Extra Credit Questions

[J. Beckert]

L Verge Wrote:
Joseph had a lesson in hush puppies when he ate at Capt. Billy's on Sunday after the conference. He asked what they were, and I explained the cornmeal dabs that were fried and thrown to the dogs who were begging in the kitchen. At that point in time, I think he said they were good.

O.K. - Now I remember. They were good!

[L Verge]

Then I have a genetic problem because my family (all Southerners as you may have guessed) call it stuffing also. We stuff roasting chickens and our holiday turkeys - and we literally stuff it up in those birds and have long-handled stuffing spoons to dig it out with when it's brought to the table. I'm like you, Craig; dressing is something you put on salads (ranch, bleu cheese, Italian, Russian, etc.). Maybe they've changed the rules since I grew up?

[RJNorton]

Lincoln once told Lamon that he was worried something won't scour. What was Lincoln referring to?

[Gene C]

Gettysburg address?

[RJNorton]

Asked and answered in 3 minutes. Kudos, Gene!

[LincolnMan]

Same as Gene's answer: Gettysburg Address. Somehow, I doubt Lincoln actually said.

[RJNorton]

Good point, Bill. Lamon can be unreliable, and I am assuming the only source for this is the recollection of Lamon.

[LincolnMan]

I think so Roger. I remember hearing Gore Vidal mentioning it as if it had been true, but we both know that Lamon was his source.

[LincolnMan]

John Hay wrote that "hostile journals" described this person as a "shallow, vainglorious, woolly-horse, mule-eating, free-love, "n"-embracing Black Republican; an extravagant, insubordinate, reckless adventurer; a financial spend-thrift and political mountebank." Who were the journals referring too?

[J. Beckert]

Charles Sumner?

[LincolnMan]

No, not Sumner-good guess though.

[Laurie Verge]

Thaddeus Stevens?

[LincolnMan]

Laurie: another really good guess but it wasn't him either.

[J. Beckert]

I have to beat her. Seward?

[RJNorton]

Frémont?