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THE MIXICOLOGIST.
Draught stout or beer when tapped, if wanted for
quiek use, should have a porous vent peg put in the
bnng, and left a short time to clear; if the draught is
slow, give it time to fine without venting.
The beer cellar should be lofty, dry, and well ven
tilated.
Mean and adulterated drinks supply the temperance
fanatics with their most powerful arguments, and if it
were possible to abolish the manufacture and sale of
these abominable concoctions there would be less need
for restriction of the traffic. When such whiskeys as
are put upon the market, and which for years have
proved all that is claimed for them—a bland ripe, and
delicious whiskey, that has few equals, the favorite
with bon vivant and medical practitioner alike—then it
is a friend, supplying thousands with the means of main
taining health and strength and enjoyment.
The mistaken treatment of.diluting claret with ice
water develops all its rough flavor and crude properties.
The O-neh-da Vineyard, Rochester, N. Y., was or
ganized and is conducted by Monseigneur McQuaid,
bishop of that city. The property, it is said, belongs to
the Rochester Seminary,ofwhich he is the head. Several
years ago the bishop spent several weeks in the white
wine district near Bordeaux, studying the making of
sauternes.