A Ghostly Ride and a Winter Storm of Reckoning
A brakeman Jake Cotterel recalls a rough life and a turning night when a blizzard drove him to rescue Polly and their baby from a perilous trackside danger. A storm, a midnight express, and a near tragedy lead to Polly’s recovery and Cotterel’s vow to abandon liquor forever, with the white hair on his head marking the moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tam
Rensselaer and Saratoga
Old Jones
Polly
Albany
Jake
Bues
Tye
Hudson
Imates
Bertie
White Blackbird
Earldale
Twin
Despond
Papa
Jacob Cotterel
Local Express
Night Express
Banquet of Roman Priests Celebrates Lentulus Inauguration
A fragment from an ancient account describes Lentulus hosting a ninth Calends of September banquet to mark his entry as Flamen Mertials, with seven pontifices, vestals, and family members present. The feast spans three triclinia with ivory couches, ante cena hors d oeuvres, and cena dishes including oysters, fatted fowls, goat, wild boar, pork, fish patties, and rich meats. The piece also touches on vestal privileges and a Census of Great Britain noting population, density, and major urban centers like London and Manchester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lentulus
Flamen Dialis
Q. Canulus
M. Aimilius Lepidus
D. Syllanus
P. Scaevola
Publicia
Dominica
Sempronia
Hugland
Weste
Rome
Aulus Gellinus
Great Britain
United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland
Isle of Man
Channel Islands
England
Wales
Scotland
Ireland
Lancashire
Middlesex
London
Liverpool
Birmingham
Manchester
Leeds
Sheffield
Bristol
Also Mentioned on This Page
North Queen Street
Lancaster, Pa
J. M. Keifer
WM. H. Bollinger
Main Street
Lititz, Lancaster Co
Tshudy’s
Lititz
Robert N. Wolle
Lititz, Pa
Queenswarre
Ekre
Harrison’s
Gill’s City Gallery
Eas King Street
Lancaster
WM. H. Regennas
Apa
A. B, Reidenbach
Justice OF the Peace
Mareer
Golden Dawn
Bennewae
Bishopa Simpson
Foster
Warren
Ust
Fougsy
Joseph Cook
Beecher
Talmage
Carrie
March
McCosh
In. Crosby
Cugler
Geo
D. Prentice
Dean Stanley
Whittler
Longfellow
P. W. Ziegler & CO
Arch Street
Pumapeapais
E. Adams
Cumaco, Inn
de Bine
J. P. Miller
M. D
Philadelphia
Brownbank
Bomberger & CO
Ungegsorsta J
Buch & Bro
Pal
Ste
Tshudy’s Store
Marsh
Yale College
Kansas
Lane
John Pettit
Gov. Wright
Indiana
Wm. F. Lane
Frank Lane
Pettit
Frank
Charles A. Naylor
Mr. Lane
Jeffersonville
Burton-on-Trent
Abbotts
Bow
Basses
Alsops
Bugs
Cartier
Ashbourne
Derbyshire
Dr. Johnson
Australia
Guinness
Bass
Gladstone
Henry Alsop
Lord Beaconsfield
The
Trent
Apennin
Apennines
Tuscan
Lower Peninsula
Michigan
United States
Bull
Krvect
A. Rudiger
Prentiss
Adrianople
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