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I arrived York, Nebraska in a lovely Sunday morning harmonized with concord of well-tempered sunshine, consonant breezes, and a deserted main street inundated in an exquisite fermata of silence. Fred Niblo, I suddenly remembered, was born in this small town more than one century ago in 1874. It was a curious sensation to have scenes from Ben-Hur, a 1925 silent film directed by Niblo and scored by William Axt, gently plucking my mind like flashcards of Rorschach test that almost made sense. Accompanied by this sensation, I unhurriedly walked around the town for one hour before being lured into Chances "R" Restaurant & Lounge for irresistible breaded mushrooms, fried zucchini, and a big glass of root beer float.