Solomon Witte
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| - | ''1740-1812. He comes in riding on the back of a leather bath-marie. He is a porcupine and receives a knife handle carved of ivory''. | + | [[Category:Personages]]__NOTOC__ |
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| + | ''Jewish-American, born in Wadowice, Poland, 1939. He comes in riding on the back of a leather bath-marie. He is a scissor-tailed thrombocyte. He receives an ivory knife-handle inlaid with discharging machine guns.'' | ||
| - | Member of the [[Albert Kook]] gang. An extraordinary snooker player. Habitual user of opium. Libertine. Patriot. The most extensive collection of sequined breeches in the Colonies and after, the nascent U.S. A lover of ghosts and their letters home. Gave [[Guvernor Morris]] the quill said to have written the Constitution. An ancestor of [[Stimes Addisson]]. | + | Witte arrived in America at the tender age of fourteen. His family first attempted to stay in Brooklyn, but emigrated to Miami 3 years later. Witte's Deli became known throughout the city and the family prospered. Unfortunately his father had a weakness for that old "daevil's clawe" known as [http://www.pagat.com/whist/whist.html whist] and he ruined the family. |
| - | His birthplace is unknown, but he was killed in Washinton, D.C. during the War of 1812. | + | After much misfortune, Witte fell into the world of the [[AA]]. |
| - | Witte was a "macaroni," that is to say, a dandy. "His breeches were always splendid," wrote [[Guvernor Morris]]. Albert Kook wrote that he was often "resplendent." An auto-didact, Witte knew all the classical languages and had passable Japanese. He travelled on a whaling boat for 25 years as a first mate and as a captain. His job on the side was opium: importation. He also smuggled rum, was a Freemason and played a mean game of whist. | + | == Known Works == |
| - | He was also a decent fencer and a crack shot. He loved to surf, a habit he picked up in Hawaii. He sported an earring ring and called his wife, Truehope Mathers Witte, "Skippy." | + | ---- |
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Jewish-American, born in Wadowice, Poland, 1939. He comes in riding on the back of a leather bath-marie. He is a scissor-tailed thrombocyte. He receives an ivory knife-handle inlaid with discharging machine guns. Witte arrived in America at the tender age of fourteen. His family first attempted to stay in Brooklyn, but emigrated to Miami 3 years later. Witte's Deli became known throughout the city and the family prospered. Unfortunately his father had a weakness for that old "daevil's clawe" known as whist (http://www.pagat.com/whist/whist.html) and he ruined the family. After much misfortune, Witte fell into the world of the AA. [edit] Known Works |
 [edit] DesiderataWitte knew how to make over 420 different kinds of sandwiches!
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