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Take a look at what we served for dinner... 

 

THE MENU

  • Slow Roasted Beef

  • Mashed Potatoes with Gravy

  • Cheesy Squash Casserole

  • Green Beans

  • Yeast Rolls

  • Skillet Apple Pie

Professor Ballyhoo

WRITTEN BY      Lydia Dillingham

 You’ll find yourself stepping back in time as you get a taste of what a real-life Wild West medicine show was all about. Professor Cornelius Ballyhoo, Mississippi Slim, and Ada Belle travel the west touting their magical elixirs and potions. Times are hard and physicians are scarce which makes it easier to place one’s faith in the concoctions these three pitch while never failing to entertain. The “Professor” and his cohorts put on a show to draw in crowds that feature music, comedy, magic acts, juggling, singing, dancing, and overblown rhetoric mixed with testimonials, stories, and stunts to demonstrate cures. Mississippi Slim, once a doctor of chemistry, fell on hard times that included an unfortunate misunderstanding with the law that forced him from his east coast home to head out west.  Ada Belle, an independent and savvy businesswoman who has had a hard knock life met up with Slim and together they convinced the Professor to partner with them.  You’ll get a peek into what happens behind the scenes of the rollicking medicine show as you witness the devious but talented ways of these colorful characters.  

 

 

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