Even in very difficult times it seems there can often be found a moment that can bring a smile to your face. Our friend Tim Mayville shared a small book that he had found in the archives about the hurricane of 1938. I wrote about the book I had read earlier in the year about this famous storm. This account was about what happened in New Hampshire as a result of that storm. It was interesting and fun because I knew the towns he was talking about. I wanted to share two stories that gave me a chuckle.
Ralph G. Page the author wrote, "Now that it is over funny things are being remembered. Comical now it is all over. But tragedies then."
Story 1--Ralph West of Marlboro raises a few turkeys each year. Thursday morning they missed their sire. A proved gobbler of some three or four years and a displacement of over 30 pounds. He returned Sunday proud no more. Disconsolate in his nakedness. He had just 8 feathers left!
Story 2--One cast iron casket was brought up when a tree fell in one of the cemeteries. A Mr. Dennison spoke about it to Superintendent of Streets Wallace. Wallace: "I'll bet whoever was in that casket was surprised." Dennison: "Wouldn't wonder. What are we coming to when even the dead can't rest in peace." Wallace: "Don't know and don't care, but when I watch some of the men I have working for me, I believe that's where they came from."
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