Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 August 1886 — The Barbecue. [ARTICLE]

The Barbecue.

According to Webster, the name barbecue is taken from the Indians of Guiana, in whose language it is a frame on which all kinds of flesh and fish were roasted or smoke-dried. The definition is “a hog, ox, or other large animal roasted whole;” second, “a large social entertainment, usually' in the open air, at which animals are roasted whole, and other provisions of all kinds are consumed.”- —i—i—— - l : £ Probably the nearest approach to the barbecue in other countries was a custom which obtained in Germany during the middle ages, at the crowning of an emperor, when an ox was . roasted whole. However it originated, in this country it has been a favorite means of entertainment for the great crowds who have been brought together for various purposes in Georgia in the years gone by. In the ante-bellum days, when Mrhigs and Democrats met each other on the bustlings, it was customary for the friends of the two candidates to combine and provide, for a barbecue. Then invitations were sent out to the yeomanry, ana they would come. The joint discussion would take place in the forenoon, and after the discussion came dinner. Somehow this timehonored custom had fallen into disuse, and the barbecue was relegated to male picnics.— Georgia Bulletin. Every sewing machine agent will positively assert that the machine he sells is the best. That doesn’t make it sew, however.

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