“So she went into the garden to cut a cabbage leaf to make an apple pie; and at the same time a great she-bear, coming up the street pops its head into the shop. What! no soap? So he died, and she very imprudently married the barber; and there were present the Picninnies, and the Grand Panjandrum himself, with the little round button at top, and they all fell to playing the game of catch as catch can, till the gunpowder ran out at the heels of their boots.” LittlesGamesCuttingStreetsBearsMarriedHumorousGardenDiedRoundsPopsRanApplesShopsBootsHeelsPieButtonsLeafsSoapCabbageGunpowderBarbersApple Pie Author:Samuel Foote
“Soap is another article in great demand--the Continental allowance is too small, and dear, as every necessary of life is now got, a soldier's pay will not enable him to purchase, by which means his consequent dirtiness adds not a little to the disease of the Army.” MeanLittlesLife IsPayDemandDiseaseArmyAddSoldierDearArticlesSoapAllowanceContinentalDirtiness Book:The writings of George Washington from the original manuscript sources, 1745-1799 Source: The writings of George Washington from the original manuscript sources, 1745-1799