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THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. 
f March i, 1895. 
INDIAN PATENTS. 
Calcutta, the SSjih Jan. to 7th Feb. IS'i'j. 
Applications in resnect of the undermentioned in- 
ventions have been filed during the week ending 10th 
January 1895, under the provisions of Act \ . of 188H, 
in the Office of Secretary appointed under the in- 
ventions and Designs Act, 1888 :— _ 
Improved Transplanter.— No. 21 of 189;>.— G. y. A. 
Kentish, of Kurseong, Bengal, Tea Planter, for a 
new or improved transplanter. 
• Improvements in, or connected with, stoves or ap- 
paratus for drying tea leaves, coffee, grain oi- other 
produce.— No. 25 of 189.).— William Jackson of Thorn- 
erove Mannfield, Aberdeen, North Britain. Enginee:-. 
for improvements in, or connected with, stoves or 
apparatus for drying tea leaves, coffee, grain or 
other produce. ". 
Improvements in Apparatus for Treating lei 
Leaves.— No. 38 of 1895.-William Gow, of l.i Rool 
Lane, in the City of London, En-land. Tea 1, Mo . 
for improvements iu apparatus for treating tea leaves. 
TEA AND SCANDAL. 
I gave you such a dose of the Madras Manual 
of Administration last week that I think I must 
treat you to something different in this coi.mrini. 
cation Robert Hewitt, junior, m hip excellent wprk 
on "Coffee " says "Tea takes prominent rank with 
many of the gentler sex, yet its fair fame has 
been traditionally suggestive of a love of scandal ; 
while the aromatic berry is wholly free from such 
stiemi " I cannot agree that coffee is wholly 
guiltless of the soft impeachment, but alas ! almost 
111 old references to Tea seem to be connected with 
tittle-tattle of some sort. I have made the follow- 
ing extracts as bearing out this sUtemint, anl as 
bein" interesting in exhibiting the manners and cus- 
toms" of our forefathers. 
Hampstead Heath— X comedy: by Thos. Baler, 
1706 Act. i. Sc. 1. p. 6. {Lampoon). "I. Sir. 
was' Pa"e to a Countess, and learned Im- 
pudence and intreaguing from my Lady's Woman, 
and afterwards getting m with the cold Tea Drinkers, 
made myself perfect in the Art of Detraction:— 
Observation and Ridicule are the only Pleasure of 
mv Life- Does one come to Hampstead to view the 
fine Prospect, or to fleer, at the Company." Act n. 
S~ 1 (Arabella). "Then comes the fair Collonel 
Prettiman, as effeminate as a Page at Court, and has 
Regiment of more effeminUe Captains and Lieute- 
nants who, when they quarrel with their Men, cry, 
As i' hope to he san'd Til erne 'you, and upon ev'ry 
Council of War sit and take orders round the Tea- 
Table " Act v. p. 59. (Driver). No galloping ev'ry 
Day to Mrs. Kanister's the India woman,l where} you 
hold your Drinking cabals, and m 5 et officers o' the 
' Guards, and when you are half-flush d with white 
wine Tea, come home in a violent Fit o' the chohck, 
and conclude the evening with a Bottle of Djctor 
Stephens. 
Hampstead Congress. 1745. p. 16. 
Here then, suppose, our couple met, 
The Tea-Table in order set, 
That frequent scene of great Debate; 
On either side a Party sat, 
Deeply experienc'd to decree 
The Right or Wrong of either's Plea. 
Tunbridge K alks.-k cornady : by Thos Baker 
1714 P 30 Act ii. (Miliaria). O.ie Ludy loves hot 
Tea,' another cold Tea; I drink both. ? 37 (Maiden). 
Whv Madam, I never keep compiny with lewd Lakes 
that go to the nasty Taverns: hat visit the Ladies 
and, drink Tea and Chocolate. 
The Humours of the Age.-k comedy: by Thomis 
Baker. 1701. Act n. p. 19. Pert)., She bid me 
tell you, the Lodgers are just going into the Dmmg 
Room to drink Tea, and wou'd be glad of both your 
companies. Sc. life p. 20. A Dininy-Room ; Servants 
briny in a Tea-Tdhle awl Chain. (Lwia). D'you 
drink Tea. Gentlemen? ( Wil*on\ Anything, Madam, 
to oolite the Ladies. (RaiUon) Ti# ft good sober 
Liquor, Madam. [Lucia) Generally, sir; but I have 
known u Beau's Brains as much overcome with Tea, 
as if he had drunk a gallon of Champaine. (Free- 
man) Pray. Ladies, what's the virtue of this Noble 
Liquor? (VremSlia) Oh. sir, tin good to refine the 
wit. I Frr.tmnn] I w inder then the w Tld's so dull, 
when 'tis drunk no universally. ( Miranda). But 
that virtue, sir, extends only to the Gentry : The 
citizens and such vulgar sort, use it to imitate us, 
as thev were goo I clo vths ; but one no more helps 
their Understanding than t' other their Gentility. 
p. 22. Entrr Juxtire Ooose. (.1 Goo**). A certain 
sign of Scandal and Abuse, when people get round 
the Tea-Table and Mr. Raillon'x in company. En- 
ter QiihhU and Pun. (Lnria). Oh, here's Sir (jnihhh 
ani Mr. Pun. Your servant, gentlemen ; we have 
wanted your good companies all this while to drink 
Tea with us. 
The h'i.ie lsidi/x Air*. — A comedy by Thomas Baker. 
170 } Act i. p. 6. [Shrimp) Mr. Knapsack, are you 
for a Dish of fiohfa: Mv Master has been just drink- 
ing, and the witer boils — ^Goes out and returns 
with a Tea-Table 1 . . . .Are you for much sugar in your 
Tea, sir:' l Kui/macl). As much at you please, sir. 
p. 9. [Lady Itolomml) (to the India woman), Mrs. 
J<i/ian, you are a stranger here, I haven't seen you 
sinje I paid off your last bill, (fiulia H'oma-i) Oh, 
.Mil mi. I have been at Death's Door.... but I ha' 
brought you a Pouud o' Bohee, so purifying, 'twill 
give your Ladyship a new Mass of Blood iu a Quar- 
ter of an Hour. (/.. Hod) Mrs. Chinee has much 
better. (India Woman). Then will I eat Mrs. Chinee. 
(L. Rod). Well, you may leave a Pound of Powder. 
(India rVontdh aiide). A Poun 1 of Powder. .. .these 
great Lidies are grown as stingy as if ther paid 
one ready Money, were it not for a City Babble now 
and then I might e'en go dance with the Dogs in 
Miv-Fair. [I am almost certain that Chinee is a 
misprint for Chinee showing that Japan was as ready 
to eat up China in those days as she is now ! — 
A.M.F.] [L. Rod)[tothe Toy-Man). Mr. Gimtra«k what 
new Fancies have you brought this Morning ? (Toy- 
Wan). A choice comb for your eye-brows, .... with 
Tongs, Shovels, Grates, and Fenders for your Lady- 
ship's Tea-Table, p. 28. (Xichiack). Mrs. Kanitter in 
Hatton-Garden, buys up all the coarse Bohee-Tea 
for the Holborn Ladies Breakfasts. 
The Mulberry-Garden, by Sir Chas. Sedley. 1675. p. 
48. Act iv. Sc. 1. 'Tis true, in the first place you must 
shake hands with your oid friends, Hoquemore and 
Burgundy for a while. , . .drink wine and water at Table, 
A Dish of Tea after Dinner. 
The Funeral, by Sir Richard Steele. 1702. Act m. 
p 46. The English will never give a price for any- 
thing they Understand; strange and farfetch'd things 
they only like : Don't you see how they swallow gal- 
lons of the Juice of Tea ; while their own Dock,-leaves 
are trod under Foot. A. M. Fkbocson. 
The Calcutta Tea Market. — A noticeable feature 
of the season now closing is the large proportion 
of tea which has been sold in Calcutta and the 
comparatively small proportion which has been sent 
straight to Mincing Lane. This is specially notice- 
able with regard to Darjeeling teas, the sales of 
which "at first hxnds" have throughout the year 
been very few indeed. The reason for this is pro- 
bably to be found in the fact that exceptionally 
high prices were paid in the Calcutta market at 
the opening sales of the season, coupled with 
the well-known fact tbat some of those same teas 
were resold in Mincing Lane at considerable loss 
to the speculators. There is another fact, however, 
which may have escaped the notice of managers, 
-hich is that th - teas sent straight to Mincing 
Lane have dur ng the past four or five months 
fetched very good trices, the average being" much 
better than the average obtained iu Calcutta, — The 
Planter. 
