The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-07-26
what to Drink in Ho. Weather.

(From the New York Worldly
Aquestion that everybody puts 10 every.
body else In these awful dog days Is,
"What do you drink in this weather V''
The variety oil replies returned TO this
would make list Of drinks that would
startle q barkeeper. Most Of these are
alcoholic. One man will tell you to stick
to native whisky, because the foreign
liquors, not being accustomed 10 this eli.
mate, are apt to run riot In the stomach Of
those who swallow them. The next In.
terlocutor says that this Is all stuff, since
the foreign liquors are manufactured here.
There are men who aver that Santa Cruz
rum, being q tropical tipple, % eminently
fitted tor those latitudes at the present
time. Others dismiss IL on that account,
and inquire whether the Artic Pole does
not furnish some kind Of slings that would
cool mems stomachs, and keep the blood
away from the head.
The advocstes OF juleps and smashes
and all other fancy drinks are numerous,
as are those Of brandy.and.water plain,
but by far the most numerous OF advisers
with regard TO beverages are those who
caution you against drinking Croton water
without something" in 1t, as If the possi.
bility OF finding Croton water without
something IN 1t at this season were admis.
sable. Many persons think that hot tea
allays thirst better than cool drinks, and
there are Irish and Scotch gentlemen Of
the old school who, on the same principle,
drink hot whisky punch all the year
round, irrespective Of the thermometer.
Cold tea, without milk, and with a little
slice OF lemon in 1t, is stated by persons
who have tried it to be the best Of drinks
tor allaylng thirst but the objection to
tea is that medical men declare it to be
more shattering to the nerves than alco-
holic drinks, unless taken very moder-
ately.
All the malt liquors have their advo.
Gates, and favorlte beverage lately come
much into vogue here is 'shandy- -gaff,"
compound Of ale and ginger beer. 1t Is
very palatable, but, as the French say Of
good wine, 1t recalls the drinker. Per.
haps Of all summer drinks the two kinds
OF German beer are most in demand.
Many persons as well as Germans drink
weiss beer early OF a morning at this sea.
son, considering it to be u tonic and pro.
moter OF appetite. As for lager beer
everybody drinks it copiously, although
opinion Is divided with regard to its e.
fects upon the system. The main objec.
ton to lager seems to be the immense
quantity one can imbibe without being
injuriously affected by 1t for the time.
One Of the best drinks the writer re.
members, for allaying thirst is a sort Of
lemonade brewed with q certain proper
ton of cream OF tartar in it. 1t is not
only grateful to the palate, but cooling to
the blood; but the manufacture of "pop,"
as it used 10 be called, seems to be a lost
art. 1t should be manufactured at home,
since it is very amenable to imitation
with spurious Ingredients. Lime juice,
added in small quantities to water, with a
little sugar in it, is also an agreeable and
healthtul drink.
But it appears to be agreed on by med
ical men that the less of anything one
drinks in hot weather the better. Especi.
ally the stronger kinds OF stimulating
drinks should be avoided, and so should
copious draughts ol ice.cold water. To
abstain from such food as tends to pro-
mote thirst is one Of the beat rules to be
observed in hot weather.