HOW MEXICO'S POPULAR BEVERAGE WAS DISCOVERED.
Somewhere about the year 990—50 tk legend r'uns-a Tolteo Indian, whw najne. was PApantzin, was. the Aft to discover that the juice of the l|§uev (Agaye Amprjcano,'be(itei;in6wn'to i ''ui as'albe or'if ceiunjry plant b| distilledintqa gads, 'Desiring to bring .this new iblejsing into royal favor, lie oalied his onl£..daughter -rXophiti, signifying "the flower"—and oomniisssionQd her-as Qup:bearer to the king. This ancient Hebe,; we are told, was young and beautiful, and the monarch not only drank- and praised-the pulque, but wedded the maiden.; and ; to this day the beverage of old was no doubt called •"■Pap"-by-his dutiful children—is tho universal beverage of the lower classes in. Mexico, / Maguey is asmuch'of a feature of tin's- country as trees are of the United States, All over the land it flourishes, cultivated witl} carj in many places, grqwjiigqut qf bare wcka on t|e mmintain'Bi.de, and springing upas a weed in waterless deserts, It has an infine variety of uses, and is to tho Mexican Indian what the reindeer is to the Esquimaux, or tho rico : planUqtho Chinaman. ■ -■ .•::'•.'"' "
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 1907, 5 February 1885, Page 2
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179HOW MEXICO'S POPULAR BEVERAGE WAS DISCOVERED. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 1907, 5 February 1885, Page 2
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