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CUPS
AND
THEIR
CUSTOMS.
black
gown,,
preceded
by
a
verger,
also
wearing
a
black
gown
trimmed
with
silver
braid,
and
bearing
in
his
hand
a
silver
wand.
A
Latin
grace
is
then
chanted,
and
the
Prebend
presents
the
boy
with
a
shilling,
who,
having
placed
the
cups
on
the
table,
marches
out
of
the
room,
accompanied
by
the
verger.
The
cups
are
then
passed
down
each
side
of
the
table,
and
quaffed,
by
each
guest
in
succession,
to
an
appropriate
toast.
For
the
^^
sensation-drinks
^^
which
have
lately
tra-
velled
across
the
Atlantic
we
have
no
friendly
feeling;
they
are
far
too
closely
allied
to
the
morning
dram,
with
its
thousand
verbal
mystifications,
to
please
our
taste
j
and
the
source
from
which
^^
eye-openers
^^
and
^^
smashers
^^
come,
is
one
too
notorious
for
un-English
behaviour
to
be
welcomed
by
any
man
who
deserves
well
of
his
country
:
so
we
will
pass
the
American
bar,
with
its
bad
brandies
and
fiery
wine,
and
express
our
gratification
at
the
slight
success
which
"
Pick-me-up,^^
^'
Corpse-reviver,^^
^^
Chain-lightning/'
and
the
like,
have
had
in
this
country.
HINTS
TO
CUP-BUEWERS.
There
are
certain
things
to
be
observed
in
the
com-
pounding
of
cups,
which,
though
patent
to
every
man\s
common
sense,
we
may
be
pardoned
for
mentioning.
When
a
drink
is
to
be
served
hot,
never
let
the
mixture