Show According to the Scriptures tho first thing that Noah did after the flood was to plant a viueyard the second to get drunk on its wine According to a report of parliament in 1870 39000000 were spent in drink in Great Britain 58000000 by tho poorer classes Tho modern Italian wine jars hoMing about twenty quarts are almost identical in shape and size with the amphoras found in Pompeii I Among the Saxons when drinking healths as many cups were drunk as there j I were letters in the name of the person I complimented The Jews had two kinds of grape wine the wine of Heron generally sent abroad and the wine of Lebanon famous for its bouquet Colored ratafias are made of cherries or almost any other fruit seasoned witn cinnamon cin-namon mace or other spices according to I taste |