Daniel Webster Punch

Two dozen lemons, strained; two pounds of sugar, one-half pint green tea, strained; one quart best brandy, three quarts claret; bottle and keep over night. Then add champagne to suit the taste, strawberries bananas, oranges, cherries, pineapple and any fruit desired. Serve in punch-bowl with ice. Washington, In Jackson’s Time: A Custom Handed Down —… Continue reading Daniel Webster Punch

Yankee Origins

Yankee Origins. . . The White Man comes, pale as the dawn, with a load of thought, with a slumbering intelligence as a fire raked up, knowing well what he knows, not guessing but calculating; strong in community, yielding obedience to authority; of experienced race; of wonderful, wonderful common sense; dull but capable, slow but… Continue reading Yankee Origins

Published
Categorized as History