Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1856-11-08
How French Brand;es" are Made.

| How French Brandies" are Made.
| We have derived no little xmusemen,
from the pcrusal If circular i>sned t.
liquor dealers throughout the country by
a firm in New York, in which the i'm
p"rtant information is conveyed tl'a,
they have been for many years ''trying
TO improve all kinds Of spirits from grain
and turn them into good imitation Of
French cog"ac; and that, after much
labor and anl experiment, they have at
last found an article to answe, that pur.
pose." They thus set forth the process
# manufac,ory: "By distiIIation and
chemical operation we get at fourth
proof an article in which the flavor is 81
much concentrated that, by mixing Z
gallon Of it with twenty-five to fifty gal
Ions of American pure spirits, it gives a
good imitation Of the different imported
br~nds." One gallon oi ''aa article" to
produce from twenty-five t" fifty gallons
Of imitation Of The imported brands; to
te bottled, labelled, set forth and swal-
l"wed at one dime per pony glass, as an
article such rs You cannot get else where
in town" This article is called spirit Of
c"gnac, and, according TO the circular,
may he had without color, or colored
for pale or dark" Dark, by all means"
Il prefer pale" "You can take which
you please. gentlemen but you are now
aware Of TIE manner in which both are
prepared"
This en,erprising firm have also dis
covered al article which they call spirit
Of gin. They aver That splendid ;'ni-
talion Of Holland Gin can be produced
hy mixing one gallon Of the spirits with
forty gallons Of pure spirits. In addition,
they have constantly on hand fine
supply Of chemical coIoring," by which
the ''.lark' article Of imitation brandy is
produced.
The circular closes with list Of prices
which, if published, would astonish
our citizens, many Of whom. when i'm
bibipg these ''initations,' which cost
about sixty cents per gallon, are inform
ed that ''lilas brandy cost me 50 in New
York.
With this information in their posses
sion we should not wonder it henceforth
there was decided decline Of confidence
among brandy drinkers rs we'll rs among
the imbibers Of the less pretentious H.
quors, gin aud rum. HN' .
AN INDIAN SUpERsrITIoN.-Among
| the numerous :kes which in the Western
States Of the Union, paw the tribute OF
their waters to the great Lake Ontario,
that Of Saratoga is principally re'narka-
b'e for the beauty Of the surrounding
landscape and for the calm which reigns
around it. ever undisturbed by winds aud
storms. This personal quirtnde Of the
beauteous locality has give" rise to
supe:stitious belief among the Indians.-
They say that the Great Spirit who
dwells here, wishes not the slightest
noise to rufae the tranquility of lis re-
treat. and will punish the rashness Of
the one who, in crossing the lake, should
utter single word, the boat they believe
would be instantly sunk. Some time
since, an English lady embarked OH Lake
Saratoga, in y canoe manned by Indians
who did not fail before starting, to give
her 10 understand that it she desired to
avoid exposing herself to certain death.
she would have to observe profound 81 :
le"ce until the other side should M
| reached. They started, the day WAS
delightfully."- calm, not a breath Of air was
stirring, and the canoe gldel as hoise-
I.>sIy as u shadow over the scarcely
rippIed waters. About "a mile from the
shore, that is about the middle Of the
lake, the lady, wishing to convince the
Indians Of the folly Of their supers iticn,
| uttered as loud a cry as she WAS able
Terror seized the Indians, their ccunten-
ances were marked with the strongest
lnes-they fully expected TO perish in.
Simultaneously. Nevertheless they Piled
their oars will, mechanical energy in ST.
lence, and the opposite shore was soon
reached almost with the rapidi,y Of Nh
arrow. This reached, the feir Angla'se
began to begin to banter the lndi""
chief on their creduIity. lie, with a
hough,y, dis'lai"fu! air, er,ret"fted:
Ala,lan! the Great Spirit is i"du'gent
and compassionate; he knows that =
white won An cannot control her tongue J!
A Hot TkMPER.-Sr Walter Scott
said in Ills diary, that he was once ex-