Colonial recipes, from old Virginia and Maryland manors

" Green-walled by the hills of Maryland," in fact at the very foot of South Mountain lies Weldon, whose story is written in brick, for the quaint old house is built of brick and the walks around it are all made of brick, and so ancient are they that the roots of the great old trees have pushed them upward in many places. Miss Emily Emerson Lantz, in a recent publication, writes of it : " The old Welsh name Weldon was given to the Bomberger estate by Lord Baltimore, and it is a beautiful old place adorned with a typical Southern gallery. The trees of the place are, many of them, more than a century old, and covered with English ivy. It has a picturesque garden hedged in by boxwood, where the quiet is broken by bird songs the year around. Even the click of the latch of the old front gate is a bird's note. All the surroundings are so quaint and old-fashioned that they seem but a chapter from an ancient book — and those Weldon 91 possessing imagination can almost hear the crack of whip and call of postboy and almost see the long-ago post-chaise speeding down the road." Through the kindness of Mrs. Bomberger of Weldon, wife of Mr. M. Benton Bomberger, a number of old recipes are given. " Mr. M. Benton Bomberger is the greatgrandson of Lawrence Bomberger, who was one of the landed gentlemen of Maryland before the Revolutionary War, Frederick Calvert, sixth and last Lord Baltimore, having granted to him three tracts of land, named respectively ' Wine Hill,' ' Virgin Fair,' and ' Blue Rock,' the latter having been granted July 1, 1758. And it was upon this grant of land that the first monument ever erected to George Washington was built, July 4, 1827, by patriotic citizens of Boonesborough, whose memories still thrilled with the triumph of the American Revolution. " In addition to these grants made by Lord Baltimore, Lawrence Bomberger was the owner of other large estates, and he also owned two wharves in the city of Baltimore, which were eventually sold for taxes, as his 92 Weldon representative possessing the power of attorney neglected to pay them in due time. " Lawrence Bomberger descended from an old and distinguished German family that had furnished a long line of statesmen for Prussia. He was a devout churchman, and he died full of years and was buried on his old estate where he had lived the quiet life of a country gentleman." These are the old Weldon recipes : "Then a ham brown and crisp, and bristling all over with cloves." OLD MARYLAND BAKED HAM {Weldon) Soak a ham in cold water for 2 clays and 2 nights, changing the water in that time four times. Wash it thoroughly in tepid water. Place it skin down in the ham boiler, which must be full of cold water:" Do not boil too fast, and as the water boils down replenish with hot water. When the ham is done it will turn of its ozvn accord skin up in the boiler. While the ham is hot remove the skin carefully, then place the ham in a large Wei don 93 pan. Stick the ham full of cloves, sprinkle with black pepper, bread crumbs, and brown sugar. Pour over it a cup of sherry wine and put it in the oven until it is nicely baked and browned. OLD COLONIAL EASTER HAM . {Weldon)