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“Keeping” the Commandments…
September 25, 2010 by TimHughes · Leave a Comment
The following is an interesting item printed in “The Floridian” newspaper from Tallahassee, August 12, 1848. The “Temperance Aphorisms” which follows it is worth a look as well:
Filed under: Pre Civil War, Unusual, Fun & Bizarre
Tagged: Christianity, Florida, humor, relegion, temperance, The Floridian

