...am only i reminded of Reuel Colt Gridley's flour sack by this story
from Red Deer, Sask.?

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-tuesday-edition-1.4818811/community-buys-grieving-red-deer-family-s-classic-car-at-auction-then-gives-it-back-1.4818816

best,
w

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Hochbruck
Head of Department
Dept. of English / Centre for Security and Society
Albert Ludwigs University Freiburg
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D-79098 Freiburg
Germany