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USEFUL FORMULAS.
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WAX PUTTY FOR LEAKY BUNGS.
Spirits of turpentine, two pounds; tallow, four pounds; solid turpentine,
twelve pounds. Melt the wax and solid turpentine together over a slow fire,
and then add the tallow. When melted, remoYe to a cool place and stir in the
spirits of turpentine and allow it to cool.
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WHEN TO SERVE BEVERAGES.
APPETIZER-Dry, pale sherry, plain or with a dash of bitters; vermouth,
plain; or a cocktail.
· WITH OYSTERS-Rhine wine, Moselle, dry sauternes, chablis, or Capri,
cool.
fish.
WITH SoUPs-Sherry or madeira,
cool.
WITH FISH-Sauternes, chablis, Rhine wine, Moselle, or Capri,
cool.
WITH E NTREEs-Claret or Chianti,
t emperature of room.
WITH ROAST-Claret, burgundy, or Chianti,
t emperature of room.
Wl'I'H GAME--Champagne (cold), old vintage champagne,
cool.
WITH PASTRY- Madeira,
cool.
WITH CHEESE--Port,
temperature of room .
WITH F&m•.r-Tokay, malaga, or muscat,
t emperature of room.
WITH COFFEE-Brandy or cordial,
temperature of room.
lf
you ao not wish to serve such a variety, use the following, viz. :–
Either sherry or sherry and bitte.rs, vermouth, or a cocktail as an appetizer.
Either Rhine wine, Moselle, sauternes, chablis, or Capri with oysters aml
Either sherry or madeira with soup.
Either champagne, claret, burgundy, Chianti or whiskey highbail through ·
out the meal.
Either brandy, cordial, or port after dinner.
Either ale or stout with oysters, fi sh, cold meats, steaks, chops, or b rcacl
and cheese.
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A TRUE STORY.
Once there was a vacancy in the diplomatic service, and a certain congress–
man recommended one of his constituents for the office who for "J:oa ny years had
been a popular barkeeper.
A certain political celebrity approached the congressman tha t same evening
and in undertones informed
him
that it had been quietly whispered in private
circles that his candidate never had b een anything but a barkeeper, and conse–
quently his candidacy was out of all reason.
"That," replied the congressman, ;'is exactly why
I
am plugging for him,
for he has been tried out
1
and
I
claim that no one but a diplomat of the first
water can be a successful barkeeper."