1862 Bar Tender's Guide price $1.50 by Jerry Thomas

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Ik all ages of the world, and in all countries, men have in dulged in"so cial drinks." Thoy have al ways possess ed thomselves ofsomepopu lar boverago apart from water and thoso of the breakfast and tea table. "Whether it is judicious that m a D k i n d should con

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tinue to indulge; iu such things, or whether it would bo wiser to abstain from all enjoyments of that character, it is not our province to decide. Woleavo that question to tlio moral philosopher. Wo simply contend that a rolish for "social drinks" is universal; that those drinks exist in greater variety in the United States than in any other country in the world; and that ho, therefore, who proposes to impart to these drinks not only the most palatable but the most wholesome characteristics of which tboy may bo made susceptible, is a genuine public benefactor. That is exactly our object in introducing tliis little volume to the public. We do not propose to porsuado any roan to drink, for instance,a punch, or a julep, or a cocktail, who has uover happened to make the acquaint ance ofthose refreshing articles under circumstances calculated toinduce more intimate relations; but wo do propose to instruct those whose "in timate relations" in question render them somewhat fastidious, in the daintiest fashions thorcunto pertaining. We very well reiiiember seeing one day in London, in the rear of th©