But their laughter broke the tension, and while he shook hands around, thinking what difficulties must of necessity have been met in this gracious display of cordiality, Moses, the negro butler from the Wallifarro household, appeared from the kitchen door, bearing a tray of cocktails.
"The Tempering"
Charles Neville Buck
I think it was one of the best cocktails I've ever tasted.
"A Fool and His Money"
George Barr McCutcheon
He began to wish he was down with the boys at the Howling Wilderness, consulting the oracle of cocktails.
"First Fam'lies of the Sierras"
Joaquin Miller