Notes and Events.
It is wise to be temperate in all things, and it is satisfactory to know that the 1.0 G.T. lodge in this town, is well supported. We can only say that they are temperate in their liquors, but they may be in everything else. This was not however what we wanted to draw attention to. There is undoubtedly danger in the cup that cheers but not inebriates, as there is in that brewed by John Barleycorn, and though we desire not to spoil their cup of tea, yet the total abstainers after reading the following, may wisely hesitate as to whether tea will be quite so satisfying as they have previously believed it. A writer in the Catholic Times says :— A corpse placed in the centre of a box of tea will keep sweet for years. This information is not given with any idea of assisting readers to keep relics of their departed about the place preserved in Soochow, but simply to warn them that the Chinese employ tea to preserve dead bodies for a time, and afterwards pack and export the tea, first making the boxes in such a way that they can be easily recognised and avoided by Chinaman. It is only the Yanquitze or i( foreign dovil " who is supposed to relish tea in which deceased ihinese ancestor has been pickled.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MH18920730.2.20
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Manawatu Herald, 30 July 1892, Page 3
Word count
Tapeke kupu
227Notes and Events. Manawatu Herald, 30 July 1892, Page 3
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
No known copyright (New Zealand)
To the best of the National Library of New Zealand’s knowledge, under New Zealand law, there is no copyright in this item in New Zealand.
You can copy this item, share it, and post it on a blog or website. It can be modified, remixed and built upon. It can be used commercially. If reproducing this item, it is helpful to include the source.
For further information please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in