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Now, mother, mix us three good stiff tumblers, and take a glass for yourself.” “It is twenty year since I tasted spirits,” the old woman said, “though John has often got a drop after a successful run; but this afternoon I don’t mind if I do try a little, if it is only to put the thought of them bonfiring negroes out of my mind.” “I hope it will have that effect,” Will laughed.
G. A. (George Alfred) Henty - By Conduct and Courage : A Story of the Days of Nelson

When they heard of the free apples which they had missed by their zeal in bonfiring, a bitterness came upon them, and they came together and tried to organize a committee to go down and see Judge Brown and state their grievance. At last one desperate young fellow took the lead, and the rest marched after. He moved off down the street, shouting through his closed lips "Bum, bum, bum, bum, bum!"
Hamlin Garland - A Spoil of Office: A Story of the Modern West
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