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trbe IReal tTale of tbe Cocb'o
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*11N a famous old tavern not far from
H the Philipse Manor House, the site
of what is now Yonkers on the Hudson^
and the very centre of the most popular
sport of the times, was blended the first
delightful cocktail.
If the descendants
of William Van Eyck, its jolly host, may
be believed, no better place could be
found along the length of the river, for
William's stories were as good as the
liquor that washed them down, "and his
liquors as honest and true and as spark
ling withal as his daughter. Mistress
Peggy, who gave them forth with such
demure grace as made their serving doubly
welcome to the thirsty gallants who
thronged the bar and taproom.
1R0W Master Van Eyck loved but three