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Newspaper
Fort Pierce News
Location
Fort Pierce, Florida, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1908
Page
15
Fragmentary OCR lines mention rye malt and several brand-like items such as Overholt and Old Boone, but the passage is garbled. It appears to reference whiskey or rye products and a list of names, lacking coherent narrative or verifiable facts for a proper news item.
Curious testators left odd legacies to settle scores or amuse heirs. Examples include 6 shillings for a halter in 1770 London, a right hand cut off for a son in 1793, bell ringing customs at Bath Abbey to mock a marriage, and a servant fed a red herring from a valise. Sieur Benoit ordered burial in a trunk to avoid a coffin.
A dealer ordered a tavern scene in Dutch style and had it signed with a Jan Steen facsimile. The artist swapped in his own name, the work reached New York, and customs intercepted an $40,000Dutch piece. Seized, the signature was found to be Steen’s, yielding a $20,000 fine plus $8,000 duty. The importer's later sale netted $50,000, with a profit despite the cost of 14-70 francs to a poor artist.
A prosperous downtown businessman recounts how a sneeze in a Broadway elevator caused his $150 set of false teeth to pop out. The car full of stenographers snickered, and the man fled through the car door contritionless, recalling the odd mishap in the New York Globe.
The speaker describes a Japanese servant with odd traits including eating raw fish and extreme politeness. He notes the man never signals departure, instead letting work deteriorate until termination becomes necessary. The dialogue shifts to a scene about chickens, with a boast about Rhode Island Reds and a humorous exchange about ownership.
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