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Toasts
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To news, living historyI
Here's to the press, mirror of life; may it always reflect the
truth!
To advertising, the life blood of business and trade!
Good luck to the hoof and the horn!
Good luck to the flock and the fleece!
Good luck to the growers of corn!
With blessings of plenty and peace!
—Anon
To farmers—founders of civilization!
—Daniel Webster (paraphrased)
May our feast days be many and our fast days be few!
—Mary L. Booth
To Christmas, time of remembrance and kind deeds!
Let us remember and taste the good cheer.
And remember old Christmas but comes once a year.
—Old Christmas Carol
I wish you a Merry Christmas
And a Happy New Year
A pocket full of money
And a cellar full of beer!
—Anon
To the Blue Eagle—may its wings never grow drab!
We may live without love—what is passion but pining?
But where is the man that can live without dining?
—Owen Meredith
To water—without which there were no wine!
I give you play days, gay days, heydays—and pay days!
Here's a health to all hunters, and long be their lives.
May they never be crost by their sweethearts or wives!
—Anon