American telegraph. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1851-1851, 1851-03-27
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.tNow, gentlemen" said the respectable Budd
Scroggy, esq, ON the first meeting of the club.
'tYou all know what we have met here for.
The club we have formed is composed exclu-
sively of gentlemen who are believed to be men
of solid understandings, albeit admirers of that
delectable American beverage, called Mint Ju-
lep-which drink, allow me to say, has the
proud distinction, all over the world, of being
the unquestioned original drink Of the gods-the
nectar so frequently spoken of with rapture
by the ancient poets. The first notice we have
of the preparation of this rem irkable and inva-
luable compound is, / am happy to say, ex-
tremely minute A better evidence of its au-
thenticity than this fact proves could not be
desirnd hv the. world Snn,n .-f,',r gnns' nf
of those beautiful erisfences-for we cannot term
them crea6oas--ycleped heather Goddesses,
caused the mighty Thunderer to send forth
Mercury, on the wings of the wind, to summon
a council Of the deities, to determine her pun
ishment for Jove had always been accused
and properly-of great partiality to the ladies;
he was therefore unwilling to pass judgment
upon the offender, for fear of demurrings, by
reason of his too great leniency The council
had all met upon great Olympus and were about
to deliberate, when Ceres, the blooming goddess
Of the fields, drew aside Venus, the queen of
beauty, and Aurora, daughter of the dawn, to
arrange some plan to sway the council in
their sisters favor. so they determined to in
duce the mighty Jove to drink-for they knew
him to be complaisant in his cups, yet all
allowed no ordinary swill would answer the oc-
casion. Ceres, therefore, made the first contri-
button from her horn--and this is one reason,
by the way, why drink, in America, is CRATE
| fully called "a horn She first produced the
peach and the glowing strawberry, the former
Of which she crushed in Joye's own goblet
stolen from his side by Venus-to lend sweet
ness to the draft. Next, Aurora filled the bowl
with diamond dew, and then they tasted Yet
something was wrong, till Ceres pressed into
the bowl with her rosy fingers, the fragrant
mint-leaf, and at length all acknowledged he
Thing ,oaS done. Venus bore the goblet to Joye,
and kissing the bright tide, handed it. Jove's
majestic face lightened at the TASTE but yet there
seemed something wanting; the gobletwas hand
ed round and oil acknowledged that, though the
best they had ever tasted there was still some
thing nceded--it was not yet perfect. Jove
then tapped his forehead, thoughtfully, and his
countenance grew radiant as he ratified into the
goblet handful of his hail; whereupon Ceres
| inserted a straw, to reduce its GOODNESS TO the
lips, and reach its sweetness the better, as the
goblet was choked up with SO many fragrant
additions. AL the heavens re-echoed with the
hoisterous mirth of Jove, when he had tasted
this draught; and when all had partaken, by
general acquiescence, the offence was forgotten,
and the day yielded to revelry. This, gentle
men, is the only true account of the invention
of this incstimable liquid wherewith we are all,
at present, supplied.
"Permt me now," added Mr.. Budd Scroggy
to state in few words the plan we have
sketchcd out to entertain us in our occasional
meetings. IL is well known that each of us is
resolved not to spare himself; to lay aside all
false dignity when we are here assembled; and
give for the amusement or interest Of his fell
low members, first, some account of himself,
and of events that have, or may have, happened
to him from the beginning of time to the day
OF his joining this club; and, in case the club
should continue-and | trust it will-then to
repeat, in turn, any story, humorous or sent-
mental, that he may have hedrd-mind, not
readl for you know heavy penalty is attached
to the offence of telling a story that shall be
found on examination to be not original, or, at
least, not new! Therefore, gentlemen, after
settling the fnes-for perceive there are only
ton Of us here, two missing-I, your president,
shall set the example"
DREss.-Be either delcately pale or richly
dark beware Of Owen Jones's blue, red, and
yellow--the favorites of savages-unless your
red be deepened with black, or contrasted with
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