The Cedar County advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Iowa) 1853-1856, 1855-04-04

and as it is impossible to distinguish the
pure from impure, and as the impure can
be made at one.tenth to one quarter of
the value Of the pure, the impure, as a
natural consequence, takes The place Of
the pure, the same as the bogus dollar
would take the place OF the pure silver
dollar, provided i, was settled by.common
consent q dollar was dollar, whether
bogus or not.
Says DR.. Mott, !" l had friend who
had been once vine deale., and having
read the startling siatesmen,s made pub
nc in relation TO the brewing Of wines,
and the adul,eration of other liquors
generally. inquired Of tha, friend as 70
the verify Of those statements. His reply
was, God forgive what has passed in my
own cellar, but the statements made are
true, and all true, assure you. 81
The process Of adul.eration is carried
on in wine countries, as well as in this
country, with regard to Madeira, Sherry
Ciarei and all kinds Of wine.
7 The Rev. Dr.. Baird has stated ,ha,
!" little or no wine is drank in France in
q pure state, except il may be at the
wine press. The dealers purchase i. a,
the vineyards in a pure state, bu. in tn els
hands i, is entlrely changed BY adding
drugs or distilled spirit"
Sajs IIofa,io Greenough, the eminent
sculptor, that /" although wine eau be had
IN Florence at one cent a bottle, the
dealers do not hesitate to add drugs and
water to gain fraction more profit"
"A physician in New York purchased
bottle Of, wha. is called, genuine
champagne. OF the importers, and had j,
subjected to chemical tests j, was found
to contain quarter Of an onnes Of sugar
Of lead. Who would like to drink a
mixture Of sugar Of lead aud water 2"
A gentleman in New York, who
made champagne, purchased some of the
regular importer, wishing to give his
friends some OF the genuine article. At
conviyial party he produced his pure as
imported, when the eorks began to hy.
one dropped near him: Oh examining it,
he found it was his own fabrication.
The supposed importer had purchased it,
and by his French tinsel aad French
labels, sold it back as pure 10 the original
fabrica,or-bting he bier.
AN Episcopal clergyman recently
returned from the Con,inen, Of. Europe
visited an immense mandatory OF all
kinds Of wine. Logwood came in as a
great ingredient--so great tha, the pro-
prietors kept vessel in their employ for
its Importation
The dYers in Manchester England, J
say /" the wine brewers are running away
with all the best logwood and the Lon
don people say if You wish to get
genuine Port, you mus. go to Oporto.
make your own rune, and ride outside of
the barrel all the way home.'
We might go on and fill the paper with
facts like these, and some infinitely
worse, 10 show the tricks of this deadly
business, hut we have not the space. A
gentleman in New York, not very long
since offered $40 pint for any kind of
pure liquors including wines which may
be procured, and this offer included CON-
munion wines. No one accepted the
offer. II is believed by those best COM
petent to judge, that there is scarcely a
drop Of intoxicating liquors-whe,her
brandy, gin, rum, whiskey, wine or beer,
sold or drank in this country, which is
not adulterated or drugged.
There are no men engaged in the
traffic who are ignorant Of these facts,
and whether they themselves drug liquor
or not, they are verify guilty if they sell
them. There are, no doubt, some per-
sons whose cellars are well filled with
liquors all supposed to be pure and gen.
uine; but it has been proved ,ha. the
most expert persons in this business can
not tell the pure from the impure article.
As the practice Of drugging Is now car
ried on extensively in the old countries,
even where small quantities Of pure
liqors are manufactured, no one can
prove by importation tha. liquor is pure.
With these and ten thousand other
similar facts, can any man doubt the
necessity OF stringent pronibitory law
Is the prison TO severe punishment for
men who will make or sell drinks drug
ged with such deadly poisons!
A Californian in Trouble.
A Californian who informs us that he