First Christmas Memory Told by Porter Banker
A portly banker recalls his early Christmas in rural Pennsylvania. He describes a snowy journey to Deacon Mallory’s home, a pine timber farm, a primitive mill, and a hearty Christmas dinner with deacon’s families. The tale ends with a cigar forgotten in memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deacon Mallory
Woolden
Pennsylvania
Pater
the Elder
Crookfoot
Deacon
Alter
Deacon’s Mill
Sarah
Sarah Wilson
Christmas Day Menu From an Old Cookbook
A historical Christmas menu features courses like consommé printannier, roast goose with apple sauce, wild duck a la Portuguaise, and plum pudding in burning brandy. Included are detailed methods for the Portugaise duck and a French iced fruit pudding, reflecting antique dining customs.
Doolan Finds a Hidden Envelope of Ten Thousand
John Doolan, destitute and starving on a winter afternoon, boards an elevated train and discovers a half opened envelope containing ten thousand dollars. He contemplates keeping the money, weighing moral duty against hunger and temptation, as wealthier passengers pass by and visions of food fill his thoughts. He reasons the funds belong to a rich railroad magnate, then battles conscience over ownership while the crowd moves on.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zoe Andereus Norris
Jehn Doolan
Ninth Avenue
Rector Street
Donlan
Harlem
Doolan
Dia
Yrome
Bs P
Bis
Seta
Aorth
Oll
Jiedan Saub
Huenre
Monan
Cincinnati
Sixth Avenue
Vmlonnite
Helich
Ap Tawa
Omth Street
Doolan’s Bold Entry to the Mansion and Street Altercation
Doolan, seeking a mysterious mansion, pleads with a flunky and is rebuffed by guards. He is shoved by a policeman and moves on, lingering near a telegraph office as hunger and tension rise, while glimpses of the grand residence loom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dovlan
Doolan
Duolan
Missionaire
Esi
Christmas Plum Pudding and Pigeon Dish From Old Recipe
A historical recipe describes a plum pudding using raisins suet molasses spices eggs and soda baked in a buttered mold for three hours with water, plus a wine sauce for serving. It also mentions preparing lettuce juice cake with flour and pepper then puff paste crust and seasoned pigeons with various fillings and garnish ideas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malaga
Amailies
Demosthenia
The Christmas Tree Mystery of a Pine’s Final Night
An old pine, tall and wind swept, longs to grow but faces a fatal forest end. Men with an ax arrive, the tree is felled and trimmed with candles and tinsel for Christmas. A child and youth admire the glowing scene, the pine finds meaning in its brief life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sigordus
Enwin L
Susie
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Osborn Spencer
Deacon’s
The
Deacon's
John Milton
Loiely
John Doolan
Geristmes
Anderson Norris
Tuber the Millionaine
Declan
Lees
Johnnie
Je—'Cox
Pigeon
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