It was fortunate for Mr. and Mrs. Mann—the names were noms de voyage—that they left us so soon.

To accompany a meal, the fresh Italian lager Poretti is perfect; Erdinger Weisbier, a wheat beer from Germany, is full of zing;

To such a party, a railway suddenly coming through the country to which he has retired to spend his leisure, must, indeed, be a God-send, if he chooses to hold himself out as an amenity witness, and if the forecharges are sustained.

[…] an amusing character all but extinct now, but occasionally to be encountered […] vaporing in the groggeries along the tow-path.