1871 Barkeeper's ready reference

BARKEEPERS* READY REFERENCE *

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neither do we say it is We leave that to the sober, better thoughts of those who have lived longer and seen more. But this we do say, and from actual experience, that it is worse than suicide to drink the miserable compounds of impure and poisonous liquors that are sold at such low figures that you get a good sized quart for a dram. Beware of cheap drinks, cheap liquor in any shape, and especially old Bourbon whisky at one dollar per gallon. It costs twice that to make it, and as much more to hold it long enough to give it age, as we would say, and that peculiar mel- low taste so agreeable to all good judges of the article. wrong.