Because MT students and scholars sometimes wonder about such things, we are looking for recipes for cocktails that Mark Twain and "the boys" demand from a puzzled Parisian barkeeper early in The Innocents Abroad: "Give us a brandy smash!" The Frenchman began to back away, suspicious of the ominous vigor of the last order .... The General followed him up and gained a complete victory. The uneducated foreigner could not even furnish a Santa Cruz Punch, and Eye-Opener, a Stone-Fence, or an Earthquake. -- So we need authentic 19th century recipes for the following, and we don't see them in the cookbooks on the kitchen shelf, or the blogs for Mad Men: Brandy Smash Santa Cruz Punch Eye-Opener Stone-Fence Earthquake Help on any of these mysteries will be appreciated. Best regards, Bruce Michelson University of Illinois