2009 September | TWEETS OF OLD

To make Artificial Asses’ Milk, mix a teaspoonful of barley paste with boiling water and a lump of sugar-candy. (1870’s)

To make Artificial Asses’ Milk, mix a teaspoonful of barley paste with boiling water and a lump of sugar-candy. (1870’s)

Frank "Donk" Page is a splendid fellow. He handles the cue prettily, and has the nicest little moustache you ever saw. (NY1881)

Frank “Donk” Page is a splendid fellow. He handles the cue prettily, and has the nicest little moustache you ever saw. (NY1881)

The Butchers’ Social Club meets to-morrow. There will be dancing, shooting, etc. (CA1870)

The Butchers’ Social Club meets to-morrow. There will be dancing, shooting, etc. (CA1870)

The Methodist Pineapple festival will raise funds to cancel the debt incurred in upholstering the pews. (NY1875)

The Methodist Pineapple festival will raise funds to cancel the debt incurred in upholstering the pews. (NY1875)

Joseph Cayocs displayed a revolver when he was told by police before daybreak, to quit playing an accordion.(CA1912)

Joseph Cayocs displayed a revolver when he was told by police before daybreak, to quit playing an accordion.(CA1912)

H. Lankford has a pig that hunts rabbits and foxes with the owner’s dogs. "Grunter" is a Chester County White. DE1912

H. Lankford has a pig that hunts rabbits and foxes with the owner’s dogs. “Grunter” is a Chester County White. DE1912

The school house will be fumigated after a student fell ill of diptheria.(IA1907)

The school house will be fumigated after a student fell ill of diptheria.(IA1907)

Mrs. Lee Walters has an egg measuring 7 1/2 inches long by 6 inches across, laid by a White Leghorn hen.(AR1930)

Mrs. Lee Walters has an egg measuring 7 1/2 inches long by 6 inches across, laid by a White Leghorn hen.(AR1930)

G. Giroux, who took a lethal dose of sulphuric acid and drowned, has turned up all right, and is now living in Illinois. MO1875

G. Giroux, who took a lethal dose of sulphuric acid and drowned, has turned up all right, and is now living in Illinois. MO1875

George D. Gardner is being examined as to his sanity by the Lunacy Commissioners in Sacramento. (CA1886)

George D. Gardner is being examined as to his sanity by the Lunacy Commissioners in Sacramento. (CA1886)