The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1876-04-04 00:00:00

THE PRINCE IN INDIA.

Private letters from India have of course been full of
the Prince of Wales's visit to that country, and very
amusing are some of the stories told. For instance, the
Prince on one occasion was tAlking to his cousin Fits-
George in German; whereupon an Anglo-Indlan lady
congratulated the Prince upon having learnt to speak
Hindustani in so short • time. The sense of the ludicrous
overcame the Prince's native good manners. and he burst
into a fit of uncontrollable laughter. On another occasion
the Prince was dining at a large party, when the chair in
which he sat suddenly collapsed, and his Royal Highness,
who ham become very bulky, disappeared beneath the
table. The Lieutenant Governor, who wlOl present, was
aghast, and had to fish the prince out, but found him none
the worse, and, in fact, laughing vociferously at his
mishap. It is agreed on all hands that he ha, displayed
much good humour, and that, though he inti 4 often have
been greatly bored by the ceremonials he hod to undergo
be did not manifest any impatience. When the Duke of
Edinburgh was in India he let all the world know when
he was bored; not so his elder brother; his beitlionsie seems
Inexhaustible.

"WINE FOR DINNER."

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In pock's Tale*, the reader gets an admirable Insight
into how wines are made at won. hotels.

The author, meeting estranger in • country churchyard:
recognises Burley, the late landlord of an inn he used to
frequent near Cambridge, but DOw. it appears, retired to
enjoy the fruit of his industry. railing into a confidential
discourse about the way in which this worthy conducted
his business, the author rend ves from him • most luminous
and satisfactory account of his wines.
You must know, sir, that I hadn't been long in bness
when I discovered that gentleman know very little about
wine ; but that if they didn't find some fault or other,
they would appear to know much less—always excepting
the young gentlemen from Cambridge, sir : and they are
desslisat ledges ! (And then again Burley's little eyes
twinkled • humorous commentary on the concluding
words of his sentence) Well, sir ; with respect to my
dinner wines I was always tolerable safe ; gentlemen
seldom find fault at dinner; no whether it Tight haliFfee
to be Madeira, or pale sherry, or brown, or—
"Why, just now ton me you had but two sorts of wine
In ,our cellar r
Very true, sir • port end sherry. But this was my plan,
sir. If any one Ordered Madeira :—Frorn one bottle of
sherry take two glasses of wine, which replace by two
glasses of brandy, and wild thereto • slight squeeze of
lemon; and this I found to give general satisfaction,
especially to the young gentlem n from Cambridge, sir.
But, upon the word or an honest man, I could scarcely
get • living profit by I Ely Mildews, sir, for I always used
the haat brandy. As to the pale and brown sherry. sir—a
couple of glasses of nice pure water, in place of the same
quantity of wine, made what I used to call osy delicate
yela (by the by, • squeeze of lemon added to that made •
very fair Bucellas, sir—wine not much called for now,
sir): and for my old braise sherry, a katla burnt sugar was
the thin/. It looked very much like sherry that had been
twice to Last Indies, sir; and, indeed, to my customers
who were wry particular about their wines I used to serve
it as such."

--'7B-trt, Mr. Burley. wasn't such • proceeding of •
ch.isr?cter ratiter—"

" rfin—ess.—what you woold say. sir : hot I knew it to be a
wholesome wine at bottom. sir. lilt my eon wire the
wine which gave we Vie 111,14 tret:ble Gentlemen seldom
agree about port sir. On, ve,,tlenum ,r.e31,1 ea.y, Burley, I
don't like this wane.— it too heavy. ' it.
sin! I think I can fled eu h.rhter. OW went a
glass of wine. and U
swent a glass of water.
' Well, sir,' I'd say, ' how ,i, you approve of taus r • why
—,,m—no; I can't say—' I understand, sir, you like an
older wine—softer I think I ran please you, sir. Pump
again sir. ' Nosy, sir,' /NYSI (MipITIX .1 decanter with •
napkin, and triumphptly hothoz trip to the light), • try
this, if you please. That's it., Burley—that's the veer
wine; bring another bottio of the same: But one cant
please everybody the sante way air. Some gentlemen
would complain of any port as being poor—without body.
In went sea glees of brandy. If that didn't answer, ' Ay%
gentlemen,'says I, 'I know what wiU please you—you like a
fuller•bodled, rougher wine.' Out went two glasses of
wine, and in went ties or three glasses of brandy. This
used to be • eery favourite wine—but only with the gentle-
men front CumNidge, sir."
"And your claret t
"My good, wholesome port, again, sir. Three wines out,
three waters in, one pinch of tArtaric acid, two ditto orris
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powder. For a fuller claret, a little brandy; for a lighter
clefet, !Pre water."

-17i371t—bOt-r --dri-;,....oontaive about Burgundy r
"That war OW COM, sir, with from three to six drops
at bergamot, according as gentlemen liked a full vour
sax delicate flavour. As for champagne, six, that qopuros
'nada myself."
" How do you mean 'of course,' Burley r
" Ob. sir." said be. with an innocent yet waggish look.
" onrely everybody makes his own champagne—elm mtdit
com etwonse of al As toomeerriu.