Uncle Dale Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 Maybe this is too juvenile for most folks here, but it'sthe sort of thing I waste my time on -- doing web searches: Clues: Deseret Stock CompanyMillfield CollegeSister Ada PattersonO call back yesterday, bid time return.Grand Hotel Question: Once I was famous; now I'm forgotten.My first name starts with "M"My last name is the same as Bro. Joseph's Nauvoo ghost-writer.Who am I? UD Link to comment
JLHPROF Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 Maybe this is too juvenile for most folks here, but it'sthe sort of thing I waste my time on -- doing web searches: Clues: Deseret Stock CompanyMillfield CollegeSister Ada PattersonO call back yesterday, bid time return.Grand Hotel Question: Once I was famous; now I'm forgotten.My first name starts with "M"My last name is the same as Bro. Joseph's Nauvoo ghost-writer.Who am I? UD Maude Adams (apparently). Although wasn't Joseph's Nauvoo ghost-writer more W.W. Phelps than James Adams? 1 Link to comment
Uncle Dale Posted December 31, 2014 Author Share Posted December 31, 2014 Maude Adams (apparently). Although wasn't Joseph's Nauvoo ghost-writer more W.W. Phelps than James Adams? Phelps did a lot of the ghost-writing, but I think most of the politicalstuff from the Nauvoo era came via G. J. Adams. He was a would-bethespian himself and "played upon the boards" at Beaver Islandbefore Brigham ever set up his own theatre in SLC. Looks like I made this one too easy. Next time, I'll come up with something more obscure. UD Link to comment
Kenngo1969 Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 Er, mebbe that thar JLHPROF fella jist be 'mart! Link to comment
Uncle Dale Posted December 31, 2014 Author Share Posted December 31, 2014 Er, mebbe that thar JLHPROF fella jist be 'mart! Well, I can tell that he has the text of Shakespeare's Richard II down pat in his memory.How he connected in Millfield College, I'm not sure -- as it was not mentioned in theRichard Matheson novel -- just in the Hollywood adaptation of Matheson's book. Maybe I should have left out Ada Patterson -- a ten second web-searchwould tell anybody what LDS biographies she might have written. Oh well... UD Link to comment
Tacenda Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 (edited) What's the next riddle/question Uncle Dale, this is fun to read! Edited December 31, 2014 by Tacenda Link to comment
seriously honestly Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 "Too juvenile"...pft. We want more riddles! Link to comment
Avatar4321 Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 "Too juvenile"...pft. We want more riddles!what have I got in my pocket? 1 Link to comment
Calm Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 A key?You were supposed to answer "handses". 1 Link to comment
Uncle Dale Posted December 31, 2014 Author Share Posted December 31, 2014 What's the next riddle/question Uncle Dale, this is fun to read! I sailed the seas and on June 20th Captain Richardson showed me the coconut trees. I followed the rainbow, till I found a pot of gold, but in the end I lost it all. When Brother Brigham told me to settle in The Valley, I re-read my Las Sergas de Esplandian. Who am I? enjoy... UD Link to comment
seriously honestly Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 You were supposed to answer "handses".I totally thought about it! Haha! "What it's got in it's nasty little picketsess?" Link to comment
Tacenda Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 I sailed the seas and on June 20th Captain Richardson showed me the coconut trees. I followed the rainbow, till I found a pot of gold, but in the end I lost it all. When Brother Brigham told me to settle in The Valley, I re-read my Las Sergas de Esplandian. Who am I? enjoy... UDI read all kinds of things per Google, and have come to determine that it might be Samuel Brannan, maybe. Thanks for the history lesson! Next one please... 1 Link to comment
Uncle Dale Posted December 31, 2014 Author Share Posted December 31, 2014 I read all kinds of things per Google, and have come to determine that it might be Samuel Brannan, maybe. Thanks for the history lesson! Next one please... Golly -- I AM making these games too easy! How about a more difficult one. ... My namesake had a son, who had a son, who said:"All the rivers run into the sea..." They say Sampson was eyeless in the city printedright after my surname in that 1830 city directory. Minerva talked me out of my decision, but not beforeI saw where the Garden of Eden once stood... Who am I? Link to comment
Garden Girl Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 Minerva Pritchert's husband... GG Link to comment
Uncle Dale Posted December 31, 2014 Author Share Posted December 31, 2014 Minerva Pritchert's husband... GG Oh -- so now we're trying to identify "Minerva" as well? Here's a hint on her identity: "My Annie Grammy was MARY-B" UD Link to comment
Calm Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 (edited) Sampson eyeless indicates biblical, misread the clue...Think it was Gaza checking...Can't be Gaza at least nothing coming up off of Google maps besides an unincorporated.1830 was when the Church was founded in Fayette.Wiki was better:http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza,_New_HampshireNot finding a city directory though:http://guides.library.umass.edu/content.php?pid=9449&sid=84801 Edited January 1, 2015 by calmoriah Link to comment
Calm Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 (edited) Solomon is the alleged author of Ecclesiastes (all rivers to the sea is in there), so the namesake would be David's dad, Jesse.Someone who was in Missouri given the Eden reference Edited January 1, 2015 by calmoriah Link to comment
Calm Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 (edited) Jesse Gause....http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_GauseWiki says Gause was not reconciled with his wife, Minerva. I am assuming you are saying she influenced him to leave the Mormons since she had joined the Shakers, but did not go with him when he became LDS. Is this a guess as wiki says why he left is unknown and he appeared to be estranged from his family.All through google btw...I did early Mormon Jesse since that was the one name I was sure of and got Gause which obviously tied into Gaza....was there an actual city directory and if so what city was it? Edited January 1, 2015 by calmoriah Link to comment
Uncle Dale Posted January 1, 2015 Author Share Posted January 1, 2015 Jesse Gause....http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_GauseWiki says Gause was not reconciled with his wife, Minerva. I am assuming you are saying she influenced him to leave the Mormons since she had joined the Shakers, but did not go with him when he became LDS. Is this a guess as wiki says why he left is unknown and he appeared to be estranged from his family.All through google btw...I did early Mormon Jesse since that was the one name I was sure of and got Gause which obviously tied into Gaza....was there an actual city directory and if so what city was it? Gee, you're smart. The anagram for maryb, of course works out to "Byram,"which was Minerva's maiden name. She may (or may not)have remained with Jesse after he left the First Presidency. I'll have to try harder next time. UD Link to comment
Uncle Dale Posted January 1, 2015 Author Share Posted January 1, 2015 I'll have to try harder next time. When a Fox and a Paper Bag get together, I'll buythe offspring's legal papers -- for cheap. Did I say I was never a Mormon? Well, I guessthat Mr. K__ set the record straight on that point.Rev. Caswall seems to have trusted him. But Mr. K_abandoned Zarahemla: I returned and remained. Mary Ann Laws' dad resided in Brotherly Love whenI did; and we both sent Bro. Joseph our respects... Who am I? UD Link to comment
Calm Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 Saving for tomorrow, up early for me tomorrow so equally early night... Link to comment
Uncle Dale Posted January 2, 2015 Author Share Posted January 2, 2015 (edited) Saving for tomorrow, up early for me tomorrow so equally early night...I wasn't quite sure about Mary Ann Laws, until I checked the old records of the Moravian Church. If I have her figured out correctly, she and another woman started up a millinery business -- rather venturesome for an unmarried lady of the Victorian era.I wonder if her dad really did meet Joseph Smith -- he was in the right place at the right time to have done so, but nobody seems to have cared to write about the Gentiles who might have stopped by Lombard Street on that eventful day (well, eventful for Mary Ann, at least).UD Edited January 2, 2015 by Uncle Dale Link to comment
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