It contained a quote suggesting that the west side, where Kilbourn Town was located, believed the east side, Junotown, was unhealthy and that its inhabitants lived on frogs and held midnight funerals.
Those on the west side had all along proclaimed that the east side was unhealthy, that foul miasms hung over the houses.
— Episode: 401 - The Bridges of Milwaukee (Live)
Episode: 401 - The Bridges of Milwaukee (Live)
It contained a quote suggesting that the west side, where Kilbourn Town was located, believed the east side, Junotown, was unhealthy and that its inhabitants lived on frogs and held midnight funerals.
Those on the west side had all along proclaimed that the east side was unhealthy, that foul miasms hung over the houses.
That the inhabitants lived on eating frogs, which the Frenchman had learned then to do.
And that many of them had died and were buried at night so that the world should not see their depletion.
I saw that Byron Kilborn was the obnoxious person to whom the unthinking populace attributed all their mischief.
I knew too that the mob, if once put in motion, would shrink from no deed of violence, that the crowd would commit every unlawful act, perhaps even murder as a mob.
Episode: 401 - The Bridges of Milwaukee (Live)
It was used as a source to explain the rivalry between the east and west sides of Milwaukee, with quotes about the unhealthy conditions of the east side.
those on the west side had all along proclaimed that the east side was unhealthy, that foul miasms hung over the houses. Foul miasms? Smell, odors, bad odors.
That the inhabitants lived on eating frogs, which the Frenchman had learned then to do.
And that many of them had died and were buried at night so that the world should not see their depletion.
I saw that Byron Kilborn was the obnoxious person to whom the unthinking populace attributed all their mischief. I knew too that the mob, if once put in motion, would shrink from no deed of violence, that the crowd would commit every unlawful act, perhaps even murder as a mob.
having vented their spite in the inoffensive timbers, this crowd of citizens immediately felt better. Some of them laughed, others joked. All of them came out in the best of spirits as though they felt ashamed of themselves.
it was averred that to cross it safely, the teams had to start halfway up the hill and dash across with all possible seed before it sunk under them.