1934 The bon Vivant's Companion (7th printing 1934) by Jerry Thomas

PUNCH

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NUREMBURGH PUNCH

For a party of fifteen From a recipe in the possession of Hon. Gulian C.Verplanck

Take three-quarters of a poimd of loaf sugar, press upon it, through muslin,the juice of two or more good-sized oranges; add a little of the peel, cut very thin, pour upon a quart of boiling water, the third part of that quantity of Batavia arrack, and a bottle of hot, but not boiling, red or white French wine — red is best. Stir together. This is excellent, when cold, and will improve by age.

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UNITED SERVICE PUNCH

Dissolve,in two pints of hot tea, three-quarters of a pound of loaf sugar, having previously rubbed off, with a portion of the sugar, the peel of four lemons; then add the juice of eight lemons, and a pint of arrack.

RUBY PUNCH

Dissolve, in three pints of hot tea, one pound of sugar; add thereto the juice of six lemons, a pint of arrack, and a pint of port wine. 12 A noted New York politician before the Civil War. The Whigs nominated him for Mayor in 1834, the first year that official was elected by popular vote, but he was defeated by the Tammany candidate, Law rence. The voting was in progress for three days, and there was much serious rioting, which was finally quelled by the National Guard. Rioters who attacked the office of the \^ig newspaper. The Courier & Enqtdrer, at No. .i;8 Wall Street, carried a huge cross, after the fashion of the modern Ku Klux Klan.It was burned in Broadway, near old Trinity Church. 29