[I]n Italy one ſeldom ſees a River that is extreamly bright and limpid, moſt of 'em falling dovvn from the Mountains, that make their VVaters very troubled and muddy, […]

the drain was free

One frequent annotater of Library of Congress photographs of New York City on Flickr goes by the name Epicharmus.

Excess acidity has been neutralized in some milks by the use of sodium bicarbonate or sodium carbonate, e.g. in the former Czechoslovakia for Olomouc cheese.