Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1851-11-28
T';,e wines OF Hungary.

choicest and most bountifn product, The varieties
of grapes. They the whole land, and the low
est Bauer has his vineyard And in no country OF
Europe are such pure delicious wines made as there
There is scarcely any wine of in Europe but that
is drngged or considerably strengthened by alcohol
This is unknown in Hungary, and even the best ! o.
kay-the most rare and costly wine in the county
is pnre Juice of the grape. Water throughout the
Hungarian painis bad and extremely hard TO gel so
that may safely say wine is drank through Inc
majority of the population than wafer nave hea'a
soldiers speak of frequently being Obliged IN the cam
paign of '4S and 49, boil their beet IN wine, as 10
wa er was 10 be procured
The common light wine Of the country, lar SUPERB
or 10 any similar wine in Germany France. sells at
about two cents bottle. The number of varieties
made here is astonshngiy great, amounting to nearly
thirty from Hungary alone-and they themselves va
rying very considerably in taste and strength,
The Tokav well known by name in most other
countries is considered The choicest of these ii Is
made from grape growing en- h'tI at Il kay near
the Upper Thesis, and is prepared, understand Dy
gathering the very rpest Of the grapes, lett on inc
vines till they seem on the very verge OF rong, then
depositing them in large vessel with straner, and
leaving them to press out their own juice vi course
This first extract amounts to but very little; 1t Is col
lected however with great care, and forms the genu
inc extract" of Tokay, thick, PUPPY, golden color
cd VINE sweet IN taste, though by the knowing IN
such matters throughout Eastern Europe, to be the
best wine made in the world 1t is exceedingly expen-
sive even in Hungary. After this Is extracted, old
Tokay is made, also sweet wine, and very much val
ued. The third extract is made by mngling in many
grapes not fully ripe or so carefully selected hui
still from the peculiar kind whrh grows on the ridge
of the Carpathans in that district The Tokay is sell
dom drank by the Hungarians freely, but is brought
forth on especial occasions, when the Hungarian would
express his hospitality and is taken in small glasses at
the end Of the meal a rarity cordial. 1t is much
valued, too, by the physicians, for It's peculiar sana-
tive properties
OF the many other kinds of Wine in Hungary, the
most celebrated are the Mesner, considered nearly
equal to the Tokay, the ErIay red Wine, the Oen and
Samau, with severa! other wines on the right bank OF
the Danube. There is " Champagne made here
too, though equal to the French it is said. 1t is
curious that this peculiar fertility of Hungary in wines
was known even in the times of the Roman Empire,
for it is said that in the year 1885, Roman Emperor
gave orders for the cultivatng OF OF the SmIan
wine-hls, in the south western part of Hungary, for
the sake of the very remarkable wine produced there
The and poorest kinds of grapes seem 10 grow
generally on the plains, the better and richer on the
side hills. The annual yield of wine in Hungary, is
recSoned by good statistical writer's at about twenty
eight mo of elmer, the elmer holding rather more
than twelve gallons Yet, despite this immense pro-
duction despite the quality of the wines being beyond
question, the purest and best in Europe, the export
10 foreign countries has always been very slight IN
deed
The Tokay is mostly bought by the Jews, who car
ry the mountains to Poland and Russia, whence
it finds lis way TO Prussia and Germany
There is unimportant trade, too in this and 9th
err wines TO Austria, by the Danube-but the paser
nal legislation" of Vienna has always arranged it sc
that Hungarian wines could not be exported under a
duty, which would Utterly ruin the trade-and the
wines have mostly been consumed in the county,
Since Hungary has been absorbed - into Austria
the taxes on the growing of wines, as shall show
hereafter, have equally operated to check the produc
ton
1t is thought by some travel ers, that the best Hun
garan wines will not bear expectation over the sea-
The Hungarans all claim, however, that if properly
prepared, they be sent any distance without tht
least injury. have question, that, under gooc
government, this product of Hungary would be tht
most important profitable export, and that the Hunga
rian hills, and mountain sides, would be much
sought by wine merchants, for rare and good wines
those of Southern France and Spain.
There once steamboat coming up the Missis
sipp dark night, and the captain, according Il
"hme-honored usage" was playing cards in the soca
hall. The mate stepped in:
"Capain, out of wood-not enough left to make tn
water hot enough 10 shave with
" Ring the bell replied the captain, &c Show light
and scare some up along the shore.'
The mate went out and the captain went on witt
the game. In a few moments the mate returned.
Found boat, sir"
The Captain left the table, and went out.
" How do you sell your wood?" shouted the Cap
tain to the people at the yard.
sc Two and half
"Too much" said the Captain. " However, take
cord or two, and look further"
couple of cords were taken in, the game was re
sumed in the social hall, and the boat went on.
half hour elapsed when the mate again appeared
&c Out of wood sir.'
&c Bell and lght-My deal'
The orders were obeyed, and the mate again an
nounced wood yard, The Captain went cut.
6 What's the price of wood?"
1.-TWO and a half
'Too high. but will take couple of cords till w
can do BETTER
AS before, couple of cords taken in, and no
twenty minutes elapsed before the again appear
ed
"Out of wood, sir"
t'Rng the bell'
&c Better take this time'
/" Show a light
" It's done, sir.'
In few minutes a wood yard was again rung up,
and the steamer B went in.
" How do you sell your wood?"
"Two and a half
sTwo and half be d-d!" cried the Captain.
"Wel, Captain" answered the woodman &c we vii
put it to you this time at two and quarter TIL
makes the Mtrd time You haze rooded c5 Tonight
The Captain had nothing to say but took the wood
and got quickly out of that stiff current which tn
boat unable TO stem The B was so {: solemn
ly slow" that the Captain himself used to say sh
must have been intended for a hearse. She is III
same boat which the newspapers once said made tn
trip from New Orleans to Louisville in six days and
-FOUR weeks !-Cinn. Conn.,
Father Mathew Home.
Mrs. Nicholson, American lady made tou
through Ireland few years ago, with the view c
satisfying herself by personal investigation, of the ex