Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 May 1891 — The Big General’s Salad. [ARTICLE]

The Big General’s Salad.

The late Chief Justice Chase's daughter tells this story of a visit to old General Winfield Scott at Cozzens’, West 'Point: “He gave us seats at his own especial table, and was very kind to us, but I was terribly-afraid of him. One of his greatest pleasures at the table was to mix the most fiery of salads, which he would send by liis own man (who always stood behind his master s* chair) with the General's compliments to the favored few. My gastronomic tastes were far from being developed, and the old gentleman’s red pepper and mustard nearly killed me. I simply could not eat the burning stuff. Feeling the General’s eye upon me, I vainly tried to swallow it, but failed • ignominiouSly, with tears coming into my eyes with the effort. To add to my discomfort and mortification, a voice roared out in a deep tone from the General’s throne: ‘The little Chase does not like my salad.’ ”