J.I. HOWELL'S SMITH SHOP ON MAIN STREET
WIDENING VIEWS - EXPANDING KNOWLEDGE: Okay - so it's not the greatest reproduction of a photo I've ever been responsible for. But that's not the point. The point is that this affords (those interested) a wonderful idea of what the exterior of J.I., and his son George, Howell's Vermilion, O. Smith Shop looked like sometime near the beginning of the 20th century.
According to the article (c.1985) written by late Vermilion historian George Wakefield that accompanied the pic, the shop was located on the west side of Main Street just south of Ferry Street. Today the spot where it was located is just part of someone's lawn. He also wrote that Mr. Howell built a small house that still sits back off the street. For years Vermilionite Billie Leidheiser made that house her home.
I was under the impression that the smith shop sat in the area (but near the street) where the aforementioned house stands. So I learned something new.
This photo - along with the Wakefield article from the Vermilion Photojournal - was provided me in a scrapbook loaned to me by the Lattemans of Birmingham, O.
I also want to mention that my acquistion of a microfilm reader and subscription(s) to substantial newspaper archive services as well as Ancestry.com have proven to be exceptional learning resources for me. It makes all this historical "stuff" extremely palpable.
Historically,
"...I recognize most of the names but few of the faces..."
12 LADIES AND AMEN: To folks with enough insight not only to take snapshots but to also inscribe the date of the photo and the names of the persons in them on the back I offer my humble and heartfelt thanks. And to those persons who discover those snapshots squirrelled away in a dresser drawer, an old trunk in the attic, or basement; who do not chuck them in the trash, or sell them by the shovel-full in an estate sale where they might eventually be dumped for the frames or scrapbooks in which they are contained; I offer my perdurable blessings. These are priceless historic artifacts. Late Vermilionite, Bertha Leimbach (the fourth person from the left in the accompanying photo) kept such snapshots as described. Her son, Fred Wetzler, also kept them. They were contained in an envelope addressed to Mrs. Gus Leimbach at 5678 Columbus St. Vermilion, Ohio postmarked June 3, 1968. There are 5 snapshots of a group of Vermilion ladies that were taken between the years of 1952 and 1957. Most were taken at the home of Bessie Sherod. Just for the sake of posterity the name Sherod is pronounced [share-id] not [share-rod]. This pronunciation is that which the family used and apparently preferred. The family gave us a very nice place for a park. The least we can do is get their name right. This particular photo was taken in September of 1957. And although one of the lady’s in it is Bessie Sherod I don’t believe it is at her home. The home in the background is made of brick. Hers was not. [ed. note: The house was likely the Lindsay home on Martin Avenue in Vermilion.] Almost all the women in this photo also appear in the others. And I can only speculate as to the reason these women gathered. It may have possibly been a church related women’s group. The ladies pictured from left to right are: Alberta Johnson, Laura Goetz, Adda Palmer, Bertha Leimbach, Harriet Ball, Flora Lindsay, Lottie Lawless, Bessie Sherod, Nettie Jump, Maude Bennett, Ora Rumsey, and Rose Lang. (Please note that the names are given exactly as Mrs. Leimbach wrote them.) Having only been 12 years old when these shadows were captured on film I recognize most of the names but few of the faces. The names are of families that had great historical impact on the development of our city. The Sherod and Ball families, for instance, go back to local pioneer times. But of all the women pictured it is Laura Goetz that I remember best. Mrs. Goetz lived on the west side of Perry Street between Ohio and South Streets. It was about a block away from my childhood home near the railroad tracks on the same street. What makes my memory of her so vivid is the fact that she was a deaf mute. At that time folks like her were called “deaf and dumb”. I don’t believe that the label was intended to demean, but it surely didn’t help a 12 year old village boy understand her handicap. In brief, her unintelligible mutterings and arm-waving gyrations when she came to our house to see my mother, scared the heck out of me. I would usually avoid her like the plague. What I wasn’t aware of at the time is her close connection, through her husband’s family, to Linwood Park. Her father-in-law, the Rev. George Goetz, was a well known figure around that association. Her husband, who shared her handicap, and his brother were prominent carpenters and boat builders in Vermilion Village. I suppose what my meandering ruminations may indicate is that a simple snapshot of a yesteryear may generate memories that allow those who are interested to help connect the figurative dots that make up a complete picture of Vermilion’s history. So please don’t throw such things away. And that’s all I have to say about a snapshot of 12 ladies. Amen.
Ref: Vermilion Area Archival Society; Special Thanks to Fred Wetzler; Published in the Vermilion Photojournal 8/11/05; Written 8/7/05 @11:14 AM.
Charlie
CHARLES “CHARLIE” A. EDGE: Charlie died at the age of 93 in Huron, Ohio in March of 2009. When he died there was no great fanfare nor family to celebrate or mourn his passing. He just passed on and was laid to rest at Maple Grove cemetery south of town. Even some of the folks who knew and liked him were unaware of his death until after his was buried.Perhaps that's the way he wanted it. After all Charlie - at least in my mind - seemed to be a "no-muss-no-fuss" person.
I knew that Charlie liked to read. And I knew that he spent a great deal of time at Vermilion's Ritter Public Library. Ergo; I was hardly surprised to learn that he left a significant sum ($87,000.00) to that institution in his will. However; Charlie being the rather unobtrusive person that he was few folks knew much about him.
Consequently Patty Kishman - the library communications person - asked if I had anything info and / or pix of him. I was aware of the fact that he was a friend of the Alfred Buell family. So up the street I went to Alice Buell's house - and I acquired both some photographs and some information from Alice about the man who was Charles A. Edge.
The pic I have used with this piece is not the best I received. Neither have I used all the information Alice provided me. What follows is the info I sent to Patty. It's all I really knew of him.
Charlie was the only child of Sam J. and Elma M. Edge of Vermilion, Ohio. He was born on July 10, 1916. His father was a fisherman, and his mom was a music teacher. When he was a boy the family lived on both Ohio and Jefferson streets in Vermilion.
Charlie graduated from Vermilion High School with the Class of 1934. This included persons such as Alf Buell, Benny Karchin, Leo Dickel, Phlil Eldridge, Clyde Risden, Ross Hayes, Maxine Hayes, Myrtle Howell, and Jim Friday. Maxine Hayes Schetter and Myrtle Howell Eppler are still among us as of this writing (8-23-2010).
I don’t know if he ever attended college, but from what I could quickly glean about his secondary school career from old newspaper articles - in addition to my personal interactions with him - I’d say that he was of above average intelligence and, as some say, well read.
I believe that, professionally, Charlie worked sorting mail on railroad mail trains. As long as I knew him he was somewhat of a loner. Though he was not what one might consider to be a recluse I never saw him surrounded by friends. More often than not he was always reading something.
One of the most memorable things I, myself, can say about him is that he was, by far, the most meticulous eater who ever picked up a fork, knife, and spoon. I realise that this sounds absurd. But if you’d ever had an opportunity to watch him eat you would easily understand what I mean. To this day I fashion my manner of eating after his. For nary a crumb, nor a spot of gravy was ever left on his plate when he finished eating. And he never ever used anything other than his silverware.
Charlie was one of those people one never forgets...
PAINTING THE TOWN: As previously mentioned this is a preview piece for a new webpage that I am currently developing. Using a new software program in conjunction with Adobe's Photoshop CS4 & 5 I am able to take some already wonderful pix of Vermilion, O. and make them (at least in my view) more "wonderfuller"
A HOBO'S VIEW OF TOWN: I, of course, like Vermilion. It's a pretty place. But I note that most folks with cameras and paint-brushes are inclined to memorialize the obvious - the city's best sides. And while there is, of course, certainly nothing wrong with doing that I often find myself (when looking at these pretty photographs and paintings) wondering what's just beyond (or behind) these pretty facades.
This doesn't necessarily mean that the "backdoors" are ugly. It just means that behind the best face are the affects that cause the effects. Ergo; I have begun a "backdoor" series of photographs. They are lively photographs that tell their own stories.
September 4, 2010 6:57 AM
Beautiful.
AGAIN - ANOTHER NEW THING: This will not take the place of the "Macabre" stuff all the time - but will supplement whilst I search for more macabre stories to tell.
So stay tuned...
from The Vermilion News, Thursday, January 2, 1902 Ask your grocer for White Heather Flour. Mrs. Sullivan spent Sunday at Huron. John Dickel of Axtel spent Sunday here. Mis Laura Baxtine of Cleveland is spending a few days here Miss Minnie Schade of Cleveland is the guest of relatives. Capt. Hahn returned home from the lakes Sunday for the winter. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Leidheiser spent part of last week at Lorain. Mrs. and Mrs. G.W. Shadduck spent New Years with relatives in Sandusky. Vermilion News and the Cleveland Daily World one year for $2.00. Albert Gegenheimer of Bucyrus is spending the week with his parents. Mrs. John Hunt is spending the Holidays with relatives in Cleveland. Miss Ruth Moore is the guest of Miss Gertrude Parker at Brownhelm. Miss Carrie Mattison spent Sunday with Miss Nellie Hill of West Brownhelm. Robert Moore of Huron spent Sunday with Winnie and George Leidheiser. Mrs. Sara Ernest and daughter Louise spent Christmas with friends in Sandusky. Mrs. Alheit and little daughter returned from a three days visit at Brownhelm. The winter term at the Elyria Business College begins Jan. 6. Office open during holiday vacation. Leave your Laundry not later than Thursday a.m. Nuhn & Trinter. Mrs. Edith Draa and children and Mrs. H.R. Thompson spent Christmas with relatives in Norwalk. Capt. and Mrs. F.A. Bailey, Capt. and Mrs. Bell, Dr. and Mrs. Quigley and Mr. and Mrs. L. Englebry attended the banquet given by the Elks at Elyria last evening.
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from The Vermilion News, Thursday, January 9, 1902
Council Meeting.
The regular session of the village council was held Monday evening. All the members were present and some important business was transacted. After the usual routine, discussion of various subjects and reports of committees and mayor, councilman Young brought up the harbor question. Last year a representative was sent to Washington to ask for a harbor appropriation. This representative, Mr. E.L. Coen, did well, in fact no one could have done more, but unfortunately no harbor bill was passed so this effort came to naught. After some discussion the mayor and clerk were named as a committee to secure and send a representative to again labor with the Congressional Committee. As a meeting to consider harbor appropriations will be held on the 24th inst. [sic], it is desirable to secure someone at [it] as early a date as possible. Henry Schmool, on behalf of the cemetery trustees, spoke of the desirability of securing a man at a stated salary, to care for the cemetery. This matter will probably be taken up at the next meeting. Chief Tischer, of the fire department, was present and made several recommendations. He suggested that more hose be purchased and that a pipe be laid from the present pipe in the park to the M.E. Church. also [sic] down Division street to the Lake Shore tracks. He asked the council for rubber coats, boots and helmets for the firemen, as the old ones are badly worn having been in use for fourteen or fifteen years. In connection he stated that several suits of clothes had been ruined at the last fire and most of the boys were not so situated as to stand such loss very often. After some discussion the council ordered 200 feet of new hose and one dozen rubber suits consisting of helmet coat and boots, to be purchased. The failure of the Electric Road Company to finish their work by Dec. 15th was mentioned but as stress of weather prevented it and a disposition is shown to complete the work as soon as possible it was thought best to let them go on without an extension. Council then adjourned.
Seeking a Location.
Mr. Theo. A. Frey, representing Messrs Pressing & Orr, of Pittsburgh, was in town Monday interviewing a number of citizens with reference to locating a canning factory at this place. Mr. Frey states that the principal business in which this firm is to engage if located here, is the canning of pickles, but that a considerable amount of business would also be done in canning tomatoes, corn, peaches, etc. The firm desires to locate where there [sic] good shipping facilities and in a town with good territory tributary to it for the growth of pickles and other vegetables. They would want to contract for considerable acreage before building their plant. Mr. Frey states that in other localities where such factories are in operation, the growers have made good profits. This project should have prompt and careful consideration as it would seem to be a very desirable enterprise for this place. It is hoped that the farmers especially will look into this matter carefully.
NEW DEPOT AT CHICAGO
For the present all trains on the Nickel Plate road will arrive and depart from the Grand Central Station, corner 5th Ave. and Harrison St., Chicago.
Officers Elected.
The following officers were elected for the ensuing year at the Cong’l Sunday School last Sunday: Supt. - Rev. J.A. Kaley. Ass. Supt. - Mrs. E.L. Coen. Sec. and Treas. - Anna Wahl. Chorister - F.C. Morgan. Pianist - Maud Fischer. Librarian - F. C. Morgan.
Mrs. John Parsons and son Wm. spent Tuesday in Cleveland.
DISAPPEARED.
F.E. Edwards of the well known firm of F.E. Edward & Co. of Lorain, left home a week ago Sunday and has not been heard from since. It is supposed that he has gone to England, his former home. The matter was kept quiet and was not generally known until Friday when an account appeared in the papers. The dry-goods business in which Mr. Edwards was engaged seems to have been a losing venture. However the creditors are safe as the assets and liabilities are about equal. Mr. Wilson, Mr. Edwards’ father-in-law holds the largest claims. Mr. Edwards leaves a wife and little daughter in Lorain. Later - Mrs. Edwards received a letter from her husband, from New York city, in which he states that he is heavily in debt and cannot meet his creditors and that she will probably never see him again. Miss Clara Snyder of Elyria is the guest of her sister, Mrs. Geo. P. Wahl. [sic]
At The Pelton.
The Lake Shore Electric Railway officials have secured rooms at the Pelton House for their Vermilion Headquarters. A stenographer has arrived and is at work.
Editor H. M. Linn of the Sandusky Star was married to Miss Louise Ramsdell of Bloomingville Jan. 1st. The wedding was a quiet affair but the young people made it interesting for the happy couple and carried on to such an extent that trains were missed on which the bridal tour was to be made and the party had to return to Sandusky where an impromptu reception was held. Congratulations and a long, happy life to Mr. and Mrs. Linn.
A large party of relatives and friends were entertained at the home of Mrs. and Mrs. Philip Englebry last Sunday, in honor of the christening of their little daughter Grace Marie. Rev. Klein officiated.
Hmmmmmm....
BIRMINGHAM, O. (C.1890): There are pictures that take my breath away, and there are pictures that take my breath away. This is one of them. It came to me, electronically, from Milan, Ohio historical artifact collector, Dale Hohler, early last November. It really is a wonderful photograph. As a youngster I always stood in awe of pictures taken during the American Civil War. The detail in those photos was/is striking. Although this picture is most likely taken 30 some years after that time period, the detail - ergo; the process - is still very similar. The wide angle exposure was captured on a glass plate. The slow shutter took in every detail of the scene before it. And that moment was frozen in time for all of us to wonder over one century later. Amazing. I know not the specific details of the photo beyond the obvious. It was taken in the mid-afternoon on a summer day about 1890 looking northeast over the Vermilion River Valley southwest of the Edison Highway (Route #113) in Birmingham, Ohio. The four-story stone building with the large smoke-stack beside the barn is (as indicated) the Birmingham Mill. Just to the left the covered wagon bridge spans the barely running stream. And through the trees above the mill and bridge one can just make out some of the houses and farms on the eastern hills overlooking the valley. I am under the impression that this was not an impromptu portrait; not only because the camera equipment was somewhat combersome to set-up, but also because both the lady in the foreground and the gentlemen outside the mill appear to be very aware of the the camera. The young lady seems to be posing. And so enamoured of her presence in this picture was I that I made a separate portrait of just her for another journalistic emprise. Her hat, hairstyle, dress sleeves, and skirt help date the image. And note the real picket fence upon which she is resting her elbow as she contemplates the pastoral scene before her. It is not apparently a part of the mill manor (no pun intended). It may be that it was part of an adjoining neighbor’s fenced yard, and that the photographer was working from the porch of that neighbor’s home. Almost invisible to most readers will be the bicycle lying on its side along the dusty road to the left, just a short distance from the mill. At the time of this picture bicycle engineering had come a long way. By the 1880's a chain with sprockets had been added; and once done this was called the "safety bicycle." Another wonderful development in the 1880’s were air-filled tires. Prior to that time they had been wooden, metal, or solid rubber. It does not take great imagination to recognize how much those improvements were appreciated. The scene of this idyllic portrait is the approximate location of that which persons now know as the Schoepfle Garden. The covered bridge in the photo was, at the time, located a bit south of the existing bridge. And as beautiful as it now is this photo tells us that the view a hundred years ago was just breathtaking.
Ref: Published in the Vermilion Photojournal 4/21/05; Written 4/17/05 @2:25 PM
SOMETHING OLD - SOMETHING NEW: The idea for this piece began as an idea for a coffee-table book of historical photographs of Vermilion, Ohio and, hopefully, it will (someday) be realized.
Originally the concept - as previously stated - was just a picture book. But after mentioning such a project in an issue of my weekly web page - Vermilion Views - a reader by the name of Scott Dommin suggested that it might be interesting if it featured photographs of how people, places, and / or things in the City of Vermilion, Ohio appear today along with photos showing how they appeared in the past. Ergo; the title "Now & Then".
"What a great idea." I told both myself and Scott.
[NOTE: I've said that this is going to take some time; and so it is. While I can actually have such a book published at no cost to myself such a venture menas that I have very little control over the make-up of the a book. I don't like the trade-off. So - I'm currently toying with the idea of acquiring equipment and publishing my "stuff" (as well as others) myself. Nothings ever easy.]
EXCERPT FROM "A.D. BY A.D."edited by Rich Tarrant - 2009
...On Dec 3 1903 our store burned catching fire from other buildings in a frame row. The fire occurred about 4 o’clock so we had time to remove part of the drug stock. In less than an hour I had purchased the Harris drug store then located where Rathbun’s grocery now is and by seven o’clock next morning was doing business in the new location. All telephone subscribers were in working order by seven o’clock next eve.
The following spring the Lake Shore Electric Line was opened and I was made Ticket Agent and Electric Package Agent. My stay here lasted two years and then the store was moved into a part of the room now occupied by Norman Ness. [Note: this refers to one of the shops beneath the Masonic Temple on the west side of Main Street a few doors south of Liberty Avenue.] After another period of seven years, I found this room too small, so I built and moved into my present location, June 23 1916...
September 4, 2010 6:48 AM.
THE FIRE-LANDS: I found the following information re: the early inhabitants of our area to be extremely informative. Methinks you will also.
I am getting better at transcribing these passages so there are fewer mistakes. But I like to read as I go - and sometimes I fill in the blanks. So tread carefully this trail through yesteryear.
The following series will take thee to the south and west of Vermilion in the Berlin / Berlin Heights area. Methinks you'll find this history quite fascinating.
BERLIN by Hudson Tuttle
BERLIN - PART 11
...So far as testing communism was concerned, the attempt was an utter failure. The drifting to this section of so many individuals, who, to use their own phrase, were "intensely individualized," and who remained after the complete failure of their schemes, has had an influence o\\ the character of the town. They engaged in fruit growing, have multiplied the small farms, and added to the prosperity and intellectual life of the people. From the beginning their honesty never was questioned, however mistaken their ideas. Johnson's Cyclopedia makes a strange blunder, when it says that a flourishing community of Spiritualists is located at Berlin Heights. It refers, of course to the socialistic society, which was not spiritualistic in any sense of the word. Spiritualism does not teach communism in any form, and some of the most zealous opposers of the socialists were among the spiritualists. It is true that some of the socialists claimed to be spiritualists, and others claimed to believe in various church doctrines, and some were atheists. The Berlin people are noted for tolerance, but it may be presumed that the socialists, with their strange ideas, did not always find their paths strewn with roses, and the citizens still retain fresh in their memories, how, when Francis Barry attempted to mail a number of the obnoxious Age of Freedom, twenty Berlin women siezed [sic] the mail-sack in which he had brought it on his shoulder to the office, and made a bonfire in the street. The following journals were successively started by the socialists and ran brief careers: Social Revolutionist, conducted by J. S. Patterson, 1857; Age of Freedom, commenced in 1858, Frank and Cordelia Barry and C. M. Overton, editors; Good Time Coming, 1859, edited by J. P. Lesley and C. M. Overton; the New Republic, 1863, edited by Francis Barry; The Optimist, and Kingdom of Heaven, 1869, Thomas Cook, editor; The Principia, or Personality, 1868, N. A. Brown, editor; the New Campaign, 1871, C. M. Overton, editor; The Toledo Sun, moved from Toledo to Berlin Heights in 1875, by John A. Laut. Besides these, two local newspapers were published for some time: The Bulletin. by W. B. Harrison, commenced in 1870; and the Index, by F. .J. Miles, commenced in 1875. In 1851, the Ark of Temperance was established in Berlin, and perhaps nothing excited a greater and more permanent influence over the morals and intellectual culture of the people. The Sons of Temperance excluded women, and hence failed. Mr. S. 0. Kellogg conceived the happy idea of establishing an order wherein the sexes should be equal. The result I of his thinking was the "Ark," of which the Good Templars is a faint imitation. The movement was a great success. The organization at one time numbered over eight hundred members. The grand ark began establishing subordinate arks, and had the matter been pushed there was no reason why it had not become as wide as the country. For many years the ark at the Heights was maintained, and to the attractions of the impressive ritual was added not only social, but a high order of intellectual life.
SOLDIERS OF BERLIN.
The following is a complete list of the soldiers who are dead, furnished by Berlin in the defence of the country, and from it something may be learned of the sacrifice of life and money made in the holy cause of liberty by this township: Revolution—Orley Benschoter, Hieronomus Mingus, Aaron Van Benschoter. War of 1813—Russell Ransom, Nathaniel Griffin, Ephraim Hardy, Prosper Carey, George Whitney, Joshua Phillips, P. T. Barber, Jacob Mingus, Nathaniel Burdue, H. Dunbar, T. Miller. War of the Rebellion—Wm. Lowry, Sam. McGurkin, Richard Mlleneaux, Curtis Mullenaux, Myron Rice, George Burgess, L. L. Hardy, D. D. Stage, W. A. Keith, Spafford Penny, J. Woodward, Osro J. Lowell, J. Hall, J. Daniels, Elisha Jenkins, W. Swartz, Diodot Ransom, George Johnson, S. Seeley, C. A. Graves, E. Huffman, E. Hardy, Fred Huntley, James Smith, P. K. Loomis, Geo. L. Fowler, Horace Hill, John Laughlin, J. Smith, H. Smith, Darius Smith, Charles Elwood, Henry Elwood, Aaron Hall, Lucius Smith, Dan'l Weatherslow, Oliver Benschoter, Frank Bemis, William Bellamy.
Excerpts from: The Fire Lands, Comprising Huron and Erie Counties, Ohio; W.W. Williams - 1879 - Press of Leader Printing Company, Cleveland, Ohio
TWO BRIDGES: "Viewer" Carol Bechtel sent me this postcard pic of two bridges spanning the Vermilion River that "Scud" Miller appears to have written on back in the 1920's. I scanned it and immediately sent it back to her.
I've seen scanned pix of this card in the past. And while those scans were nice (I can make copies from the net pix) I really appreciate being able to scan cards such as this with my equipment. This allows me to adjust the resolution and size of the pic. These adjustments sometimes lend themselves to the discovery of details within a given photo that are barely legible in other reproductions.
In this particular scan I can now plainly see the barn beneath the bridges on the right with the "Mailpouch" advertisement painted on its side. One does not pick that up with just a cursory scan / look at the card.
Additionally, I've seen other pix with that particular barn in the background. But the image (of the barn) is very vague, and it certainly isn't in color. I'm currently thinking the barn once stood in the vicinity of Liberty street and Vermilion road across from Linwood Park.
It's a very nice slice of history.
ALL ATTORNEYS ARE NOT ROCKET SCIENTISTS (THANKS TO KATHY FITZ. )
From a book called 'Disorder in the American Courts' these are things people actually said in court, word for word, taken down and now published by court reporters who had the torment of staying straight-faced while these exchanges were actually taking place.
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1) ATTORNEY: This myasthenia gravis, does it affect your memory at all? WITNESS: Yes. ATTORNEY: And in what ways does it affect your memory? WITNESS: I forget. ATTORNEY: You forget? Can you give us an example of something you forgot?
2) ATTORNEY: Now doctor, isn't it true that when a person dies in his sleep, he doesn't know about it until the next morning? WITNESS: Did you actually pass the bar exam?
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3) ATTORNEY: The youngest son, the twenty-year-old, how old is he? WITNESS: He's twenty, much like your IQ 4) ATTORNEY: Were you present when your picture was taken? WITNESS: Are you shitting me?
5) ATTORNEY: So the date of conception (of the baby) was August 8th? WITNESS: Yes. ATTORNEY: And what were you doing at that time? WITNESS: Getting laid
6) ATTORNEY: She had three children, right? WITNESS: Yes. ATTORNEY: How many were boys? WITNESS: None. ATTORNEY: Were there any girls? WITNESS : Your Honor, I think I need a different attorney. Can I get a new attorney?
7) ATTORNEY: How was your first marriage terminated? WITNESS: By death. ATTORNEY: And by whose death was it terminated? WITNESS: Take a guess
8) ATTORNEY: Can you describe the individual? WITNESS: He was about medium height and had a beard. ATTORNEY: Was this a male or a female? WITNESS: Unless the Circus was in town I'm going with male
9) ATTORNEY: Is your appearance here this morning pursuant to a deposition notice which I sent to your attorney? WITNESS: No, this is how I dress when I go to work.
10) ATTORNEY: Doctor, how many of your autopsies have you performed on dead people? WITNESS: All of them. The live ones put up too much of a fight.
11) ATTORNEY: ALL your responses MUST be oral, OK? What school did you go to? WITNESS: Oral.
12) ATTORNEY: Do you recall the time that you examined the body? WITNESS: The autopsy started around 8:30 pm. ATTORNEY: And Mr. Denton was dead at the time? WITNESS: If not, he was by the time I finished
13) ATTORNEY: Are you qualified to give a urine sample? WITNESS: Are you qualified to ask that question?
And the best for last: 14) ATTORNEY: Doctor, before you performed the autopsy, did you check for a pulse? WITNESS: No. ATTORNEY: Did you check for blood pressure? WITNESS: No. ATTORNEY: Did you check for breathing? WITNESS: No. ATTORNEY: So, then it is possible that the patient was alive when you began the autopsy? WITNESS: No. ATTORNEY: How can you be so sure, Doctor? WITNESS: Because his brain was sitting on my desk in a jar. ATTORNEY: I see, but could the patient have still been alive, nevertheless? WITNESS: Yes, it is possible that he could have been alive and practicing law
PODCAST #196:This week the Vermilion Views Podcast #196 presents a highly amusing clip that my sister Nance sent me last week; Mary Maxwell blesses a meal with her wit at a function for - age challenged persons.
Some may remember Dick as the guy who very literally moved buildings in Vermilion and elsewhere. His father was the person who moved the Maud-Elton Hotel to its current location without so much as causing a crack in the plaster.
This may become a series.
Persons interested in the history of the Lake Shore Electric Railway (which was the subject of a recent past podcast series) - "the greatest electaric railway system on the planet" may want to go to Amazon.com and purchase a book called "Images of Rail - Lake Shore Electric Railway". It was put together by Thomas J. Patton with the help of my friends Dennis Lamont and Albert Doane. It'd make a nice gift.
Also, please note that all the video (MP4) podcasts (when used) are done in the "Quicktime MP4" format. If you don't have "Quicktime" it's easy to find and free to download.
NOTE NOTE:Past podcasts are not available in the on-line archive. They just take up too much disk space. But if one really, really, really wants to acquire a copy of a past cast it can be had by contacting me and I will place it on a disc and send it to ye for a minimal fee.
LOCAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: After giving it much thought this link has been "put-down". During the last year most of the folks who used to use this page as a bulletin board have acquired their own and, consequently, no longer need this forum from "Views". I have, however, kept links (in the links section) to Larry Hohler's "Hope Homes" in Kenya - and to Bette Lou Higgins' Eden Valley Enterprises sites. They are historically and socially relevant projects. I suggest that you visit these sites on a regular basis to see "what's shakin'".
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