Bisbee daily review., 1907-10-27

residence for the special use of the ,'-s:scA 1. =;ss::ss;a greet. greet
 The Marquis cleaned up the dishes. wiped his lips and complimented Squire Brown on the excellency of his cook He said he had never seen the equal of that dish, so the people of Guilford have been taught to be- lieve and the squire went to bed about as happy as if he had been appoint ed Commander in Chief of the army.
 Squire Brown died in due course and was laid to rest in Guilford Green, and the Marquis de Lafayette went back to France He never forgot his Guilford dinner Of succotash, and many years later when he met Chas. Jarel Ingersol of New Haven, Conn. in Paris and he recalled the excel lence of that dinner of succotash. Squire Brown had been forgotten for years then, but the Marquis had not forgotten his succotash
 During the Revolutionary War Gen eral Prescott commanded the British forces at Newport He was finally rounded up by the ever present Col. Barton. who started out at once with his prisoner for Washington's head quarters on the Raritan river in New Jersey. Along with the party was Colonel Elliott of the American army
 The first town they stopped at in Connecticut was Lebanon, small place that has produced five able gov ernors of Connecticut. It was there that Governor Jonathan Trurubull, the Brother Jonathan" of Washington $ time, had his war office and directed military affairs of Connecticut dur ing the struggle. Near the war office was a famous tavern kept by Captain Alden and his good wife
 The captain had entertained such men as General Knox of the American army. Rochambeau and Layfayette. Il didn't surprise him therefore whe1 the party conveying the British stop ped at his tavern. Colonel Elliott call ed for the best that the tavern af forded.
 When supper was announced the American officers and the British general entered the dining room ana took their places at the table. After they were all seated, Mrs. Alden. wife of the landlord, entered with long bowl of steaming succotash of tho old fashioned variety which she plac ed with much care in the center o the table. This she considered to bt as fine dish as could be placed be fore any Englishman, and she is sait to have prided herself a good dea or her ability to excel other house wives in it's preparation.
 The British general had never be fore seen this Yankee dish and ht looked at it long and earnestly. Fin ally after debating in his mind whai the dish might be. he sniffed, glarec disdainfully at the plain dish of corr and beans and snorted out:
 What, madam, do you serve me with the food of hogs2"
 After delivering this yolIey the irate general arose and swept the bowl oi succotash from the table. The sue cotash was distributed among the laps of the American officers and on the floor. The bowl was shattered on the oaken floor.
 Captain Alden viewed the proceed ings from the kitchen doorway. Ht kept his temper in admirable shape went to side room, procured a raw hide horsewhip, and returning, march ed up to the Brigadier of King George ! s--.A= =tiesas sIaz2de him -nuar- the head am shoulders until the American officer: thought he had had enough and res cued the general from his predica ment.
 | Mrs. Alden secured more food, bu the general went to his room in { great huff and didn't have any supper that night. The succotash episode a Lebanon remained in General Pres cott's mind for a long time, and h' spoke of it with anger years after
 ward to an American in London.