TO THE MAN AT POUGHKEEPSIE, 



WHO KBBPS THB BAILBOAD KBPBBSHMENT BOOMS, 

 THIS BOOK IS RE8PE0TPni/LT 



I DO NOT KNOW HIS NAME, BUT TEAB IN AND TEAS OUT HE GIVES THE PUBLIC AN 



IDEAL CUP OF COFFEE, AND, ON THE PBINCIl'LB OP "ACT WELL TOUR PABT, 



THEBE ALL THB HONOB LIES," HE IS ENTITLED TO THE PUBLIC'S BEST THANKS. 



PEBHAPS IN THB FAB DISTANT FUTURE SOME OTHBB EAILROAD BUFFET 



PEOPBIETOR MAT FIND THAT A GOOD CUP OF COFFEE ADDS TO, 



BATHER THAN DIMINISHES, THE CHANCES FOE GATHERING IN A 



OOODLT NUMBEB OF SHEKELS, AND BE PROMPTED TO 00 



AND DO LIKEWISE. THEBE IS EVEN A POSSIBILITT 



THAT THE ENGLISH STEAMSHIP LINES, WHICH NOW BNJOT A PRE-EMINENCE FOE 



BAD COFFEE, MAT LEARN THAT SOMETHING BESIDES GOOD SEAMANSHIP WILL 



ATTRACT BUSINESS, AND WHEN "THAT NEW ZEALANDER" APPEARS 



UPON THB SCENE THERE MAT NO LONGER BE EXTANT ANT SUCH 



REPROACH AS "SON OF A SEA COOK." I KNOW OF NO PERSON SO 



WELL ENTITLED TO THE HONOR OF THIS DEDICATION, AND SO 



THIS WORK IS ADMIRINGLT AND RESPECTFULLT INSCRIBED 



TO THB MAIT AT POUGHKEEPSIE, 



ONE OP THB CHOSEN FEW WHO KNOW HOW TO MAKE 



A Good Cup of Coffee. 



