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Pernod and Sons ABSINTHE
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has now spread to all parts of |
the world; this is no exaggera- |
tion ; to be convinced it is |
enough to attend the loading of |
the wagons, which, on shipping |
days, come to line up along the |
docks of the factory. The |
destination indicated on each |
case permits us to follow the famous liqueur in our imagination |
to the most diverse latitudes, to Canada, the Argentine Republic, |
Mexico, Cochin China and the Sudan.
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France was its first and is still its principal outlet. It was |
introduced into the remote areas by our soldiers for whom it |
neutralized the effects of the fever produced by the bad quality |
of the water and the noxious miasmas of the marshes; - and by |
the many foreigners who for business or pleasure visit our |
country; after having been introduced to the true Pernod and |
sons absinthe in the cafes of our towns and aboard our steam |
liners,
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(Translated by "Artemis" for your pleasure.) |