Randolph County journal. [volume] (Winchester, Randolph County, Ind.) 1855-1862, 1858-02-25
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THE DEVILS DISTILLERY.


Till at last, so excited with hope he became,
That he laughed, quite as soft as a steam
engines scream,
As he thought how he'd trap the fool man.
His plan all completed he speedily rose,
And rang his bell loudly for aid,
To help him to dress in his working day
clothes,
His sooty asbestos, and from head to toes
His valet soon had him arrayed.
Then into his laboratory he went,
And ordered his stills we'll cleaned out,
And score, more or less, Of his Imps he
then sent
To get him materials, for twas his intent
To turn chemist himself for one bout.
He first 'sstilled" ahogshead of aqua-defire
Mixed with strychnine many an ounce;
Then to give it the flavor old drinkers admire,
So rich, and so luscious, that OF II none tire
Save It be some poor cold-water Ounce.
He added Of sugar many pound,
Not the sweet from the old sugar-cane,
But made BY his chemists, away under ground,
The sugar that bears a luxuriant sound,
The sugar Of gropes,' made from lead.
As he wished to please mems varied tastes,
so he fixed
His various compounds to suit;
And the sweet and the sour, so nicely mixed,
With the fiery, and mild, and all grades be-
twixt,
All Favored with Fees stolen fruit.
Then to make some more spicy, and nutfy,
he threw
Into ais huge, deep, steaming still,
OF good fat cockroaches, bushel or two,
And a few pounds of dye-wood, to give il
the hue
OF the nose of his friend "Grog shop Bill
And then he'd all colors, the real peerly-
white,
With the purcst Of crystal, beside
The true irhy black, as murky as night,
With the "a, .p purple hue, which held to the
light
Seemed with innocent blood to be dyed.
He'd the new and the old, the sparkling, tn,
fiat,
The rough and the smooth tasted kind,
Yet all of ;nem made from his favorite vat
But varicdly favored, with this or with that
As suited his Satanic mind.
1
Aud into each kind, whether colorcd or no
Whether acid or sweet, thick or thin
lie into them all poured u liberal lot
OF a spirit, whose name, IL Ihavcn not forgot
Was the concentrated essence Of SIM"
The concentrated essence Of every crime
That ever cursed man upon earth.
The sins of each nation, and every cline,
The public, the private, did all there combn
To add to It's devilish worth.
Each drop in itself was marvellous sprn
That gushed from the heart where 'twa
placed,
And poured forth stream Of pollution, an
sin,
Swinish filth, and blasphemy, and every vii
thing r
That mans purer nature disgraced.
Into jugs, kegs and bottles, and barrels. wit
glee
The poisonous compound he poured;
Then chartered old Mammon, to 20 up to :,
4 few dear old cronies, and get them to
His agents, to send the stuff round.
With the liquors and wines, he'd the seer
). to sell,
Go some very select lot Of friends)
Which would instruct "the trade" how
make quite as well,
: Those rich luscious drinks, as when first ma,
in He'll,
Yet accomplish 'he .frm's' murderer
!. ends.
In suit of new clothes, of the last Paris Gu
Mammon wrapped up his old wrinkled hid
Ger his dark yellow checks, he carefully p
: A beard and moustache, and his UGLY ell
foot
r. Ina well padded congress did slide.
: From city, TO city, he Travelled post haste,
Asa drummer" from Old Nick 4 Co.
r. Soliciting orders, and giving taste
From few sample bottles, he'd put in ca
d Their delicate Aavors to show.
A very few calls made mighty furor,
To beg. from his case. few sips;
!. And the great and the small. the rich and |
poor.
Asserted, mos, loudly, that never before
- Had such liquors moistened their lips.
All his higher priced liquors. were eommo
r. sold
To grca, upper.ten dom's rich snobs,
While a few hundred dozen. warranted Q
of rare eobwebbed bottles. more costly q
gold,
o. Were boush, by Kings. Bishops, and Ne
To few chosen friends. In each village.
Of A barrel or two, sometimes more.
slr OF the lower priced beverages. made "
- intent,
,ls That to get just as drunk as an upper-ten s
II. Should be quite In the reach Of the 70
= Ills liquors disposed Of, grim Mammon set
n To report how he'd gulled those fool
men,
= But had scarcely left earth, when terr
AZ. shout,
,n. That shook his old nerves, though the
ON grown pretty stout,
- Rose up from his dark sulphurous den.
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