Topeka State Journal in Topeka, Kansas

A Man With A Memory That Fails At Everything

A humorous reminiscence from New Budget recounts a man bragging about his memory yet bungling daily tasks. He struggles to recall his own date and his wife’s birthday and bungles errands from groceries to letters, aided by a friend’s unfocused hints. The piece ends with a grim Maine note about a 1670 York incident where James Adams trapped two children in a hollowed log pond, a punishment later recorded in the York Courant.