death-in-the-pot

Updated: May 29, 2025

It is perhaps possible to get pure wine in France by buying it at the vineyard; but if any dealer has had it, give up the idea! As for what is done this side of the water, now for it. I do not rely upon the old work of Mr. "Death-in-the-pot Accum," printed some thirty years ago, in England.

P. T. (Phineas Taylor) Barnum - The Humbugs of the World: An Account of Humbugs, Delusions, Impositions, Quackeries,: Deceits and Deceivers Generally, in All Ages