Urgent Message<\/b><\/p>\n
During the Revolutionary War, a loyalist spy appeared at the headquarters of Hessian commander Colonel Johann Rall, carrying an urgent message. General George Washington and his Continental army had secretly crossed the Delaware River that morning and were advancing on Trenton, New Jersey where the Hessians were encamped. The spy was denied an audience with the commander and instead wrote his message on a piece of paper. A porter took the note to the Hessian colonel, but because Rall was involved in a poker game he stuffed the unread note into his pocket. When the guards at the Hessian camp began firing their muskets in a futile attempt to stop Washington\u2019s army, Rall was still playing cards. Without time to organize, the Hessian army was captured. The battle occurred the day after Christmas, 1776, giving the colonists a late present\u2014their first major victory of the war.<\/p>\n
Today in the Word, MBI, October, 1991, p. 21<\/p>\n
Quote<\/b><\/p>\n
\u2022 In some stores you have to wait on yourself and in others they hire salespeople to ignore you.<\/p>\n
George Daacon, quoted in \u201cTower Ticker,\u201d Chicago Tribune<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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