The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1857-05-13
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WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 1857.
To our Intelligent Topper Fellow
Citizens.
M 1 d D l. E B u r Y (:

Citizens.
A few weeks ago we offered to our
readers the testimony of tho two princi'
pal importers of Gin, Mr.. Udolpho
Wolfe and the London Cordial Gin man,
as published over their respective sigma.
lures in the New York papers. BY which
it appeared that one hundred thousand
dozens o. Cordial had heen sold, and but
a single cask imported, SO far rs appear.
ed by the books OF Tie Custom House {;
and that the Schiedam Gin. was a base
and dcleterious, compound Of poisonous
drugs dissolved in Corn whiskey. With
this evidence before US We Immediately
concluded il was the safest course to let
gin alone for tho present, and addict
ourselves to some less roxous stimulant.
Accordingly wo turned our attention
to Brandy, which though very expensive
and difficult to procure. had yet tho al
vantage of favor and fashion, to recon.
mend it. We found uot hing like gan.
uinc article, cou Id be procured at whole
sale in any of orr cities, at less price
than six or seven dollar. per gallon. and
we wondered how our taverns, and gro.
ceries could afjrd it at I2t cents per
INDEPENDENTLY as the freights by OK.
press loss and r,k of contraband trade
would necessarily eat considerable of n
holo into the profits, to say nothing Of
an occasional fnc to be added to the loss
However, so shrewd chaps as tho rum
sellers must understand their own bust.
meas, and it was no affair of ours.
Before we had snnt our Dcmijohn we
encountered an article 10 PoRrEN's SrlR.
IT OF THE TINES, sporting newspaper,
and one which is not apt to deal much
in can't on subject of this character.
which commenced in staring capitals
very much after the manDcr Of the sign.
on Rail Road Crossings as follows, BE
WAKE VI l'hANDf Nc biiluT tneD
went on to state, that tho article which
is bought under custom house lock and
koy ss come from France. is nothing but
colored alcohol favored with few drops
of the poisonous oil OF Cognac; that
through the failure of the grapo crop not
ono twentieth part of the demand for
brandy can be supplied that it is we'll
known fact among the drinkers in New
York, that there is scarcely bar.room
in that city which contains one drop Of
pure brandy and closed with an earn.
est recommendation, that wo should
"adopt something as daily beverage,
that i, a! leas. shade lighter than hell.
fire."
After ccsitating on this it is needless
to say we did no, send for Brandy
Our thoughts then reverted to Wits.
key, which though certainly very vul-
gar drink might yet in case of sick
ness ba used with IMMUNITY. We as
ccrtaipcd tina. "''good old Bourbon whi,.
key" could be got at about three dollars
per gallon. We soon found however.
that the chance for getting genuine ar.
ticle was very slim indeed. That in
nine cases out of ten one might be per-
fectly SUR of purchasing spurious and
poisonous drink. For a gentleman d.
rect from Bourbon County who, we
know was reliable, and an excellent Judge,
assured us that but fifteen hundred bar.
rels of whiskey per year wero made in
that county, and consequently that moro
than half million of barrels consumed
by the country per annum were wretchod
limitations colored and favored for rur.
poses Of criminal deception. Besides,
we accidentally came upon the statemen,
of a distinguished chemist, by which it
appeared that in lsrg, majority of in.
stances he found upon analysis, quaint
ties of Sulphuric acid, and occasionally
specimens in which "a quar-! of the liquor
contained poison enough to eat hole
through mans stomach" 1t also turn.
ed up on further inquiry, that quantities
of &rychninc are freely used in the
manufacture, In these circumstances
We thought i: best to forego the whiSkcy
Nothing remained then 10 the shape
of alcoholic liquors proper, excep. re.
course to Rum. OF course nobody but
fool expects in these days to get any
of this from Jamaics or elsewhere a.
broad. 1t has been understood for years
that no rum can be got at any price ex-
cspt the domestic article. As this is
familiarly known as "rot-gut" and is
sure to "kill at forty rods we did no.
spend much time in finding ont particu.