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From: wenn@cmu-cs-g.ARPA (John Wenn)
Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers
Subject: Re: Here is the plot.  What is the title and author?
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Date: Sat, 19-Jan-85 18:28:53 EST
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Posted: Sat Jan 19 18:28:53 1985
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>One of Gallagher's inventions was a 'liquor organ' that would
>mix drinks and dispense them through a hose so he could get
>drunk lying down.

The idea of a 'liquor organ' was published by Joris-Karl Huysmaus in his book
"A Rebours" <Against the Grain>, in 1884.  This is a classic work in the
field of decadent literature.  One of my favorites in my "Evil and Decadence
in Literature" class at MIT.

John Wenn