Coshocton Man Confers With Hillerich & Bradsby

July 1884--From the front page of The Coshocton Daily Age comes this interesting little tidbit.
"A certain young man of this town wrote a certain young lady a note, asking her to meet him at a certain place on last Saturday evening. The young lady's maternal parent dripped to the game, as it were, and instead of being caressed by the soft fingers of the young lady, as he supposed he would be, the certain young man was caressed by a baseball bat vigorously applied by the irate parent. "Vanity of vanities; all is vanity," saith the preacher."

By the way, if you're confused by the headline, old H & B manufactures baseball bats.