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Dates: during 1870-1879
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FIRST catch your judges and assort them carefully. Pick out some plump and tender specimens, and mix with them a few thin and tough ones. If possible, have one or more of them boast that he knows nothing about speaking. Next proceed to make a small hole in the skull of each judge and draw out his brains. They are now ready for use. Place them under a slow gas fire from the speakers for two hours or more, and then remove them to another apartment. Plunge them at once into a stewpan, sprinkle in a liberal allowance of pepper...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: RECIPE FOR MAKING A BOYLSTON PRIZE AWARD. | 4/18/1879 | See Source »

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