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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Kasia, post: 1266656, member: 31533&quot;]Supposedly didn&#039;t mean anything, but was put there to stir up controversy as to what it meant --- great way to get people talking about it. Also this is the product that got defacing natural settings banned.</p><p><br /></p><p>from <a href="http://www.harpweek.com/09cartoon/BrowseByDateCartoon.asp?Month=October&amp;Date=28" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.harpweek.com/09cartoon/BrowseByDateCartoon.asp?Month=October&amp;Date=28" rel="nofollow">http://www.harpweek.com/09cartoon/BrowseByDateCartoon.asp?Month=October&amp;Date=28</a></p><p><br /></p><p>[TABLE=&quot;width: 791&quot;]</p><p>[TR]</p><p>[TD=&quot;width: 125, bgcolor: #F8F8D3&quot;][/TD]</p><p>[TD=&quot;width: 465, bgcolor: #F8F8D3&quot;]<font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">J. H. Drake and his partner, William P. Ward, insisted that “S. T. 1860 X” did not stand for anything, but was a gimmick to capture public attention.&nbsp; It worked.&nbsp; There was much discussion over what the trademark meant, with the more popular answer being, “Started Trade in 1860 with Ten Dollars.”&nbsp; A more unlikely suggestion was that “1860” substituted for “c-r-o-i” to spell “St. Croix,” the home to the rum that made up much of the product.&nbsp; In 1867, public reaction against Drake’s painted signs on the sides of the White Mountains prompted the New Hampshire legislature to enact the first law in the nation regulating outdoor advertising.&nbsp; The act prohibited the defacement of any natural setting of scenic beauty with commercial advertisements. </font></font></font></font></p><p>[/TD]</p><p>[/TR]</p><p>[/TABLE][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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