Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1896-06-26
HOW FrsHHousE PUNCH IS MADE.
Ingredisnte of the state IN .sehuyIIdI's"
Seductive Coneoetion.

Seductive Concoction
Fishhouse punch first brought trouble
into this world, says the Philadelphia
Times, through the medium of The
oldest social org imitation speaking the
English language and which still has its
habita,ion in this city. This Is the
famous State in Schuylkin 1t is
only, however, within the hospi,able
walls OF that famou, Organization that
this most seductive beverage is to day
made as it was I64 years ago Since
then there have been many limitations
of it, all seductive and deceptive, and
generally accomplishing the calamity
which appears to have overtaken the
inquirer The spurious copies generally
contain champagne and other liquids
foreign to the primal compound, but the
predominating trait of both original and
counterfeit is that the mild taste of the
punch is as "false as the dicers' oaths"
or the woman's smiles He who sips
for the first time imagines that he has
been made immortal by the ambrosia of
the gods, and only realizes, when he is
under the table, that he still belongs to
the earth earthly
The secret of the making of the
original fshhouse punch is jealously
preserved by its guardians, and even
among the members of the organization
which gave it being there are frequent
disputes as to the proper receipt For
instance, old George Cuthbert, who be-
came a member in 1888. frequently
claimed, when he was convivially conf
Dental, that he had the one and only
formula for the proper preparation of
the beverage which met the palate
gently and then leased the brain to
wild fantasies. Still older members,
however, quietly laughed at his Preten
sions It is difficult to get at the truth
of the matter because the members of
the Estate in Schuylklll" pride them
selves upon the secrecy which snr-
rounds everything appertaining to their
society A careful canvass, however,
of its present officers, which includes
Governor, members of the Assembly,
Sheriff, Coroner, and Secretary, leads
irresistibly to the conclusion that the
original receipt of pre-Revolutionary
days is still in vogue on the festal days
which the members celebrate, and that
it is as follows:
One bottle of brandy, two bottles of
Jamaica RIM, quart of sour and
pound of sweet; the sour meaning lemon
Juice and the sweet meaning sugar. The
addition of dash of peach brandy and
some sliced fruits completes the deadly
tale. The older members state that
many years ago there was used in the
compound two and a half pounds of
sugar, but that frequent attacks of govt
warned them that too much saccharine
matter was disabling their undetpinning
and consequently the proportion of SUI
gar was lessened.
A fercer mixture which members of
the Estate in Schuylkill" sometimes at
tack on momentous occasions is known
as "The Governor" The secret of its
making has never before escaped be-
yond the walls, but for the benefit of
those seeking pleasant and quick end
ing it is herewith betrayed. 1t is COM
posed of equal proportions of Jamaica
rum and brandy, with sugar to suit the
taste.
1t will be Noticed that in neither of
these mixtures is whisky given as either
a basic condition or an addition. That
is easily explained from the fact that in
the oden days, and even up to the date
of the civil war, whisky was looked up
on as tn drink of groom and not of
gentleman