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DRINKS.

89

to

which

it

belongs,

Wine

of

the

Holy

Ghost.

Leisten

wines

are

grown

on

Mt.

Saint

Nicolas.

6'/r^z£/

w

ines

are

made

in

Franconia.

Calmus,

a

liqueur

wine,

like

the

sweet wines

of

Hungary,

is

made

in

the

territory

of

Frankfurt.

The

best

vineyards

are

those

of

Bischofs-

heim.

Wines

of

Saxony

are

of

little

worth.

Meissen

and

Guben

produce

the

best.

Naumburg

makes

some

small

wines,

like

inferior

Burgundy.

The

excellence

of

the

Rhine

wines

has

seldom

perhaps

been

proved

more

clearly

than

by

one

who

loved

them

well.

Goethe,

in

his

Aus

einer

Reise

am

Rhein,

Main

und

Neckar^

says

:

'^

Niemand

schdmt

sich

der

Weinlust,

sie

rUhmen

sich

einigermaassen

des

Trinkens.

Hilbsche

Frauen

gestehen

dass

ihre

Kinder

mit

der

Mutterbrust

zugleich

Wein

geniessen,

Wir

fragten

ob

denn

wahr

sey,

dass

es

geistlichen

Herren,

ja

Kilrfursten

gegluckt,

acht

Rheinische

Maass

das

heisst

sechzehn

unserer

Bou-

teillen,

in

vierundzwanzig

Stunden

zu

sich

zunehmen

?

Ein

scheinbar

ernsthafter

Gast

bemerkte^

man

dilrfe

sich

zu

Beantwortung

dieser

Frage

nur

der

Fasten-

eeredigt

ihres

Weihbischofs

erinnern,

welcher,

ncichdem

pr

das

schreckliche

Laster

der

Trunkenheit

seiner

G-

meinde

mit

den

stdrksten

Farben

dargestellty

also

gesch-

lossen

habe

"

But

for

those

who

understand

not

the

German

tongue

we

will

give

some

of

the

sermon

of

this

Church

dignitary

on

the

Rochusberg

in

English.

''

Those,

my

pious

brethren,

commit

the

greatest

sin

who

misuse

God's

glorious

gifts.

But

the

misuse

ex-

cludes

not the

use.

Wine,

it

is

written,

rejoices

man's

heart.

Therefore

we

are

clearly

intended

to

enjoy

it.j

Now

perhaps,

beloved

brethren,

there

is

not

one

of