Paint the Town Red

[Laurence Horn]

At 10:38 PM -0400 7/17/00, Bapopik at AOL.COM wrote:
>   From the NATIONAL POLICE GAZETTE, "Before the Bar" column ("Doings and
>Gossip Among the Saloon-Keepers, Distillers and Brewers"), 27 December
>1884, pg. 14, col. 2:
>
>   The expression, "painting the town red," signifying a jubileee,
>originated with Gov. Waller, who, in a congratulatory speech at a Yale
>boat crew victory, said: "I hope, gentlemen, you will paint this town red."
>
Well, either they disappointed his hopes, or the paint has faded.

larry