The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1857-08-08
Adulteration of Liquors.
From the Springfield Republican.

From the Springfield Republican.
Riding in the cars recently, We overheard ;
conversation that enlightened us some as te
the nature of various popular drinks. \
young man had a bottle containing pint OF
thcrcabouts Of some dark colored liquid, which
he was exhibiting to his friend, and cnlary
ing confdentially on its great virtues. 1t cv,
ldently had i'll one respect the power of the
long sought philosophers stone, that of trans
muting things into gold. We gathered from
the young mans talk that he kept what is
popularly called a restaurant. somewhere in
the country, cheap liquors being the principal
rcStorativcs administered to his customers
He had lately obtained the oil. from which
brandy is made, and found that he could
make the article "all-frcd cheap" and lust
as good as the best His friend seemed to
have some doubts as to the character of the
wonderful compound, and the honesty of sell
ing it in a diluted state for pure liquor. But
what's the oddso' said the bottle-holdcr,
"Might as well make it myself as to buy it
ready made III New York-savc the profits,
YOU scc-and its just as good as any other
liquor there is going nowadays" There
was something in his argument. certainly
If man could honestly and honorabv sell
such vile and destructive compounds at all. he
might as we'll make them himself as to share
the profits of the transaction with the New
York liquor manufacturers.
The extent to which the business Of coun-
tcrtciting liquors is now carried almost cx-
cccdS belief. Rev. DR.. Mott of New York
said. some time since: Il had Il friend. who
had been once a wirc dealer. and having read
the startling statements made public. in rcla-
ton to the brewing Of wines. and the adul-
tera.ions of othc. liquors, generally inqu;r-
cd of the friend as to the verify Of those
statements. His reply was, God forgive
what has passed III lny own cellar. but the
statements made are true and all true. as
sure YOU. \ correspondent Of the Boston
Traveller has lately obtained access to Il book
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crs. 1t is republication of Il French work.
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"'lhr Manufacture cf Liquors. Wines and,
Cortill>, without the all of ,li>,ilution. Al
So fine manufacture Of EtI,.ryc>cino H,.xcrorc>
and Svr,ns v;nr,,,r and E;,,rrS /, w,~
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lN''', but as II was not exposed Tor sale. and
only circulated privately among the LIQUOR
dealers who bad subscribed for comics. i, has
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made according to ITS recipes. Now h""''-
cr. since the preparation and sale of the
oils as the mixtures are called bv which di-
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liquor the processes eNliaii'c" IN 'hl> nook
are likely to &" out of use as too slow 'nd
troublesome. Some of them are worth copy
inr nevertheless. to show what stuff men
,,r;n, uud.r H.. n,rc. sc ,,,.;r t,vor;,. how
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efaS'S' me preface "' 'n' 'ooA s''''S ''''''
"thousand> have acquired wealth bya knowl-
cduc Of this business. and it nigh, with
cu,l;l truth have said that tens of thousands
have been ruined IN mind, body and estate b!
the same business. Here are several OF 'h'
available rtclpcs
TO convert common Gin into Schicdan1
Schnapps Common gin. thirty gallons :clca,
water. two GALLONS; Sulphurc acid. one o,lnec
sweet spirits of nilrc, eight ounces spirits
Of nitric ether. three ounces; acetic ether
two ounces; oil of wintcryrccn, ten drops
dissolved in the acctic ether.
H.cr;rt ,o make Aromatic Schcidan,
scIr,nns Zru,r,I Shirts five Gallons. honry
four nin,s nrc-towcr va,rr two minis
English oil of juniper. thirty drops. Dissolve
the honey in the orangc-Howcr water. and
the oil in two ounces Of hot alcohol; then
add and shake up we'll then add, finely
powdered. four drachms each of alum and
dried potash for tiuings.
Sweet NaI,ra Wine. DamarcJ raisins
fifteen pounds water. one hundred gallons
honey, four gallons of bruised ginger, five
ounces cassia, three ounces; boil forty
minutes then strain into clean pipes for mar
kct add four grains tincturc of paradise,
two gallons of rum and five ounces ofbruiscd
bitter almonds.
Chcao Champayne Water. tiftv gallons :
hrn;scd cinocr five ounces round mustard
five ounces: boil the mass for thirty minutes,