Butte record. (Bidwell, Butte County, Cal.) 1853-1858, 1857-06-06

ings are to be attributed to this drink
tea. Dear old Goldey used to cal
: him The walking teapot; and when tn,
Doctor was not in his hiatus, he uset
to ascribe 1t to the badness of the tea
Mrs. Thrall used to go to extraordina-
ry expense to please the Doctor, who
always honored her by saying that Mrs
Thrall was the only ole who could sui,
his taste to t. his memorable dis,
itch addressed to that lady is well
known, and shows his greedy fondness
for the article.
% potent liquor, pour it out; nor Dor if with Q
frown;
Thou canst not pour il ont so fast rs can nour /,
| down.
His dropsical temperament did not
deter him from indulging in it; eight
and ten cups, holding some quarter of
a pint each, would upon ii single occa-
sion be introduced into his stom lch
He said it was the only discovery for
which the Chinese deserved the name
OF Celestial; yet, at times, he would
call the slop as his most inveterate
enemy, and declain against it with the
bilterest animosity
In France everybody drinks coffee :;
and tea there is only taken medicinal
ly. In England, the Consumption be-
twecn n tea and coffee is almost equal
among the men, but aim ost all English
and American women take tea. In
London, the coffee rooms where no
beer or liquor is allowed to be sold,
number seven hundred at the least
and each Is frequented, up1n an aver
aga, drly, by eight hundred persons.
These h us's unqae~tionably have been
the means of dlsplacing much drunk
IN S am ;ngsi the laboring classes. La
1914 The coffee imported into Great
Bfi ain, was upwards of ft:y millions of
To-. that Of i ance, twenty seven nil
loas.
We do not append much faith to
the sayings Of the worthy Doctor, above
quoted, for our own observations tend
to qiite diff rent exp rience IN the
property of fea-drinkiDg am ngst old
maids. An old dame, arrived ut tn r
ordinary years of discretion, will b.
fund, after the first cup Of tea, to
have "A very good opinion OF hel neigh
bors; after the second, she finds they
are generous almost to fault after t,
third, that they would be better with
out certain faults; after fourth, no
better than they should be +; after a
fifth, the most seandal.zing set that any
innocent socl, Ike herself. can be wor>
ried with. In short, she become
fault finding ahd quarrelsome in h l
cups the beverage when t.ken to ex
cess, having the same effect upon her
system, as aay intoxica ing liquor.
There is doubtless a large amount Of
stimulating power in the two bevera
yes. and nothing can be better admin
istered as an antidolc TO any poisonous
-oporifc than strong coctons Of one
of these.
But truly, we repeat. these are not
the only wholesome drinks natures
bou ualiful herblriun can supply. Tray
tlers report favorab y of the II aite, or
Paraguay Tea why do we not give it
a Fri i. almost all the aquifoliace OK
ygenous pl .nts) of which this is one,
are harmless; and there is numer-
Gus family of them.
THIS Iec grows TO about the size ofl
an orange ties. The Chilians and |
Buenos Ayreans consume, amongs
themselves. five mill on pounds of this
tea, annually, SO fond are they of it.
The process is very simple; ths. .bnughs
with the leaves on, are merely laid
upon heated surface, and afterwards
pulverized, and then prepared in bags
for the market. The plant is -eeped
in boiling water, to which are added
some coarse sugar, and a small portion
of the juice of lemon The vessel used
is something Ike tea pot, called
Maitee, giving name to the drink. The
Creole are p ssionately fond OF it, and
never pass a meal without it.
So large consumption could scarce
ly h ppen, unless some merit as
Wholesome drink were attached to it.
Then there is the old fashioned drink
Mead, which the cockneys in the time
of Queen Elizabeth. irdulged in /; why
have W.. in our degenerate days, dis
carded it? Honey lfrom which 1T is
distilled, after undergoing the yiuous
fermentati n is wholesome and great
tayorlte in oAr days, vita all classes
This mstheg 10, or hNdromel, as the
old beaax OF the time were wont to de
signae it, was most refre- hing drink
when diluted with lukewarm water. 1t
produced remarkable stoutness OF limb
and muscle. The wenchee of thes,
das 5, that we're hired for service, US ID
to barter their labor, first for their
drinking mead, and next, of less CON
siderasiop. their working need, Tex
case the pun fair reader. we canno
hclp 1t OCCASIONALLY aud where viii
you 6ad nowadays, more sturd,
wholes me, cherrycheeked lasses, than
those of that time The p sty, thIn-
waste bellies of the present day, form
no comparison.
I The sturdy yeom IN, too, OF that day
would drink down his quart of mead
aud want little else Tor the rem 'inde'
OF the day, and where shall we look fo'
such brawny arms and shoulders a.
Those they possessed.