The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-11-18

The bill is Endorsed with uncors cious humor,
This all paid for except the minister's rum.
called. were very popular in New York in the
middle OF the eighteenth century and \ tray ell
ling Clergyman named Burnaby wrote in 1883
There are several taverns pleasantly sit
rated upon fa>, River near New York, v ere
1t is common to have these turtle casts These
A,apI en- once or twice a week, Thirty or forty
gentlemen and ladies' meet and dine together,
drink tea In the afternoon. fish and anuse
themselves till evening, and then return home
in Italian chui-e,, Il gentleman and lady 10
each Cnaise. On the way there Is n bridge.
about three miles distant from New York.
called the Kissing Bridge. where Il Is part OF
the etiquette to salute the lady who has put
herself under your Irotection,"
In philadelI hia, catfish. instead Of turtle.
dinners we're in vogue $50 years ago. and Il
famous place for catfish dinner in those days
Falls ,Wafios, were served with the catfish,
reI reduced bills of fare show In such abundance
Of the, astonishing digestive powers Of our
And Speaking Of the things they ~joyfully
coniided TO the care 81 their Intervals, the aw-
ful aDominations which they. drank are en-
titled TO distinguished consideration. That
In the Selectmen's and c~lergymen's bills above
presented are among these, to say nothing Of
deleCable. brew known rs whip. belly ven
geance," Nlimbo was a combination OF rum
and sn%is i.@f , sugar, si1GE sikT cIt v" was trr rum ,,1 and ID
the groceries with a salt Goldfish hanging near
the kes, tor the drinkers TO whet, their thirst
boiling water and a liberal dash 81 mustard
and whip tellv vengeance" a horr,r which
goes back % England FOR It's origin, was sour
with W. ssrs. sprinkled with hreaicrumhs
and du' uirinr hot Zip was a ditb lical
and lemon peel. the whole heated by ~nllurinr
into. the mess \ red-hot iron called n logger
hsGin Mrs Earle IN her Sn,i%l7lssm for the
rccorded and used by Gen Putnam" and she
turthrrmore stirred the tipf With y genuine
what she said " tho distrcssi'g consequences
Mas, had neither the tastes mr. the d.
descrlhablH 9~corched and ,puckering bitterness
TIVE TN my memory ns nm antidntN frr ny over
w,eni0r l'nri.T tr ~" GOOD "i ~ e."
latter part OF The eighteenth century aud there
were scores Of kinds u punch and many scores
Of ways Of making i. .,nharIes Lamb, says
half the town kicked by Bully DAWSON his
s b. I1,s s ns. pre- T fsev a ,i t"m 1S%T D ~ "a. STf TSg.
land landlord. aud - worth choosing among a
score Of rule. The man says hqliy Dawson,
IL making punch IA ~ well lnoi for tho North
west Passage on Mutton HUI. 4 map can
never make good punch unless he Il SATISFIED.
nay positive, that no man Breathing can make
better. can and d, make good punch. be-
cause I do nothing else. and this Is my way of
%y tfngTfedisnts re9dy sorted They are as
follows. and ] mix them In the order they ara
here written. sugar. twelve tolerable humps,
hot water, one pint; lemons, two. the Juice and
peel. Old Jamaica rum, two eills, brandy. one
gill: porter or stout. half q Gill. arrack, a slight
dash allow my.elf five minutes TO make a
stirring the mixture as ] furnish the ingredients
until 1t actually foams; and then. kangaroosl
how beautiful II is!'