Smyrna times., 1857-06-10
WHOLE NO., 324.

Olley mat 1t was very common thinD in
England for husband and wife to kiss each other
my husband were to attempt such a thinp" !"
sald she, 81 would beat him about the ears so
'hat he should tcel it tor a week" Yet in con.
FersatI0n they are very plar and unreserved.
though by no means gross. They acknowledges
'hat such things generation, gestation enA
pafturitlon exist, and 1t may be that this very
absence 'f mystery tends to keep chasle SO ex-
citauie ana Imaginative race.
BEWARE OF BRANDY:-IVe warn the mood
people OF this city, who occasionally ia ke lii.
tle Tor tne stomach's sake" to beware how
they drink brandy, or We should rather saw. the
red llquld which is handed out to them at tav-
cru counters, under that name. 1t Is a we'll
known TACT, that there Is scarcely a bar-room
IN the city, however extensive, elegant, or pre-
'enllous' That contains drop OF the genuine ar
ucle Indeed, very little OF II comes lDts the
country from France, and what does co,ne com.
mands an almost fabulous prce--a priee so
great, at any rate, to exclude it, almost entire
ly' from the retail trade. Indeed, even with
The beSt VIII to sell good article, the tavern
keeper cannot surely getIt. The article which
ne Ouys under custom house lock, and which
unquestlonably comes from France, is nohInp
more or less than portion of he millions of
gallons of pure SPIRIT l. t. dLcOhOL which has
been exported from this country, to receive, in
France, Its cO0rmg and ITS flavor from the es
sentlal "oll OF cognac." aud then TO be impor-
ted back. This is no illusion, but fact of
daily practice, aud IL would be safe to conclude
that any glass which you may take up at any
bar IN town, is nothing but cOiOred pure sprIi.
Htvored with few drops of the POISONOUS oil
alluded to- The same may be SAID OF the sirfr
that Is furnished you in demijohns from The
wholesale grocers and liquor dea ere, for family
use, at the rate OF tive, SIX, and even seven dol
lars gallon.
Through the failure Of the grape in France,
ana the immense consumption OF the article of
! brandy ln this country, not onc-twentIeth part
OF The demand made upon France can be sup
pied; and as the major part Of this demand is
Tor hlgh-prlced brandy, ii will al once be seen,
what PerIIous stuff, even the most fastidous
ana careful drinkers are obliged TO swallow
| The only safe course, Is to abslain ircm calling
for brandy altogether. There is but little good
IN 1t, even when it is best; and il has been sad
died upon as national drink, in place of the
comparatively harmless beverages chosen by
other nations, 10y school OF red faced old cocks
who, with the protuudly, If not the sobrielY of
| oracies, yoked our nccks years ago, with the
notion Qt little brandy was " the best thing in
the world Tor the stomach" especially after
eating oysteTs--a double tallacy, as has long
! ago been proved. W e, therefore, advise that
brandy be permitted TO 90 out of tashlon-at
/ least while 1t is out OF the coun,ry--and if we
| must have national drink, let us follow The
| example otthe nation which manufactures BRAN
dy for US, and adopt something as IA daily bever-
age, that is, that least, Shade lighter Than hell
! tire.-POrter'S Spirit.