He had been a banker in New Orleans prior to the Civil War. After the war, the banking industry was really defunct so he tried his hand at something new. |
This is going to be a wonderful memory for us - we've never had anything of this magnitude in Jacksonville. The kids around here may have wanted the candy, but we were here for the beads, and we'll just bring them home to our grandchildren and great-grandchildren. |
We figured we'd have the world's largest Bloody Mary on a morning when people have the world's largest hangovers. |