Claret Cup.
A heaping tablespoonful fine sugar, dissolve with a little water in a glass pitcher containing a few lumps of clear ice; add the juice of half a lemon, one pony brandy, half a pony maraschino, half a pony orange curaçoa, half an orange sliced, two slices of lemon, one slice cucumber-rind, one pint claret, one cold bottle plain soda; mix. Finish with a few sprigs of mint on top, stems down.