(February 14/08)
Had I known beforehand, before it got out of hand, I’d have never got involved in colportage (Colportage is the distribution of religious publications, books, tracts, etc., by carriers called colporteurs. The term is an alteration of French comporter, "to peddle" as a portmanteau or pun with the word col (Latin collum, "neck"), with the resulting meaning "to carry on one's neck". Porter, is from Latin portare, "to carry."The America Bible Society and the American Tract Society were among the largest organizations involved in colportage in the United States. The term may also be seen referring to any kind of book peddling, not only the religious ones) even unwittingly. However I am quite fond of the lilting jazz styling’s of the late Cole Porter. In the past Valentine’s day was the day I drank a tankard’s-worth of Ballantine's Finest Blended Scotch Whisky (First produced in 1827 by 18 year old George Ballantine in Cowgate, Edinburgh. Ballantine's Finest Blended Scotch Whisky contains no less than 57 malts which include Allied owned Miltonduff and Glenburgie.The Dumbarton plant is locally renowned for its 'Scotchwatch' burglar alarm, consisting of 100 odd noisy geese!). George Ballantine, to the best of my knowledge, was never a colporteur. Hallowell and Smith, however, were notorious colporteurs, having been known to peddle the King James version of the Standard Bible at sporting events and in children’s playgrounds. Both men, colporteurs, were also notorious for drinking Ballantine's Finest Blended Scotch Whisky by the tankard while peddling and hawking.
Had I known beforehand, before it got out of hand, I’d have never got involved in colportage (Colportage is the distribution of religious publications, books, tracts, etc., by carriers called colporteurs. The term is an alteration of French comporter, "to peddle" as a portmanteau or pun with the word col (Latin collum, "neck"), with the resulting meaning "to carry on one's neck". Porter, is from Latin portare, "to carry."The America Bible Society and the American Tract Society were among the largest organizations involved in colportage in the United States. The term may also be seen referring to any kind of book peddling, not only the religious ones) even unwittingly. However I am quite fond of the lilting jazz styling’s of the late Cole Porter. In the past Valentine’s day was the day I drank a tankard’s-worth of Ballantine's Finest Blended Scotch Whisky (First produced in 1827 by 18 year old George Ballantine in Cowgate, Edinburgh. Ballantine's Finest Blended Scotch Whisky contains no less than 57 malts which include Allied owned Miltonduff and Glenburgie.The Dumbarton plant is locally renowned for its 'Scotchwatch' burglar alarm, consisting of 100 odd noisy geese!). George Ballantine, to the best of my knowledge, was never a colporteur. Hallowell and Smith, however, were notorious colporteurs, having been known to peddle the King James version of the Standard Bible at sporting events and in children’s playgrounds. Both men, colporteurs, were also notorious for drinking Ballantine's Finest Blended Scotch Whisky by the tankard while peddling and hawking.
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