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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Feb 04, 1875

Page

3

Brown’s Mischief Lads Chronicle From New England Past

In March 1849 a lively Waterford Maine youth Charles F Browne bound to editor James Rix in Lancaster New Hampshire to curb his pranks. He and chums caused mischief with rum, shays and raids on neighbors with witty tales and wild nights.

Waterford Maine Lancaster New Hampshire Charles F. Browne James Rix Charley Poelard St. Crispin Deacon Farrar Shay Sorrel Rob Cooper Jones M. E. Church Lucy Charles Theapian

Musings and Quips From Odd Corners of News

A playful column riffs on names and phrases such as Da king and Donn Pratt. It notes a Rome sculpture found on Esquiline Hill and a vast Harper image of Queen Isabella. A quiz about a squirrel and a quirky Hudson River baseball game end with a joke about a biblically split lineup.

Hudson River

Marriage announced in penitentiary with convicts wedding

The dispatch notes a marriage planned next Sunday inside the penitentiary between two convicts whose sentences end Saturday. A Connecticut reader mailed a bride gift package including a sacque sash dress pattern ribbons and a linen handkerchief.

Columbus Dispatch

A Paper Trick That Turned a Debt Into Chickens

Moore of Rural New Yorker offered a friend a deal to pay for his paper with chickens. The man raised birds and traded eggs for the subscription, paying about four prices in a year. The anecdote ends with the friend admitting the bargain and noting the harsh times soften hearts.

Brother Moore

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