, 1877-10-27
PUN Gil,

PUNCH,
Cincinnati Commercial. Or 11.
To-day Is tho one hundred and cighty-thtr1
anniversary Of the Introduction to civilization Of
that world.renowcd beverage. punch. Tn
willing that the birthday Of ANYTHING 80 aged
and famed should slip by unnoticcd, and moro
10 tIlustrnie The complete revolution In socMl
customs md manners a hundred ycars OF 20
has effected, rather than TO araw a moral, VIC
present tho odd history Of Puuch's early days.
Admiral Edward Russell was then command.
ing the british squadron I'm the Mediterranean,
md, having heard the miraculous virtues Of
punch e1tolled by his sailors. who had brought
the sccsct Of lts compromising from the East
Indies. he devised M original npd monster
method Of presenting Il 10 public favor. Tic
selected the Enlenciau town Of Alicante. and
the most beautiful. garden In The; town.
for bis experiment. In the ccntfu uf the Gnf-
den, where four walks met, nas 4 marble fol,n-
tain basin, shaded bJ pomcgranatc and Ornngc
boughs, which he converted into q titanic
p!,nsh-bowf: -Four hoGsheMls Of brandy, one
ju1ec, $500 lemons, thirteen hunlredwet9llt of
line white sugur, Two pouuds' Weight Of grated
nutn,cgs. :OO toasted biscuit, and eight hoga-
heads OF water constituted the Ingredients TO
keep out the rain and prevent evaporation, an
elegant canopy. was oversprca.i, nnl boat
a ship hoy, was rowctl around the fountain to
assJs' thP 600 pcop's who 4,snk ! ~ tll!nG thsir
tlorotccs numbertcss. We arc disposed TO
regard Its Introduction with no slight
degree OF reverence, since It's god.
iatiier, 70 to spcak, wis IN E,Elfs', Clergyman,
the Rev. Henry TconRe, Chaplain OF her Ma]es.
TVS abip Assistance liz mnde puncl.'s ac-
t,uniutance, anll, II Ills diary il my evidence,
they continued firm friends through ltfc Iii
that year he first tasted Of part OF three bowls,
and tio naiycly remarks that be had some li0l-
Guilty In finding Ills pillow on retiring.
Punch at once stepped Into politics and be-
camo tho boon companion Of thu Wings, H.
though tho Tories regarded It as a foreign inter
lopcr, coming In about tl,e satne time as a,,
followers, both Dutch and English, swure by It.
ard even its siriuus found favor with tho
clergy, sumo Of whom wrrc loud in fts praises
aud faithful In their icvotious to it. They
bowls III baptsmnl fonts. Disscntcrs and High
Churchmen. by thu sacred rl,rposcs fnr which
they used them, served to add to their semi
hs 1 sud nn t Tth T.. pfy ,.n
rrundfathers aud children i,ad been chfistcucd
IL.
Even The msca! profe,sst;on ,s; M wsrs not sow In In
beverage. They ito NOT now recommend btttcrs
and ton[cs, inyrorators and nlatntir1ai drnuuhts.
with anY tnure OF zeul thau did their HypGcra.
team prototypes Centuries avo praise the virtues
Of punch, f}r, SIlVrt, pl,ytician Of ruoute And
lcarnipp, wrotc. III Tito. Nthatfpunrn h an al.
mirahIe llauor,- the beat luuor ln Tho world
the unfycrse cantlot airortl 4 bclier ln,,Dr ior
studcnts.H -
To make good Punch WIS esteemed an &C.
complhl1tnel1t 70 much su that rot 0nly intiI-
yitluuIs oltancd reuuwn for their necIlii,r rn-
rcintn. hit rvrn fnwna ami cffj"s ro1tsrt1a,9
viii, raci. ntI,rr ns tn where ths hcst wn. m "d,
niss ,t. 1872 ~ ~ ..s suu o.ss ~ M."us'
eriirncc NJ jta nnnc,rs Iicni.sns - n,ts,
hmro" cnniI MI vs ~ith tba n.t,st1" ,,artnu,a.
tinns nnr tie rnt"ncv ~ ~" fn"rotanta ~ ths
n,,rcI, snnrsstion. ~ that NJ tnvm ~ ~ 'Ae
Pnnrh nnwis In thaf frrms,,v w.ra h,r,,oR
fro,n .,h", ~ ~, rn.sussi -. J.fta. III "
v",ad ~ ,asioo.n. narrs.' ..t r. h enn .s
~ .sco-ato,l iii, n;s.d ~
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crntmrv ~ nnch'howi ,ns p,sn.,.a '.' ,,,i, ~,
.hIc 15-ss.,,t srnt1' han.S. ~ ~. s.'!.. ".
cisrx, stin.ovmsr 10 HI. sn'rcs,t,,, ~ ses Ga,t.
fain. ;r.vern si,rnu i,,raI ~ thc ,ttrsrti ionw.