The Sauk Centre Herald (Sauk Centre, Minnesota), 1867-12-19

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VOLUME I.
SAUK CENTRE, MINNESOTA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1867.
NUMBER 29.
MtMmk Wmtvt 9*mM.
PUBLISHED    EVERY   THtj'ttSDAY   MORNING,
At   Sauk Centre,   Minn.,
BY J. H. A S. SIMONTON.
49" Office corner Third and Seventh streets,
one block west of the Sauk Centre House.
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JOB PRINTING
■of all kinds executed on short notice ln the
best style.
PROFESSIONAL  CARDS.
TS. Hj  MINER,
Attorney    and    Counselor   at Law, Notary
Public and ConV$yancefl   .
Special attention   given to proceedings in
Bankruptcy in the United StatedM*"ourts.
Sauk Centre,        - - Minnesota,
Office over the Post Office.
. Ed*w:a,r«i O. Hamlin
—HAS BESUMED—
The Practice of Laiv
IN ST. CLOUD, MINN.
Special attention given   to  proceedings in
BanKrupccyXnunited wcates^ObiftraZ *"
Office in Alderi's brick building, up stairs
Oct. 1,1867. octl0-6m
T\R- B. R. PALMER,
PHYSICIAN db SURGEON.
MS- Residence near the Mill, Sauk Centre. -£*
K. t. GOItllOX. U W. COLLINS.
Gordo   ' ■&. Collins,
Attorneys   at   Law,
St. Cloud, Stearns County, Minnesota
W Particular attention given to business
In adjoining counties.
"U^TILLIAM j. PARSONS,
ATTORNEY AT LA W,
Germalne^treet, over Burbank Bros.,
St. Cloud, Minnesota.
N.
BUSINESS  CARDS.
II. MlS^g.
Ins   ranee Agent, -
Bank Oentre, .      a - Minnesota.
Represents the soundest and most reliable
i*ire, Life and Accident Insurance Companies of the Eastern and   Western
States.   Office Over the Post Office;
E
.. DWARD JMtULOW,
Cabinet  3Ialcer.
Main street, Sank Centre, Minnesota. ■-
Keeps constantly on hand a complete stook
of Furniture, Coffins, Ac
Alt orders will receive prompt attention.
B
ILLIARD SALOON,
A. DE GROAT, Proprietor.
Third street, Sauk Oentre, Minnesota.
Has first class Phelan A Collender Billiard
Tables.
Choice .^ines, Liquors, Ale, Porter and
Cigars.    .
«^T   J. WHITEFIELD,
Honse &; Sign Paiater,
raining, Glazing, Paper Hanging,, &<■,, done
with neatness'ana on reasonable terms.
Work warranted equal in quality to that
t. treed uponor no charges made. 4SS~ Paint
P nop next door 4o Thomas A Co's.
Sauk Centre, Minn,, June 5,1SW.
TOHN CHRISTGAU,
Boot &  Slioe Maker,
Main Street, Sauk Centre, Minn.,
A complete stoek of Boots and Shbes kept
constantly on hand, and made to order on
short notice.   Good fits warranted.
Repairing  promptly  done,   at reasonaBle
prices.   All kinds of Shoemaker's Tools for
sale."
L
AND OFFICE & REAL ESTATE
AGENCY.
3V.  H.   Miner,
tiSWds sold on commission. Farms composed of Prairie, Meadow and Timber Land
for sale,
Persons desiring to enter Land, with Cash,
Scrip  or  Land Warrantsjjpr to file Pre-
Htnptiou claims, can do so at my office '
.and avoid the time and expense of
: 'ai*ip to SVCloud.
Office over the  Post Office,  Sauk  Centre,
Minnesota,
f~* ITY RESTAURANT.
JOSEPH GOYETTE, Proprietor,
Washington Avenue, St. Clouaj Minnesota.
A ladies' and gentlemen's Ice Cream Sa-
loon has been fitted up in firsirSfilass style on
the second floor. Ice cold Lemonade, and
Soda Water flavored with all kinds of syrups.
Fresh and Canned Fruits, Confectionery,
and Nuts of all kinds.
Hot Meali, Lunch, Coffee, Tea and Pastry
urnished to order.
BUSINESS CARDS.
(GeneralStage Office,)
SAUK CENTRE,       -       -      MINN.
K. P. BARNUM, Proprietor,
Has been thoroughly refitted and furnished
throughout, under Its new management.
The comfort of guests will at all-times be
made tlie special care of the proprietor, and
no expense or pains will be spared to give
entire satisfaction to boarders and travelers.
Excellent Stabling attached to the premises. E. P. BARNUM.
A MERICAN HOUSE, •
Corner 2d and &th Sis., Sauk Sentre, Min.
DAVID   FRANKHAUSE,  Proprietor".
Tire proprietor, having just completed this
large and commodious building. Is now prepared to accommodate the traveling public.
•W" A good barn connected with the building. jyl8-3m
pimttirat).
s
AUK CENTRE
Liyery, Sale and Feed
STABLE.
Office on Third street, one door west of the
Printing Cffice.
Having our  Stable  completed   and  well
stocked,  we .are now prepared  to furnish
those who wish, with good
Horses and Carriages or Sleighs al all times
on reasonable terms, so that
-A.11 can   Take   a Ride.
H. DOTY & E, L. WRIGHT,
Oct. 28,1867 Proprietors,
P. F. FERGUSON:
VB* DEALER 1ST   . *"
ra   	
TjQ AND
JEWEL
SAUK  CENTRE, MINN.
Walclies, Clocks and Jewelry carcfxdly repaired and warranted.
*9f All work from a distance promptly attended to and safely returned.
Photograph Gallery,
Sixth'street,  opposite tlie American House,
SAUK CENTRE,, MINN.'.-
The undersigned would respectfully announce to the public that he is now prepared
to accommodate all who may desire any thing
in the line of Photography at reduced prices.
Carte de Visites, per dozen Si SO
 '   A   " 250
% size Gems, per dozen 3 00
1-liS   "••-•'« 200
A s'ze Photographs in Oval Guilt Frames 5 00
J^size " "   guttaperchado3 60
Frames and cases ot all descriptions constantly on hand and for sale.
Specimens of our work' may be seen by
calling at the Gallery,
A. J. ELLIS, Proprietor.
SAINT PAUL
Fire & Marine
INSURANCE CO.,
ST. PAUL, MINN.
Assets oyer
$530,000.
Insures Buildings, Merchandise- and -other
Property, against Loss or Damage by FIRE,
at Rates as low as other first class Stook
Companies.   *
Particular attention given  to  Insurance of
Farm Property,   Isolated'. Dwfellln&s
"* and their Furniture,
FOR ONE, THREE OR FIVE YEAR .
Also Inland Navigation Risks on Cargoes or
Freight.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS,
J. C. Burbank,
John L. Merri am,
W. w. Eastman,
John S. Prince,
Horace Thompson,
Km, Lee,
John Nichols,
Theo. Bornp,
Peter Berkey,
W.*F. Davidson,
W. P. Murray,
Geo. L. Farwell,   '
a F,. Drake.
J. C. BURBANK, #nes>t.
JOHN NICOLS, Vice Pres't.
S. S. EATON, Secy.
W. A. WELLS, Gen'l Agent.
N. H. MINER, Local Ag't.
SAUK CENTRE, MNN.
Maine Street, Sauk Centre.
MRS. t. E. MEAtEV
Would respectfully. Announce to the Ladles
of Sauk Centre and vicinity that she has received a complete assortment of
MILLINERY  GOODS,
and is now prepared to accommodate all
those wishing anything ln that line.
Also a goodTassortment of I
CLOAKINCS,
Cloaks, Dress   and   Cloak   Trimming,
Furs,  Fur Hoods,  Zephyr Hoods,
Fur Caps, Gloves. Nets, Combs,
Handkerchiefs,
And all articles usually kept in an establishment of this kind.
MRS. I. E. MEALEY.
Sauk-Centre, Nov. 6,1867.
IN A LONDON OMNIBUS.
From the Chamber's Journal.
Few of the habitual dwellers in Lon*
don have occasion to visit the city less
frequently than I have. I have npvef
set foot inside the mansion of the Old
Lady of Thread-needle street in my
life. To me the Stock Exchange is a
complete terra incognita. Of the thousand and one different methods of coining money,, as practiced by merchants,
hankers, brokers, and that, countless
Afttiy whrcrrtfocTEsTsTty-wftrdevery week
day morning from nine till eleven, I
know absoltttely nothing. Neither, to
the best of my belief, has the money-
article of the Times ever been read by
pae from begining to end. Yet notwithstanding all this, it has so happened that, on certain rare occasions, I
have been compelled, by " urgent private affairs," to join the throng of crty
bees fornf few hours, and wing my way
eastward with the swarm. At such
times I,have generally.chosen to survey mankind from the box seat of an
omnibus, as from a " o&ign of vantage"
not to be surpassed and hardly equalled, for any one who loves to watch the
wonderful, ever shifting panorama of
London life.
On one snch occasion—now several
yea~s ago—the. morning was so Intolerably rainy that I was obliged to give up
a11 thought of my favorite perch with
the driver, and con tent myself with the
humbler position of an inside. At that
time, I, was only jbree-and-twenty year?
old, and had been in London about a
couple of years, having been sent up
from my far-off home, in one of the
northern counties, to attend the clashes
of, and to study under, a certain then
famous analytical chemist. On the
morning to whioh I have just referred)
after waiting twenty minutes in the
rain, I was glad to find a vacant place
inside one of the numerous city 'buses
that passed the end of the street in
which my rooms were situated. After
hav'ng squeezed into my plaos,and been
well scowled at for my pains, I proceeded to take stock of my companions in
misery. We were eleven men and one
woman. All us men were more or less
moist, and each of us had a very damp
umbrella. We had all put on our severe business air, and we were all more
or less suspicious of the company in
which we found ourselves; and—in
consequence, perhaps, of the badness
of the weather—ve were all more than
usually Inclined to bully the conductor,
and to poke him viciously in the ribs
with the ferrules of our umbrellas.
But the twelfth inside? Well, she
was lady, young and nioe looking into
tlie bargain ; and enveloped with the
prettiest air of unconsciousness that
she was in the company of eleven
blocks of wood, rather than in that of
as many beings of flesh and blood, not
quite unsusceptible, let us hope to the
charms of female loveliness, -i have
no doubt, in my own mind, that if she
had traveled any length of time in our
company, the metre fact of her' pnesen'ce
would have softened our manners, and
weaned us in a measure from that
touch-me-not-boorishness with which,
as a rule, all passengers by omnibus
love to cloak themselves. But fortunately, or unfortunately, as the oase may
be, journeys by the omnibus are of
she "
dol
'^d!W r!M^£A ^y^JMaltJ &£«k-L|(
rgot into the 'bus, I'll lay odds that was
the cove as took it. And wasn't he a
doWny-looking oard 1 0 no, not a' bit
of it!" And the conductor winked at
me portentously, to signify that his last
remark was meant for " sarkasum,"
"But I have not even money left to
pay my fare with," urged the young
lady. .
Haifa dozen purses were out at once,
such was the influence of beauty in
distress.
" Never mind the fare, miss," answered the conductor, affably, as he mounted to his perch.. " A tender won't
Hither breaK the company or make its
[fortune. You go to the police—that's
what you've got to do. Ali right, Joey,
go ahead."
The 'bus drove away, leaving the
young lady standing on the* curb. She
put down her veil to hide her wet eyes,
and was turning sadly away, when oar
conductor leaped nimbly down, ran
back to her, said a few words, and was
on his perch^again in less than two
minutes. "Thought it best to give the
poor young creetur my number," he
remarked confidentially to me, "andj
the address of. our secretary, in oase of
anything turning up. But that ain't
likely, y*u know, sir. Ah, it was that
fishy looking cove, you may depend
upon it.
I was detained in the city till five
o'clock. At that hour I set off westward, with the intention of walking
home. The rain had ceased hours ago,
and a fresh, crisp breeze was now blowing; over the murky city roofs the
moon was rising in an unclouded sky,
and all the shops were ablaze with
light. My rooms were in a street leading out of Oxford street; but having
one or two calls to make, I chose, this
evening, to go round by way of the
Strand and Charing Cross. My calls all
made, I turned up St. Martin's Lane,
as my nearest way home, find was walking carelessly along that classic thoroughfare, when, whom should! see a
little way in front of me, staring intently into the window of a jeweler's shop,
but the "fishy looking cove" of my
friend the conductor I I recognized
him in a moment, having taken particular notice bf him while he was my fellow passenger in the morning. Not
that there was anything either in his
appearance or manners that-made me
suspicious of his honesty, but rather
that he offered such a marked contrast
to the respectable, well to do looking
city men who made up the rest of the
passengers. He was a thin, frouzy, disreputable looking man, dressed in a
suit of rusty black,,. with a hat and
boots that had been carefully "doctored," and might still do some fair weather service, but which were ill calculated
to stand the brunt of a rai n y day. His
mouth was that of a habitual dram
drinker; his eyes were weak and watery, and his high ridged acquiline nose
had an inflamed look about it, suggestive of many a deep potation. His chin
had evidently not felt a razor for several days, and the minute fragments of
straw and chaff which clung to his
dress, and were mixed up with his unkempt hair, hinted at the style of accommodation to which he had been reduced during the preceding night.
Yet, with all this, the fellow carried a
jaunty cane, which he swung to and
fro, as though he had not a care in tbe'
world ;.and he hadog_a_p&iif-t>i dog
skin gloves, _tfaatr~would have looked
stylisMf'-th'ey had   not been quite so
A,
rs
CROCKERY AND GLASSWARE.
And a large assortment of
WINES, ■'"■'
LIQUORS
AND
Uiras it 'he who   took  tbeydung
purse!    That was  the question ;
j,i\ie more I looked at the man, the
inclined  I  felt   to   endorse tbe
/on   of   the   'bus • conductor.     A
fn   morocco   purse, containing fif-
i and sixpence in cash, and a lady's
faiond ring of the value of fifty guin-
is not a bad  morning's work for a
tleman in reduced  cBrcriinfetances.
|such a case, however, all the surmis-
[in't^e world was of pao avail.    Xo
b had seen him take  the purse, and
long as he kept his own counsel he
ksafe from   detection.   The  grand
m~mr~ »•— /-*      t\ r~< W* was *0 ascer'iain whether he real-,
v^(j|*A_l\{5, had the ring  or a pawnbroker's du-
cate for   it   about   his person.    But
w to do this ?
aiib ivuuvo goods are of the best quality, andThis was   the  problem   that J kept
will be sold as cheap as by any other house "Wfrrg over and Over in my mind, as I
Sauk Centre. i«#-|»|*tfBB        ""itiOusly followed  up  my man when
C. F. WINl fen,    .'e went on his  way from the jeweler's
Main street, Sauk Centre, Mlnnesotajjop.    At   the   top  of   the   Lane   he
 seemed to  hesitate for half   a minute ;
•hen turned to  the right, and went ug
Long Acre, I still following cautiously
The above
INN.
my
come
TT"' S. LAND OFFICE, ST. CLOUD, Sg^bout a 40M« yards in. the rear
November 7th, 1867.    •' I will put you to   a simple test
To Wiklis. Stout !•■  Sir, you areihera.     d „ tho     ht j    «and  as    ou 0
notified to aoDear at this.orace on tne ^ > ■? > i.
DAY OF DECEMBER, 1867, at 10 o'clolut of it, so will I adjudge you innocent
a. m. of the said day„and then and there mt gunty."
causewhy y^ |^mest8adREntry No^ia^ .ng up bohilld him I tapped
made bv you November 1st, ltsoo, upon,""M »     ,. i,.°    r   ., J7V t_     r
Ssectl6nl0>townl28,range35,mthe-pis«ximhghtly on the arm. " I beg your
of Lands subject to sale at St. wol'ardon,' I said, 'but did you drop this
Minn   should not  be  canceled,  as   DuaJ.^    .    ' . o,
^Sa alleges an abandonmesithereof pencil-case just now?'
vou and proposes then and there to show \ He started   as   I touched  him, and
same   "" ——" *---»,.„. i4.««.WdW.. , „ ...'..
when you will be permitteW to c<mt.;eemed for ft few geconds as jf he could
H. C. WAIT, -Register. ^_jiot take  in  the meaning of  my ques
such showin
novl4-6w
H." C.' BURBANK, Receive^
ig-b
lap-
To
want
Fresh
f
FLY.
«* ft*
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^   ion.    He looked at  me  with eyes full
 . -jf suspicion.    Whether  he reoognized
pe as one of his fellow passengers by
TT S. LAND OFFICE, ST. CLOUD, JONtj_e m0rning's 'bus, I could not deter-
^o Lewis N. NxcnioS?^e;ouhaieheiiine. Wejad halted opposite a large
by notified to appear at this Office on jhop, and the light from the window
23d DAY OF PACEMBER^l^atUftoc^hor^ ^ ^  my ^^ J)?aeil.0Me) on
A. M. of thesald day,andinen iu«»»»ys)i-. , "*.,•_*. i .i. v - v_ „„„ „„„„„
cause why-your Homestead Entrj»*1No/ Much, at length, when he was appar-
made by you December 15th, 1864, 3ig0S*lntiy satisfied with his scrutiny of my
^^^ifi^o/f^^^^Sao*, *» glance fastened greedily.
St. Cloud, Minn., should not be canceled! ip.cked it up, did you say?' he asked
Martin Bauernfeind allegesan^bandonm(   fa   , fumble with his thumb
thereof by you, and  proposes then ana xni" ""    ~$-^   -"      ;  «
toshowtnesame, when you will be permitynd finger m his waistcoat pocket.
to contest such showing. ^       ,
H. C .WAIT, Register,
nov7-6w
H, C, BURBANK,
Just behind you,' I answered,   'But
Reeeivejf it's   not  you«i&, I shan't bother any
nore about it, but pocket it myself.'
'But it is mine,' he  put   in   eagerly.
"-"W stupid of me to lose it!'    [1 put
encil-oase   jn   his   hand  without
\on.]
'I am really much obliged to yrettftut
went on, 'for your kindness in returning it. As you grow older, young gentleman, you will find that honesty ia
the exception in this world, and not
the rule.'
'Well, I'm glad to have found the
owner,' I said, with a laugh. 'You
seem to value the case?'
'I do value it, young gentleman,' answered the old hypocrite. Less, perhaps, from its intrinsic worth than
from the faot that it .is the sole relic
now left me of a very dear friend.
Friendship ever let us cherish. A truly noble sentiment.'
'Then, if you value it so highly,' I
said, 'you can hardly object to stand
half a go of jbrandy for its recovery.'
'Half a go of brandy !' he said in a
horrified   tone.   'Young   man, younjg
man, Pin vary* much afraid '
- I had taken out my watch, a valuable
gold lever. As his eye fell on it his intended remonstrance came to* an abrupt conclusion.
" 'Well—ah I—yes", you are quite right,'
he resumed, 'and I shall   be very happy to treat, you to a go of brandy
what place shall we adjourn?
'To the nearest house, please. l|	
to get home to my dinner.'
So we went into the nearest tavern,
where my new acquaintance ordered a
glass of brandy for me, and half a pint
of stout for himself. Not to be behind
hand, I ordered a couple o^cfga'rs,
'Been in London long?' asked my
companion, as I was lighting one.
*j5To; only a few months. ',
from the1 country.'
_ *At the risk of being thought impert-
inent, may I inquire to what particular
line of business your talents are devoted ?'
•To mo line at all, just at present.
The fact is,' I added, lowering my voice
to the proper confidential tone," I bad
a little money left me about a year ago,
and I am up in London looking out for
a sound business investment. But I've
met with nothing to my liking so far ;
in fact, I'm getting tired ef town, and
have half a mind to go back home, and
take my money with me.'.:
I could seethe old scamp's eyes
brighten as he drank in my words ea-
geri*.
'Jfy dear young friend, if you will allow me to callypu so,' he began ip;
blandly persuasive accents, 'let me
counsel yow; to do nothing rashly.
There are thousands of excellent investments in London. But vrhat you
want is a man at your back Who knows
all the ins and outs of this great city;
who knows how to separate the wheat
from the chaff, and who can distinguish, almost as it were by instinct, a
sound investment from a rotten one.'
: 'All very fine. But where is a greenhorn, like me to find such a man?*
The gesture with which my scampish
friend bowed to me, and laid his hand
on his heart, had in it a touch of the
sublime. 'It is not for a modest man
like me to vaunt himself or his qualifications, but I—mou qui vou parte—have
lived in London all my life,.and I have
not lived with my eyes shut. Although
I am, just now—why attempt to deny
it?-.—in some measure- under a cloud,
my fortunes, I am proud to say, have
not always been at their present low
ejjb. My wife—she is dead now, poor
creature I—at one time kept her brougham and pair; amd I had my hack for
my park, and a hunter down at Melton.
But those days, are gone never to-re-
turn. [Drink up, sir, and let us have
another glass.] I was ruined in the
year of the great panic. All the more,
then, am I fitted, after passing through
such a bitter experience, to fill the
part of a judicious Mentor to inexperienced youth with capital at its back.
Sir, my humble services are yours to
command.'
'Well,'I said with a dubious air,'it
ia just possible that you might be able
to put "me up to a useful'wrinkle or
two. But in any case, this is not the
fepot to discuss Such matters. Come and
hatte'a bit of dinner with me at my
rooms, and we tf&n talk things over «f-
terwards with the assistance of a pipe
arid a tumbler.'
'A bit of dinner, a pipe, and a tum-
bldr! Ha, ha ! I wftt attend you, my
young friend, with the utmost satisfaction.'
I hailed the first cab I could find, and
we rattled off to my lodgings. No conversation took place while we were going over the stones ; but, in imagination* I'Baw befere me a certain sweet,
tearful face, and I felt more deter-
jaMbd than ever to go through with
the scheme, wild and preposterous a$;
it might have &t5med at another time,
which had flashed suddenly across my
brain while I was fbllowiim the rascal
by my side up St. Marti»'s lane.
Having instructed my landlady to
put down, another cutlet, and to send
oUtfofeneer two extras, we ascended
to my room.
'In the hope, my dear sir, that our
friendship may be a long and a flourishing one,' said my unwelcome* guest*,
'allow me, as a needful preliminary,
to present you with my card.'
He handed me, as he spoke, a very
limpid and rather dirty piece of pasteboard, which he had had some difficulty in finding among his multifarious
pockets, and on which was inscribed
the name of Mr. Reginald Tracy. Of
course, I could do no less than return
the compliment.
Dinner was served a few minutes late* ; and, while it was in progress, the
conversation between Mr. Traeyand
myself was of the most intermittent
character. I gathered enough, howev
er, to enable me to discover that he
was a man of some education, and must
at one time have mixed in superior society.   By the exercise of what knavish
*rt* he had contrived to forfeit the/ position he once- held, I could not. of
course, tell; therein, bo doubt, lav hidden the great secret of his life, " Poor
wretch I it was easy -to see, from the
style in whioh he got through hisfood.
that a plentiful and wholesome meal
was what he had not partaken ef for
some time.' "At length he lay back
in hie chair- in a state df repletfoli.
'Not another morsel, my dear boy ? he
said, with a benignant smile. 'Posi.
tively, I could not. Let good digestion
Wait on appetite—you know the rest
A bountiful -meAll But Provideneafc
tempers the wm4 to the shorn lambT
And now for the pipe and tbe tumble^
Hft, ha! I have not forgotten,'
As soon as we were fairly under way
with our first tumbler, Mr. Tracy broke
ground cm the subject that was evident,
lyuppermaat in his thoughts. 'If, sir,'
be said, 'you would favor me with a
hint as to the special class of invest-,
pent in which y«ra are desirous of laying out your capital, and would also
furnish me with some idea as to tbe
amount of the capital itself, 1 should
then have some positive data to work
upon, and could give you the benefit of
my experience in that particular line,
of procedure which your inclination*
may lead you to prefer.'
'Capital, three thousand; line of investment not decided on,' I said. Some,
thing light and genteel would be preferred/'
•Such as an importer of wines and
spirits, for instance T'^Wiftj'Mr. Tracy,  '
'Ihat would do capitally, I dare say,,
only, I happen to know nothing in *he
world about it.'
'Quite unnecessary, my dear sir, that
you should. **f>nly find the money, an<|
JwSl engage to find the brains, and ta
make your fortune in the bargain.' Mr.
Tracy sighed deeply, took a long pull
at his tumblA1, and then proceeded to
eollgb*e» my ignorance as lie-the various methods by which extraordinary
profits may be realized, without the
slightest risk of failure, by any one who,
combining capitab'witB brains, might
choose to appear before the world as an
importer of wines and spirits. , That„
some of the methods indicated by Mr,
Trtey were several degrees on the
shady side of honesty, might at onoe
have been predicated from the character of the man; but he certainly had a
very neat way of wrapping up and labeling his 'tricks of; trade,' so as to
make them look as much lake a genuine article as possible.
His exhortation and   his third tumbler came to an end together.
- " Have you ever been in the   United
States ?"    I suddenly asked,
" Never sir. As a patriotic Englishman, my love of travel never took me
so far from home."
. "_Then you never tasted any of "those
delicious drinks which, under various
strange names, are so popular among
the Yankees f*
"Oncemoremy negative must be
my answer. But, my dear young friend,
if you will only decide to lay out your
capital in accordance with"—
" A moment if you please," I said.
" Before going into any farther business details what do you say to a
change of tipple ? I think we have
had enough of this stuff. Let me try
whether I cannot brewyou one of those
delightful American drinks of which I
spoke just now. I had the recipes for
several of them from an uncle of mine,
who is captain of a  liner."
" Just as you like, cher ami—;just as
you like,", he said ; " though I. don't
think much improvement on this deli*
cioUs toddy is possible.
" We can come back to it again, if
the other does not prove to our liking,"
I said.
" And not be flouted for our inconsistency," added Mr. Traoy, with a
langh. . "So now for this Yankee neo-
tar of yours. I grow thirsty by anticipation."
Two large tumblers and the various
ingredients required for my purpose
were qurekly got together ; last "of all,
I went into my- study ; and after staying there a couple of minutes, I went
back carrying with me a packet containing half a dozen powders done up
in differently colored papers. The degree of knowledge I had laid claim to
as a concoctor of American drinxs was
by no means fictitious j and I now proceeded to mix one after the most approved fashion, and ended by opening
one of thiteolored papers ahd ponrmg
tbe contents of iti»to the tumbler, and
then offered the whole to Tracy.       *;-,
But the putting in of the powder had
evidently roused his suspicions, and
With a polite wave of tbe hand, he refused the proffered tumbler. "After
you my dear sir," he said. ,"I-,<must
really insist on your imbibing the first.
tumbler yourself; The second one will
do excellently well forme." --*".
"As joii please," said I with a shrug.
With that I proceeded to dsaip. the
first tumbler, expressing by pantomime.
as I did so, my appreciation of its excellence. After this I mixed a second
tumbler-full, into which, as beforiay I"
poured the contents of one of the colored papers', and then handed the
whole t» Tracy. His lips having once
touched the glass, stncK there till it
was empty.
He gave a sigh of intense satisfaction
as he put down the glass. " Ambrosia,
by Jupiter 1" he exclaimed. "Ihe
man who invented that tipple ought to
he-immortalized by a statue of the
whitest marble. I b.ave no wish to be
thought presumptuous, but I cannot
resist assing you to mix me one more
potation." .„        ,.     „T„^
" One! half a dozen, if you lute,   ire-
plied ; " and all of them different.   Unless your t«te differs very much   from
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