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 Index of Indigo Planters - Behar 1908 - C

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Date transcribed2011-00-00
Transcribed byAlison Kilpatrick
CommentIndex of Indigo Planters in Bihar taken from "History of Behar Indigo Factories; Reminiscences of Bihar; Tirhoot
and its inhabitants of the past.". by Minden Wilson 1908.

Surname  Stokes    
Title  Dr.    
Chapter  Tirhoot and Its Inhabitants of the Past    
Sub-title  Biographical sketch: Dr. Stokes    
Page nos.  295    
Description  Succeeded Dr. David Begg as Planters’ Doctor. Stokes, like Dr. Begg before him, added to his income by selling indigo seed. “There was no doubt that Stokes hailed from within the sound of Bow Bells, as he found himself at war with his H’s now and then,” for example, in this anecdote related by the author: “One day [Dr. Stokes] waxed cheerful, for there had been a bad hailstorm, and he knew seed orders would come tumbling in. As he was promenading the T.P. Club verandah, up drove a trap, and out jumped Jemmy Cosserat. Stokes at once tackled him with the facetious query ‘’Ave a little ‘ail, Cosserat?’ Cosserat, who was warm and thirsty, replied, “All right, old chap, if you have a bottle of ale open I don’t mind a glass.’ Esculapius at once saw the mistake he had made and ordered a bottle of Bass to be opened at once!”    
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Index of Indigo Planters in Bihar taken from "History of Behar Indigo Factories; Reminiscences of Bihar; Tirhoot
and its inhabitants of the past. History of Behar Light Horse
Volunteers". by Minden Wilson 1908.
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