Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-07-12
THE GAZETTE.
SATURDAY EVENING, JULY IL.

AMERICAN DRINKS AT VIENNA Vienna
correspondence of the Baltimore American. =
The warm weather has had it's effect on one
branch of Americanism on exhibition here. a
mouth ago the impression was very generai
that the American bars would do very poor
business, on account of the high cost OF their
drinks, as we'll as from the fact that halt gal
Ion of beer could be had for the cost OF one OF
their fancy glasses. They were then occasion,
ally drank as matter of curiosity, and several
Germans could be occasionally seen at one of
their tables with solitary 'cobbler' or ''cock-
tail, each taking an occasional suck through
the straw, and discussing its merits. 1t was
mere tasting process, each, according to ter
man custom, paying his share OF the expense.
Yesterday however, they were throoged with
visitors, and the colored walters, who are de-
oided objects of curiosity, were kept busy filling
their orders These walters are sharp set OF
fellows most Of them from New York, and are
of all shades, from the coal black to the yellow
pine. The former tell many amusing stories
of their experience, and they seem to enjoy the
inspection that they are constantly subject to.
They have picked up little German, but are
each provided with a price list, which they
hand to the customer, and he points out the
article he desires. The following is list of
the plain American drinks that our German
friends are beginning to learn to like, which are
served up smothered 10 crushed ice, at &c. 80,
80, and 80 kreutzers EACH or at %, 80, and 40
cents 10 American currency, under the title OF
American Mixed Drinks: :"
Apple Jack and cocktail-J Jersey, brandy and
soda (English), brandy champarelle, brandy
crusta, brandy fix, brandy julep, brandy punch,
brandy sangaree, brandy sling, brandy smash,
brandy sour, brandy toddy, Baltimore egg-nrogg
Boehm & Wichrs iavorite, claret cup, claret
cobbler, claret punch, claret sangarce, CataW6a
cobbler, Catawba punch, champagne punch,
champagne cobbler, champagne cocktail, egg
flip, eye opener, French cocktail, gin juieep, GU
crusta, gin punch, gin sling, gin smash, Hn
sour, gin toddy, hook cobbler,, John Collins
(Euglish), Indian wigwam punch, Jamaica run
punch, Jamaica run sour, Kuickcrbocker,
lemonade (plain), lemonade with a stick,
lemonade (fancy), milk punch, Metropolitan
punch u. s. Al, pousse cafe New DIRK style),
pousse cafe New Oreans), pectoral (Cuban),
port wine sangaree, pine apple punch, port VINE
flip, porteree, phcgm cutter, sherry and btters
(plain), sherry and egg, sherry cobbler, Shang-
hal Saratoga, soda cocktail, St. Crolx hx, St
Croix sour, st. Croix punch, whiskey cocktail,
whiskey punch, whiskey julep and old ken-
lucky, whiskey sling, Whlskey smash, whlskey
sour. "
The champagne punches and cobblers are
form and hplf each, or seventy-hve cents IN
our money. The plain drinks, which are equally
as numerous, range from twenty to forty cents
each, or forty kreu,zers and upwards. Fifteen
per cent of all their receipts, however, 60 to
the Exposition fund. The American restaur-
ants, of which there are two verp large, ones,
have become the favorite resort Of the English
and are also doing prosperous business. AS
the Exposition will continue uutil the lst OF
November, more than four mouths longer, aud
as everybody must eat and drink on the grounds,
the value OF these privileges have not been
overestimated by those who we're scrambllDg
for them. Yours, &C., G. Q. +.