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MODERN A.MERicAN DRINKS.

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Cincinnati.

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glass half-full of lemon soda; then fill with

draught beer.

, Cherry Brandy.

Ten pounds of ripe wild cherries are freed from

their pits, the pits are pulverized, aud, with the

cherries and one gallon brandy, placed in a demi–

john or a covered stone jar for eight weeks. Add

two pounds refined sugar, filter through filtering–

paper, bottle; bnt use only after it has been bot–

tled at least six weeks.

Claret Lemonade.

Make a plain, sweet lemonade, add a jigger of

claret before shaking; decorate with fruit. Serve

straws.

Mulled Claret.

Put in a dish four lumps sugar, two jiggers

claret, the juice of a quarter of a lemon, a little

powdei:ed

allspice, three cloves, a small stick cin–

nc1mon. Bring the above to the boiling point, then

strain into a hot-drink glass, and add a slice of

lemon .

Mulled

Claret and Egg.

Prepare same as Mulled Claret, leaving out the

lump sugar. Boil the mixture one minute. Beat

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