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THE MIXICOLOGIST.
for restnct1on of the traffic. "\Vhen such whiskeys as
Old Crow and· Mellwood Bourbon and Normandy
Rye are put upon the market, and which for years
have proved all that is claimed for them-a bland,
ripe, and delicious whiskey, that has few equals, the
favorite with
bon
vivanl
and medical practitioner alike–
then it is a friend, supplying thousands with the means
of maintaining health and strength and enjoyment.
Fernet-Branca is a drink that is greatly used by the
natives of Italy. It is said that it will prevent indiges–
tion and cure it without having recourse to remedies
which weaken the digestive organs.
It
is said that
during the visitation of cholera in Italy in 1865, 1873,
1884-85, this drink accomplished surprising cures.
Messrs.
L.
Gandolfi
&
Co.,
427
West Broadway, are
the United States agents for this drink.
The mistaken treatment of diluting claret with ice
water develops all its rough flavor and crude properties.
The 0-neh-da Vineyard, Rochester, N. Y., was or–
ganized and is conducted by Monseigneur McQuaid,
bishop of that city. The property, it is said, belongs to
the Rochester Seminary, of which he is the head. Several
years ago the bishop spent several weeks in the white
wine district near Bordeaux, studying the making of
sauternes.