Congress-water

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Congress-water, brought by unattractive Ganymedes and sold in the train, -- draughts flat, flabby, and utterly bubbleless, lukewarm heel-taps with a flavor of savorless salt.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 58, August, 1862 Various
It is strange that men should deem that fount a fable, when its liquor fills more bottles than the Congress-water.

Twice Told Tales Nathaniel Hawthorne 1834
"Gets it the way people down here gets Congress-water -- in barrels.

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 1884
"Gets it the way people down here gets Congress-water -- in barrels.

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Mark Twain 1872
"Gets it the way people down here gets Congress-water -- in barrels.

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Chapters 26 to 30 Mark Twain 1872