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" Short Drinks," and will be found duly^scheduled,
farther on. Here, however, is a long 'un.
Saratoga Cocktail.
Put into a large tumbler twenty drops of pine
apple syrup, twelve of Angostura bitters, twenty o
maraschino, and a wine-glass of old brandy; nearly
fill the glass with pounded ice, and mix well.
Add two or three strawberries and a shred of thin
lemon-peel, and top up with champagne.
Jrctic Regions.
Large tumbler. Quarter of a pint of milk, wine
glass ofsherry, and liqueur-glass ofold brarmy. ri up
with pounded ice, and sweeten to taste. Shake we ,
dust with cinnamon, and suck through a straw.
Brandy-and-Soda.
Every Saturday morning, of all respectable
newsagents, in the pink paper, price— Pshaw .
What am I thinking about ? This concoction
is also known in America as "Stone ^ a ^
(Why?), and used to be known in Her Majesty s
dominions in Asia as a "Peg'
simply because
every dose swallowed was said to repr^ent a
peg in the coffin being manufactured for t e
swallower. It is unnecessary to give any recipe
for this mixture, the proportion of the ingredients
varying with the inclination, disposition,
position, state of health, or pocket, of t e
swallower. But above all let your ingredients
be of the best. There is only one thing worse
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