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...radio station said that, Farrand Stanley, a native farmer of New Hampshire's Etna mountains, telephoned a class officer saying he had as old bars he wanted wrecked. The students could tear it down and use it for firewood. Stanley gave explicit directions as to the location of the barn...
...association's account, the cow was not the culprit. The guilty party was a one-legged neighbor of Mrs. O'Leary, Dennis ("Peg Leg") Sullivan, who went to the O'Leary barn for a nightcap, lit his pipe and ignited the hay. As he tried to flee, his peg leg stuck in a floor crack. He discarded it and hobbled to safety by clinging...
that we have set on fire, came toward you like a gray barn...
...other mornings, the camp rises early, almost with the sun. But this is Friday, a special day. Children, young people, older adults set about their tasks with double vigor, scrubbing floors, changing linen, preparing food to take them through the next day. The recreation hall, a converted red barn, becomes a synagogue. There, at 7 in the evening, they gather: the girls in white dresses, the boys in white trousers and skullcaps. Two silver menorahs burn brightly on a velvet-covered table. A blue "eternal light" flickers above the wooden cabinet containing the Torah. The cantor, a bearded young...
This year more than 2,000 frogs were sent to participate, but as a festival of American folklore, the jump developed some ugly warts. About 76,000 visitors descended on Angels Camp. There were fights, stabbings, seven auto wrecks, 21 motorcycle accidents, three dog bites. A barn was burned, fences were ruined, and 141 celebrants had to be treated for injuries. One 16-year-old sleeping in a field was run over by a car and killed. County Sheriff Russell Leach brought in 100 extra deputies and still could not keep up with the trouble. Sam Clemens might have liked...