"What is Grant talking about here" Topic
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| flicking wargamer | 17 Jun 2014 2:35 p.m. PST |
In this exchange of letters, link is meant by the description of the Bull by Grant? |
| DJCoaltrain | 17 Jun 2014 3:24 p.m. PST |
Need a slightly better link, please. |
| Happy Little Trees | 17 Jun 2014 6:02 p.m. PST |
I think he means a diary cow. They have to be bred with a bull to make milk. And little baby cows. Seventh entry here: link |
| Big Martin Back | 18 Jun 2014 5:07 a.m. PST |
Presumably a load of bull written in his diary! |
TKindred  | 18 Jun 2014 6:46 a.m. PST |
You know that these are made-up, right? Newspapers of the day used to play the wag regularly and no official or institution was safe when a reporter or editor set his sights on them. The entire exchange is most likely a satire of Judson Kilpatrick's whining to someone about not being taken seriously. In other words, Kilpatrick, in the paper's eyes, needs to man up.  |
| John the Greater | 18 Jun 2014 10:03 a.m. PST |
TKindred – absolutely correct. A careful reading of the letters reveals a vast number of "in jokes." My favorite is from B.F.B. about borrowing Forrest's spoons. Note the "letters" are from a Memphis newspaper. 'Nuff said. |
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