steps after ice is laid on the walk. Several guests suffer fatal and serious injuries while others escape with injuries to arms legs and clothing. Master Sawyer pockets coins and ponders a raffle while the church party contemplates gifts for him.
Readers are invited to submit recipes and questions for a new information column on cookery. The sample notices describe simple dishes such as fried oysters with a milk batter, veal loaf with crackers and pork, and a turkey dish boiled, pressed, and served as a loaf, with variations for chickens.
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