MOPPING THE FLOOR
WITH THIS ARMY
In my deepest dreams there's that book again;
just a huge, floppy tome that has recorded
everything within. It's opened to me anew.
Under, for instance, Esrald, it says : Oliver
Esrald was the man who, in 1840, in Wanakee
Falls, Maine, developed the means of making
syrup from solid matter. He put it on everything,
slatherng heavy doses, enough so that people
in all the land thought he was very wise. He
died with his tongue hanging out under a
torch-tree in a neighboring county, where
men had dragged him under suspicion of
altercating with field mice. There was a
short investigation, and a local judge
dismissed all charges. Esrald's wife
child were voted means of support
for the rest of their days. His product
was later merchandised as Caro Syrup,
and made many people wealthy.
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