He returned from war a cripple.

On the 18th inst. I first heard of my good fortune in the sight of a King (?) and in case any of my friends suspect that something unknown to them might have passed between me and the King or his advisers, I pledge my word, never wilfully mispledged, that nothing has passed on my part but that which has appeared in the Republican, and the favorable report, if anything more than official verbiage, has astounded me!

These yeasts are used in the crisp, easy-drinking lagers that would become very popular in the United States as cold brewing and cold storage options improved in the 1870s, as well as straw-colored, Bohemian pilsners and the pale lagers and medium-bodied, amber-hued märzenbiers from Germany.

[H]e that tellt me saw wi' his ain ee'n, an' heard wi' his ain ears, the mickle part o' what I'm gaun to say—an' what he didna see or hear hissell, he learned frae those wha'd kent a' frae the beginnin'