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...mask of haughty indifference. Senators, exalted from their role of legislators to that of judges in a court from which there is no appeal, listened hour after hour to the flow of evidence, but could make no speeches. Now & then one of them would scribble a question on a bit of paper, send it up to the dais to be put to a witness. As presiding justice Vice President Garner monotonously ruled evidence in & out of the record. The atmosphere of the trial suggested that of a church on a summer Sunday...
London was encouraged but still a bit suspicious. Said the Daily Telegraph...
There was but a minor error which in behalf of our Dutch friends, especially several pilot friends, members of the bombing squadron at the above mentioned affair, we wish to rectify. We refer to the bombing account which tended to impress that the bombers' marksmanship was a bit poor. The fact is but one small 50 Kilo (110. 25 Ib.) bomb was dropped-a direct hit- the finish...
...pans, kettles, washboilers, dinner bells, cowbells horns, gongs, drums, saws, tin cans, shotguns, "horse fiddles" (two rails gratin.tr together), "devil's fiddles" (a plank run through a box), "skonk" (conch) shells and corn-shellers filled with small stones The bride & groom are expected to listen patiently for a bit, then give the cothumpers plenty of cigars, applejack, gin whiskey or beer. If they do not, or if they are definitely disliked by the cowthumpers. the noise goes on. If the couple decline to show themselves, the crowd may cover their chimney and smoke them...
...this failed to work. Then following what he said had been the advice of experts, he took hold of the horse's tongue and was told to hang on to it until the blacksmith completed putting the shoes on the horse. But a few minutes later the horse bit its tongue...