cannibalfromhannibal
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Returned to the lot of the 60's brick liner to open up the stone liner. Turned out to be another 8 footer. Second bottle out of the clay cap was an 80's local pharm., so that was a good sign. Half hour later came one I never heard of or have seen, a J.C. Carber's/King Of Pain/Hannibal, Mo! I looked it up in the directories with zero luck, even thinking it could be a misspelling of Carter or Carver. Same results. There WAS a Carber family here so it is likely correct spelling. Anyone heard of it? Dug only 2 others, broken of course. Must not have worked too well, my guess. (I was thinking after digging solo two 8 footers in 3 days, I could use some of the King's elixir, or not.) Anyhoo, kept on and ended up with a dozen nice Hannibal pharms, several from pharms that were short lived in the mid 80's and hard as heck to find. A couple slicks from the 60's popped up unexpectedly and then the broken half pint scroll jumped out at me, minus the back panel! OUCH! I HATE when that happens! Ground still like thick snot with few in situ opportunities, so I took 'em when I could. One is just hanging onto the snot on the rocks! Dug 6 or 8 busted fruit jars, one looking pontiled, another crude Mason's 1858 numbered 44, which I don't find listed in my red book #9? One whole wax sealer with a chip on the rim of course. Near the very bottom I pulled out a broken Kings New Discovery with a key mold base! Didn't think they were that old. Always thought of them as strictly 90's bottles......This hole had zero night soil and no lime or ash and most of the glass was around the edges, making me think of cisterns. Plus the age was all over the map from 1850's to toc. Every other cistern I have dug was brick, so this would be a first in my book.
