No. 586
Crime, Eccentricity, and the Sporting Life in 19th Century America.
August 03, 2021

Mixed Drinks for Six.

Harry Johnson's Style of Straining Mixed Drinks to a Party of Six.
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August 3, 2021
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Tag: Assault

Too Fond of Kissing.

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Jack the Garter Stealer.

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Thrown from a Balcony.

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1/23/2017

The Pastor Kissed Her.

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Another Amorous Parson.

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10/6/2015

Getting Above his Business.

How a too presumptuous shoe dealer’s attention to a female customer was resented by her male escort.

8/31/2015

Murderous Assault by a Wife on Her Husband.

10/6/2014

A Human Vampire.

4/28/2014

What it is Coming to in Chicago.

3/24/2014

Robbed of Her Tresses.

1/14/2014

A Fiendish Husband’s Desperate Deed.

10/16/2012

It Was Another Kind of Cat.

2/21/2012
JOE RICKERMAN
alias: NIGGER BAKER
PICKPOCKET, BURGLAR

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Mixed Drinks for Six.

Drinks

Harry Johnson’s Style of Straining Mixed Drinks to a Party of Six.

“Whenever you have to mix drinks which require to be strained into a separate fancy glass, such as Cocktails, Sours, Fizz’s, etc., make it a rule to place the glass of ice-water in front of the customer, next to it the glass into which you intend to strain the drink, then go to work and mix the drink required; try to place your glassware on the counter all in one row or a straight line. As to the style of the bartender, it is proper that when on duty, or while mixing drinks that he should stand straight, carry his head erect and place himself in a fine position. (See illustrations.)”

 

Johnson, Harry. New and Improved Illustrated Bartender's Manual. New York:  1882.

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