The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1854-04-27
Adnltera.ion of I,iouors.

Eminent chemists aSScrttnat nlne-lenbnS
at least, of all the liquors consumed in the
United States are more or less drugged.
To say that half of all that pretends to
come across the Atlantic is wholly manu-
factured on this side of it, would be to
fall short of the truth.
/ There are numbers who live and thrive
by such nefarious trades. Long practice
in the use of sugar of lead, capsicum,
acid, aloes, juniper berries, verdigris, log
wood, &C., DC, in vary and nicely grad
ulated proportions, has enabled them to
bring the art to a degree of perfection
that seems almost fabulous. Cheap Mo-
nongahela whisky brought into their
vaults by the hogshead, comes out bot
tied and ready for sale as Madeira"
"Cognac," (" Champagne" :" 'tPale Bran
dy," Cream of the Valley" and "Old
Port In these the color, flavor and
smell of the originals will be SO closely
initiated that experienced taste is deceived
by them. So complete and minute arc
their operations that not only are foreign
brands forged, and the shape of bottles,
the divces of seals and corks initiated /,
but eveu artificial dust and cobwebs are
fabricated to give them an air of respec-
table antiquity, ra
! If other proofs of this were needed,
besides the results of chemical analysis,
it might be found in the facts that more
Port is drank in the United States in one
year than passes the Custom house in ten;
in ten; that more Campagne is consumed
in America alone than the whole Cham
pagne district produces; that Cognac
Crancy cost four times as much in France
where it is made, as it is sold for in our
corner groggeries; and that the failure Of
the whole grape crop in Madeira produ-
ced no apparent diminution in the quanti-
ty, nor at all corresponding increase in the
price Of wine. -
1t is these compounds that madden and
destroy such multitudes in our towns and
cities. In vine growing countries, where
wine is cheap and plentiful, and its use al
most universal, there are none of these
horrors of intemperance that shock and
alarm us here. France, Italy, Spain
suffer no more from the free use of theil
wines, than we do from our cider, OF
Sparkling Catawba."
If none but pure liquor was permitted
to be sold, its price would instantly be-
come so great as to put it beyond the
reach of those who now fall victims tt
cred eye" and 'srot gut Genuine bran
DIV, gin and rum, are the most costly 0
all fermented drinks, instead of being, as
were accustomed to think, the cheapest
To say nothing of the cost of transporta
ton, they cannot be bought on the spo
where they are made at any thing like
the rates they are sold at in our drinking
saloons. Brands that wholesale bring
So bottle, are sold at retail for sthre'
cents glass!''
A law providing for the prohibition ane
punishment of these adulterations coulc
be faithfully carried into effect, for all pa
ties would have common interest in it
enforcement. 1t could be resisted by few
for no man wants to drink these poisons
: and no dealer would acknowledge that h,
sold them. Temperance men would gail
their end of driving these beverages ou
of use, and all respectable liquor mer
chants would profit by the rise in prices
Constitutional rights would not be NOR
infringed than by the detection and pun
ishment of any other fraud; and no prop
erty would be destroyed except the liqui'
poisons and the implements of their man
ufacture .-Alb. Journal.