An Honest Banker and a Clever Pocketbook Trick
Andrew V. Stout, president of the Shoe & Leather Bank, famed for honesty, recounts a tale of a pickpocket who borrowed his pocketbook with $150. The thief promised to return papers for $25, but vanished after taking the money, leaving Stout to lament the loss and swear to secrecy. The incident, shared with F. S. Winston, illustrates Stout’s forgiving, trusting nature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew V. Stout
Shoe & Leather Bank
New York
Mr. Stout
St. Paul's Methodist Church
Broadway
Stout
Herald
Center Street
F. 8 S. Winston
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Witty Tales Of Jerrold And Friends In Regency Banter
Anecdotes recount Douglas Jerrold’s sharp wit in social banter with peers like Sam Phillips and Payne Collier. Jests cover literary circles, Anglo French ties, a physician’s livery, a bill laden law, a convent‑raised marriage, and dining tales from taverns where Jerrold quips about dining at home and patrons’ antics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Phillips
Douglas Jerrold
Payne Collier
Jerrold
Hicks
Teall
France
England
Duke of Devonshire
Barlow
L Itteraeur
Acre of Paradise
Iolanthe Parody Song Describes Sleepless Night
The piece lampoons insomnia with vivid comic imagery from a new Gilbert and Sullivan work. A sleepless lord chancellor endures blanket tangles, pins and needles, cricks in the neck, and restless tossing as daybreak nears, closing with relief that the night is over.
Vinegar Wash for the Sick Room Recipe Item
A curious 19th century remedy notes a narcotic pest story from Marseilles and offers a vinegar based wash for the sick room. Combine rosemary wormwood lavender rue sage mint in a jar with a gallon of strong vinegar for four days, strain, add camphor gum, bottle, cork tight. It is described as achromatic cooling and refreshing for nurses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marseilles
Wit and Humor Through Quick Quips and Quirky Bits
A collage of light verse and humorous snippets touching on a bank cashier’s vacation attitude, a red spot on Jupiter, awkward romance lines, a gorilla in alcohol, stage coach chatter, and punchline exchanges. Observations mix with fables and small ironies, ending with cures and medical quips from period press.
The Puzzling Cap Riddle from Albany's long-ago printer
A fragment from The Puzzling Cap printed in Albany nearly a century ago includes a rhymed riddle with mixed letters and garbled lines about items found in various places and times. It asks how two characters could run different distances and speeds, ending with a cue about fore and bound wheet of a coach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Earth
Sam
Hugland
Westminster
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Peach
Jupiter
Philadelphia
Vermont
Oscar Wilde
Buffalo Bill
Bill
Ida
Auntie
Arnold Isler
Columbus
Ganges
Sir Arthur Pillson, Bart
M. D
Simpson
Cook
Harthur
Milionaire
Dad
Dooly County
Chicago Times
Bit. Hickman
Avenging Angels
Utah
Church
Chicago
Hood
Ohio
Shilow
E. R. Lash
J. A. Gomenok
Ingliah
Aeselphin
Knowles
Lawteeer
U.S
Whiah
Athens
Weleh
Aaid
Umete
Chas. Townsesd
ATSRE
Tinmta
Omcein Bank
Notary Ic
Isis-Nod
Welch
Atuems, Ohto
Supreme and
U. S. Courta
Joan Welch
Southeast Cor
Washington & Congress
John Cornell
John Ring
Elas Tyson
Guysville
Athens County
Geo. W. Towsley
Atkinson
Warren House
Yank. F Yowstey
East State Street
A. Dille
Phoenix Block
J.E. Edmundson
Diantist
Main Street
FE. R. Lash
George R. Walker
Court House
Athens, Ohio
D. C. Cornwell
OUR
Cutty
BANKS
Sons
SonTes
Ween
First National Bank
Brancy
State Bank of Ohio
Exchange
United States
Europe
the Bank OF Athens
Athens, O
John Brown
J.D. Brown
Cashier
John B. Alden
P.O. Box
Versey
N.Y
Magnetic Medicine Co
Detroit
Mich
H. K. Dorr
Central Drug Store
Walnut Street
Walnut St
Bet
Cincinnati
Oakes & Lodwick
E. Query
The
Academy of Medicine
E. H W. Truex
Pearl St
North High St
MES eNom
T. Hancock
Richmond
Scott's
Benson
Seabury & Johnson
FouTz
David E. Foutz
Baltimore
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