The Kusko times., 1926-06-26


 a rare and rich humor. When he was afflicted with a slight attack of small pox and was quarantined in the White House he said, "Now that have something to give, nobody wants to take it from me-"
 The great Washington often im- bibed f'wisely but not too we'll" There has been recently printed his recipe for making beer. Here it is:
 1fTake large sitter full of bran hops to your taste-boil these three hours, then strain out 30 gallons into cooler. Put in three gallons mo- lasses while the beer, is scalding hot, or rather draw the molasses into the cooler and strain the beer oa1 1t while boiling hot. Let this stand till 1t IS little more than blood warm. then put in quart of yeast. If the weather is very cold, cover it over with a blanket and let it work in the cooler 24 hours, then put it into the cask. Leave the bung open until it is, almost done working. Bottle it that day week 1t was brewed. (Washington's notebook (kept when he was a. Virginia colonel in 175D, p. 6.)
 The great Hamilton had his unfort- unate affair witblD0lly Reynolds. The great Jefferson, at, times, too,, had his off moments. I call to, mind that off moment when he said that yellow fever was a provident- blessing be- caus cit discouraged the growth of great cities. Jefferson. you know, viewed cities as pestilentid to. the morals. 10 the health and to, the liber ties of mankind. The, answer is: A giant can carry thousand sins. The sun has it's spots. The diamond has it's flaws. I wish, however. that much more could be broadcast about the humor of Jefferson and the sparkle of his wit.
 Paul Wilstach has a. very interest ing chapter OH Jefferson!s humor en- titled Jefferson Out of Harness" and he calls to mind that Jefferson, cheered Elbridge Gerry, when that gentleman felt the barbs of his enc mics, with
 "The- vote of your opponents Is the most honorable mark by which the soundness of your conduct could he stamped. claim the same honorable testimonial. There was but single act of my whole administration of which that party approved * And when I found they approved if, ?, I confess I began strongly to appre- bend I had done some wrong, and to exclaim with the psalmist, Lord, what faye | done that the wicked should praise me2'
 WiIstach, furthermore, says that the reputation of an oratorical bore was wrapped up and delivered in the re- mark by Jefferson that His speeches were dull, vapid, verbose, egotistical, smooth as the lullaby of a nurse, and commanding, like that, the repose only of the nearer"
 Jefferson wrote Patrick Henry: "lf the troops could be fed upon long let ters, I believe the gentleman at the head of that department in this coun- try would be the best eommissary on earth. # They are like drop sical man calling for water" Jefferson often repeated story told him by Ben Franklin, who said he had been invited to O club of phy- sicians when the case under consid- eration was whether physicians had on the whole done more good or harm, and the chairman said they must first tell him whether under the appella- tion of physicians they meant to in clude old women. If they did, then they had done more good than harm; otherwise, more harm than good.
 And our good friend Jefferson had his moments when he could be quite l frivolous with the ladies. When he went to France he was asked by Mrs. Smith, daughter of John Adams, to procure for her two pairs of corsets. He. wrote to her from France as follows: