Worth-Crisp-Dooly County GaArchives News.....Bill of Fare-Abe Odom's lunch stolen August 31, 1889
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Worth County Local, Sylvester GA August 31, 1889
BILL OF FARE

Of Hotel Abe Odom, fronting Cook's
Warehouse--Sheriff Edwards
Clerk--Judge Jones and Solicitor
Pope Waiters

From the Albany News and Ad-
vertiser of Aug. 21st, we clip the
following:
"The distinguished guests at this
famous house for dinner on Monday
were Mess. Hairlson and Pool
                            -Menu-
Soup for too.....                    $4.00
Roast Beef.........                    4.00
Stewed Chicken......            11.00
Baked Chicken........             11.00
Breads.........                            20.00
Coffee in jug not wanted. . .
                        -Desert-
Apple Dumpling......             $6.00
Potato Custard........             14.00
Peach Pie........                          5.00
Cake and Wine.....                 10.00
Total cost of dinner....         $95.00
To explain this wonderful repast
it is necessary to give the following
particulars:
Mr. Abe Odom who lives near
Warwick, Worth county, and does
his trading in the Artesian City
The distance he has to travel re-
quires two days, and Mr. Odom's good
lady always prepares a bountiful
lunch basket for the trip. Mr. Odom
came to town Sunday night, did his
trading Monday, and was preparing
to drive out in the evening.  Hairl-
son and Pool, two young men, were
standing around Cook's wagon yard
at the time Mr. Odom was hitching
up his mules.  They spied the well-
filled basket, and watching their
chance they stole it from the wagon
and retired to the ruins of Tift's
mill and consumed the delicious
contents.
Mr. Odom, after getting ready to
leave, decided to eat dinner, but
missed his basket. He "smelt a rat",
and began a search, and soon ran
upon his self-invited guests enjoy-
ing his dinner.  It is an old saying
that a hungry man is desperate. so
it was in this case.  Mr Odom swore
out a warrant for the boys, and at
their trial before Judge Jones, yes-
terday, they pleaded guilty, and
were fined $46.95 each. They did
not have the required amount, and
were jailed.
They will likely have friends here
to-day to pay them out."
The parties concerned in the steal
ing of Mr. Odom' basket, are also,
the Local blushes to acknowledge,
citizens of Worth county.  It is cer-
tainly very humiliating to know that
any who claim citizenship with
grand old Worth could stoop so
low as to, in any way, be mixed up
in an escapade of the kind described
by the Albany News.  Shame on
them.


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