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"I found him literally roasted from the crown of his head
to the soles of his feet. He was found in a blacksmith's shop.
The owner, all of a sudden, discovered an extensive light in his
shop as though the whole building were in one general blaze.
He ran with the greatest precipitancy, and on throwing open
the door discovered a man standing in the midst of a widely
extended silver-colored flame, bearing, as he described it, exactly
the appearance of the wick of a candle, in the midst of its own
flame.
"He seized him (the drunkard) by the shoulder and jerked
him to the door upon which the flame was instantly extin–
guished.
"There was no fire in the shop, neither was there any pos–
sibility of fire having been communicated to him by external
source. It was a case of spontaneous combustion.
"A general sloughing soon came on and his flesh was con–
sumed or removed in the dressing, leaving only the bones and a
few of the larger blood vessels. He complained of no pain for
his flesh was all gone and thus he survived for thirteen days."
American Temperance Magazine,
1851.
The Bronx
Ya
Gin.
Ya
French and Italian Vermouth.
Ya
Orange Juice.
The Cooperstown
Just like the Bronx but put two or three sprigs
of mint in the shaker. Lacking mint, a pepper–
mint candy isn't as bad as it sounds.
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