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or powdered sugar and the juice of
1 lemon; 1 gill of Maraschino; 2 bot
tles of soda; 2 bottles of claret wine;
2 bottles of champagne.
Stir well together and dress the top
with fruit in season.
BISHOP A LA PRUSSE.
One bottle of claret; % lb. of pound
ed loaf or granulated sugar; 5 good
sized bitter oranges.
Roast the oranges until they are of
a pale brown color; lay them in a tur
een, and cover them with the sugar;
adding 3 glasses of the claret, cover
the tureen and let It stand until the
next day. When required for use, place
the tureen in a pan of boiling water,
press the oranges with a spoon, and
run the Juice through a sieve. Boil the
remainder of the claret; add the strained
Juice, and serve warm in glasses. Port
wine is often substituted for claret.
CURACOA.
Six oz. of very thin orange peel; 1
pt. of whiskey; 1 pt. of clarified syrup; 1
drachm powdered alum; 1 drachm Car
bonate of potash.
Place the orange peel in a bottle,
which will hold a quart with the whis
key; cork tightly and let the contents
remain for 12 days, shake the bottle
frequently. Then strain out the peel,
add the syrup; shake well, and let it
stand for 3 days. Take out a teacupful
into a mortar, and beat up with the
alum and potash; when well mixed,
pour it back into the bottle, and let it
remain for a week. The Curacoa will
then be perfectly clear.
FRAPPED CAFE ROYAL,
It consists of % of black coffee and
y, brandy, trapped in a cooler, and
drank while the mixture is yet in a
semi-frozen state. It is very potent.
MANHATTAN OYSTER COCKTAIL.
Strain % lemon into a large goblet; 1
or 2 dashes Tobasco sauce; 1 teaspoon-
ful of pepper sauce; a trace of vinegar;
a pinch of salt; a little red pepper; a
slightly larger quantity of white pep
per.
This entire array forms but the sea
soning for the liquor of half a dozeri
freshly opened, succulent Blue-Point
oys.ers, which is next added to the con
tents of the glass, and completes the
cocktail.
TOASTS
FOR ALL OCCASIONS
To our absent friends—Although out
of sight, we recognize them with our
glasses.
Woman—She needs no eulogy—she
speaks for herself.
Woman—The fairest work of the
great Author; the edition is large and
no man should be without a copy.
May the sunshine of plenty dispel
the clouds of care.
May we be wiser today than we were
yesterday, and tomorrow than we are
today.
May those who are discontented with
their own country leave their country
for their country's good.
The good die young—Here's hoping
that you may live to a ripe old age.
If you leave a kiss within the glass
I'll not ask for wine.
Champagne for our real friends and
real pain for our sham friends.
Home—The place you are treated
best and grumble most.
Drink no longer water, but use a lit
tle wine for the stomach's sake.
In climbing the hill of prosperity
may you never meet a friend.
May the hinges of friendship never
grow rusty.
Our Country—^May she always be in
the right; but our country, right or
wrong.—Decatur.
May we have more friends and need
them less and less.
The Americans'
triumvirate—love,
honor and liberty.
Let us have wine and women, mirth
and laughter.
We will not ask her name.—Byron.
Chess-like, a successful courtship
ends by mating.
Here's to our wives and sweethearts;
may they never meet.
In poker, like a glass of beer, you
draw to fill.
May we always have a head to earn
and a heart to spend.
May we never crack a Joke or break
a reputation.
May the devil cut the toes of all our
foes, that we may know them by their
limping.
May foreign fashions never corrupt
American manners.
Here's to Love, the only fire against
which there is no insurance.
Our Country—May there be no North,
no South, no East, no West, but only
one broad, beautiful, united, glorious
land.
Where's the coward who would not
dare to fight for such a land—Our
Country!
Here's to the health of everybody,
lest somebody should feel himself
slighted.