FW: Calzone, Sausage Pizza (1947)

[James A. Landau]

[It was this message, not the one about the Big Bang and Fred Hoyle, that
went AWOL.  My apologies.  I hope nobody hurt a finger hitting the DELETE
key.]


In a message dated 09/25/2001 2:55:04 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
abatefr at EARTHLINK.NET writes:

> Oh, and I forgot to mention Colt revolvers (Hartford).

Samuel Colt had the inspiration for his revolver (not the first one ever
invented, but the first practical one) while on a sea voyage, and after
getting a patent in 1836 he started manufacturing revolvers not in
Connecticut but in Paterson, New Jersey.  The model he produced is known as
the "Paterson Colt" and is a valued collector's item.

Colt went broke in 1842.  In 1846 or 1847 he and Samuel Walker of the Texas
Rangers came up with a new model, known as the "Walker Colt".  Many years ago
I saw one in a pawnshop, with a price tag of $1500.

I haven't found out when Colt set up his factory in Hartford.

You forgot to mention "The Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court", who
was originally a foreman in Colt's Hartford plant.

Another famous firearm maker in Connecticut is Winchester.  Oliver
Winchester, who at one time was Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut, hired a
man named B. Tyler Henry to redesign a firearm in which he had a financial
interest.  The result was the Henry Rifle, a famous Civil War weapon (though
not to be confused with the Spencer, "the gun the Yankees loaded on Sunday
and fired all week.").  In 1866 a new version of the Henry was sold under the
Winchester name.

Incidentally, after 1873 Colt sold a .44 caliber revolver (identical except
in caliber to the Colt .45 "Peacemaker") which used the same ".44-40"
ammunition as the Model 1873 Winchester carbine.

And speaking of New Haven, has anyone found citational evidence whether
Lender's Bagels of New Haven antedated the OED citations?

           - Jim Landau  (from South Jersey.  Paterson is in North Joisey)

P.S.  sandwiched in my e-inbox between the e-mails on "Whiffle Ball" versus
"Wiffle Ball" was a piece of spam on "Wisk" cleaner.