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April 1, 1870
Alexandria Gazette
Alexandria, Alexandria County, District Of Columbia
What is this article about?
Humorous anecdote about a printer's four-mile commute from town passing sites of lightning strike, gallows, suicides, murders, a dissection house, matricide, and Revolutionary War events, yet he has seen no ghosts. From Hillsboro Recorder.
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THE GAZETTE
FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 1.
A HARD ROAD TO TRAVEL—We have a printer in our office who lives four miles from town, and who goes home twice a week. He has a rough and adventurous road to travel: First he passes a house where a man was killed by lightning; then he passes by the public gallows; next where a man hanged himself; next where a man was found dead; next he passes by a place where a man hung his wife; next he passes a house used by medical students many years ago for dissecting human beings; next, a place where a crazy man killed his mother; next the place where the whigs in the revolution shot four tories; and next the place where Gen. Graham thrashed out the tories in the revolution. And our printer has seen nothing like a ghost yet!—[Hillsboro Recorder.
FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 1.
A HARD ROAD TO TRAVEL—We have a printer in our office who lives four miles from town, and who goes home twice a week. He has a rough and adventurous road to travel: First he passes a house where a man was killed by lightning; then he passes by the public gallows; next where a man hanged himself; next where a man was found dead; next he passes by a place where a man hung his wife; next he passes a house used by medical students many years ago for dissecting human beings; next, a place where a crazy man killed his mother; next the place where the whigs in the revolution shot four tories; and next the place where Gen. Graham thrashed out the tories in the revolution. And our printer has seen nothing like a ghost yet!—[Hillsboro Recorder.
What sub-type of article is it?
Curiosity
Historical Event
Journey
What themes does it cover?
Misfortune
What keywords are associated?
Printer Commute
Eerie Road
Historical Deaths
Revolutionary Sites
No Ghosts
What entities or persons were involved?
Printer
Gen. Graham
Where did it happen?
Four Miles From Town
Story Details
Key Persons
Printer
Gen. Graham
Location
Four Miles From Town
Event Date
Friday Evening, April 1
Story Details
A printer commutes twice weekly along a road passing sites of various deaths, murders, a dissection house, and Revolutionary War incidents, but encounters no ghosts.