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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1918
Page
9
A rambling narrative follows a morning routine with Jubilee, chores milking cows and feeding a horse, a downed note on a missing task, and a humorous baby show scene about a mother bribing a child to take medicine with pennies, revealing village life and family dynamics.
A rambling first person account describes sneaking tools and food from a house, stealing a horse, and leading it to a barn. The group plans mischief, captures a tame flock, and Banty ends with a chicken slaughter, sharing details of the act and aftermath.
A narrator recalls tendering a chicken with Banty near a yard pump. The water failed then flowed, the stove lacked an oven, and a green stick cooked the bird in a hot stove hole. The chicken proved tough, dogs and people sampled the meal, and apples and peaches followed as dusk fell.
A Boston Transcript remark urges a change of scene from hotel rooms and rail stations as a traveling man seeks rest. A Galveston News quip notes a woman’s blunt rebuke when an architect mentions visiting a great nave, saying she knew the man without names.
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