July 8, 1903, Evansville (Indiana) Journal
Interesting account of a prank played by the once and future mayor upon a gullible milkman. My only concern with this story is the archaic phrase used at the end. What does it mean to say "I stood treat?" My research amounted to nothing.
Best I can come up with quickly is this from the Free Dictionary's idioms pages:
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Stand Treat:
obsolete
To pay for someone to do or receive something enjoyable; to treat someone (to something).
Examples:
Auntie Mildred always stands treat whenever we go with her to visit the boardwalk.
Let's make a small wager—whoever loses must stand treat for the winner, agreed?
Kris, that is also what I found and it made sense to me.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much! It all makes sense now.
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