The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1845-05-01
THE WAYS OF WINE-MERCHANTs.

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THE WAYS OF WINE-MERCHANTs.
sThere now sir! to prove how much een-
tlemen may be mistaken: l assure you sir as
I'm a honest man, | never had but two sorts
of wine in my cellar-port and sherry
'How! whenI myselfhave tried your clar-
ct. your
Yes, sir, my %claret, sir. One is obliged
to give a gentleman every thing they ask for
sir. Gentlemen who pay their money. sir.
have a right TO be served with whatever thew
please to order, sir; especially the young gem
tleman from Cambridge, sir. iii tell YOU
how it was, sir. I never wonld have anv
wines in my house sir, but port and sherry.
because kno,o them to be wholesome wines,
sir, and this Iwill say, sir, my port and sber.
ry were-the-rery-best-I could procure
in all England
FHow! the best?
yes, sir-at the price I paid for them.-
But to explain the thing at once sir. You
must know sir, that | hadn't been long in bu-
siness when discoVeredthat gentlemen kney
very little about wine, but that if they didn't
find some fault or other they would appear.o
know muchless; always excepting the young
gentleman from Cambridge, sir, 0ndthev are
ercehent judges! (And here Burley's little
eyes winked a humorous commentary on the
concluding words of his ~sentence.l Well.
sir. with respect to dinner wines, | was al
ways tolerably safe; gentlemen seldom find
fault at dinner; so whether it might happen TO
be Madeira, pale sherry, or brown, or
'Why, Just now you told me you had but
two sorts OF wine in your CELLAR
'Very true, sir, port and sherry. But this
was my plan sir. IF any one ordered Ma
deira:-From one bottle of sherry take two
glasses of wine, whichreplace by two glasses
of brandy, and add thereto a slight squeeze
of lemon; and this found 10 give general
satisfaction; especially TO the young gentle
men of Cambridge, sir. But, upon the word
of an honest man, | could scarcely get a liy-
ing profit by my Madeira, sir, for | always US
ed the best brandy. As to the pale and
brown sherry, sir, a eouple of glasses of nice
pure water, in the place of the same quantity
of wine, made what | used to call ma delicate
sla-ka.&ka4saS 4saazeas-Lasaassu2Aa
wine not much called for now sir; and for nv
old 6rown sherry, a leetze burnt sugar was the
thing. 1t looked very much like sherry that
had been twice TO the East Indies, sir; and,
indeed TO my customers who were gerry par
%ticular about their wines, | used TO serve ii as
, SUCH
: But, Mr.. Burley, wasn'tsuch a proceeding
a character rather-F
81 guess what you would say, sir; but |
knew il to be a wholesome wine at bottom sir.
But my port wasthe wine which gave me the
- ILL C1-.l-o- z11l1.-
! bout port, sir. One gentleman would say,
: sBurley, | Z don't like this wine-it is too hea-
vyr SIS it sir? | think | can find you a
:. lighter Out went a glass of wine, and IN
: went a glass of water. well, SIR I'd say,
show do you approve of hatp! 'Why-um,
:, no; / can't say-.' | understand, sir;
: you like an older wine-softer. think |
: can please you sir Pump again. Now
Z SIR says |, (wiping the decanter with nap
: kin, and triumphantly holding ii TO the light:
: try this if you please. That's it, Burley
= that's the very wine, bring another bottle OF
the same But one cant please every body
!, the same way sir. Some gentlemen would
y complain of my port as being too poor
without body. In went one glassof brandy.
If that didn't answer, tAye gentlemen says
+s l., Il know what will please you-you like a
fuller bodied, rougher wine. Out went trc
! or three glasses of brandy. This used to be
= a rery favorite wine-but only with the
&c Young gentlemen from Cambridge, SIR
10 sAnd your claret?'
,e sMy good, wholesome port again, sir
~ Three wines out, three waters in, one pincl
of tartaric acid, two ditto oris-powder. Fo
a fuller claret, a little brandy; for a lighte
l%claret, more water
'Bu: how did you contrive about Burgun
&C, dyg
Ird THAT was my c~laret, sir, with from tire
TO- 10 six drops of bergamot, according as a ger
IN tleman liked a full flavor or a delicate favo
Die As for champagne sir, that of course mad
ire myself
ed How do you mean 'of course Burley?e
tLord, SIR said he with an innocent, y
m, waggish look, surely everybody makes n
DC own c~hampagne-else what can become
TO all the gooseberries.'
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