Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Scarpacci Ancestry Unearthed


Twelve years before Lincoln freed the slaves, T. O. Scarpacci travelled from Philadelphia to Waltham, Massachusetts to deliver his SHR hair restoration tonic to his first customer, Baldy Moseley. Undeterred by slow carriage service and lame trotters, Scarpacci walked from Albany to Springfield, Massachusetts in order to keep his promised delivery date at the Moseley residence. The Scarpacci restoration miracle caused an instant stir in the Boston suburb. Income from that first sale allowed the inventor to buy a new pair of button shoes, which he broke in during his return trip. Unfortunately, the only remaining flask of SHR and the new shoes were stolen by bandits along the Albany Swamp Road. Scarpacci could never duplicate his SHR recipe because his wife threw out all his notes. He later joined the Amish community in Topeka, Indiana.

There are 12 morals to be gleaned from this historical fact.  Commenters are welcome to try to guess what those morals are.

11 comments:

Anonymous said...

Wait until the slaves are freed?
Stay away from swamps?

Anonymous said...

Get Joe Biden to do your advertising?

Anonymous said...

Finally a picture of Dishonest Abe.

Anonymous said...

Stay out of Massachusetts and New York

Anonymous said...

treat your trotters right

Anonymous said...

or trot your treaters

Anonymous said...

Fix the roads around Albany

Anonymous said...

it's the shoes

Anonymous said...

Hey, Scarpacci, you could sure use some of that SHR potion now. haha

Anonymous said...

This man resembles Grandma Wortinger

Anonymous said...

This man has been washing dishes at Das Dutchman Essenhaus