The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1858-03-04
WINE ADULTERATION.

In our rlast number we promised to say some
thin" further on this interesting subject, IL ,
in doing so VIC shall call attention to one o
the most remarkable pieces of impudcnc,
that has, for some time, fallen TO our lot I,
chronicle. When We take wine with Il iicn,
Or buy it for our own use, W" 'lo 50 having
IN honest faith that it is pure; and W,
shoul'l little suspect that amy one wonld pur
posc!y attempt TO deceive Us hv givin" o'
selling us that which they knew to hr b;,
liquor; yet we shall he Obliged to doubt
every wine, now that, Gas many ut our read
crs have doubtless scen.) Il chemist alvcr
tiSe' IN the daily papers OF this city, his 'il.
v"ring to produce, ut II moments notice, an,
desired Illour." We arc told that g,ra
Improvements have lately been nal- in ,li.
branch OF business, /. E. m!u!,rrali"n IN,
Ill consequence, We can purchase OF th,
aforesaid chemist Il gallon or more OF tn,
essence or oil Of any desired liquor. anl b,
merely adding one barrel of pure spirits. til,
liquor will l." manufactured, "i;,irlv com
pairing with the best hr:,,!,>." Brandy o
-four times the orr -inal cost can be thu,
altiiicially made anl lastly. m oil for pro.
duciny Catawha brandy is sold at II ,nudrr-
ate price. These Substances are all made
and sold in New York. and no doubt. lary.
quantities are cor~;ncl all over the coull-
try, the customers Imagining that they are
drinking genuine article.
This craving for foreign flavor and foreign
Elnc> lIaS in Il Great in,.:,>lr. rn;nrd the
-Nnicr,.an wines is W.rirt. for, SAYS "A
writer in Hunts .N,trhratx' .Nnur*;nc, "a
'rcrt evil i'll the manufacture OF American
e..Ac consists in the cnlravnr To- initiate for
n varrt;cs--o|"ihrni;pnx "ud all; and
1t is owing to hi, Ina, We have no .Anirri
can Wine" |! : asserted ll.a. there is net
set supporting vineyard! in the mitrd
States, except the onr' pr"!urng c:.:awba :
:'ll with the exception ot one or two in Cal
ii"rnia, not Il f;nr sam;,. Of American wine.
cTliar wine, having Il flavor that has never
been initiated. and which had not been lr-
FIRE known: but that i now scarce. an,l
many inferior anil alnltcrat.l varieties ar,
passed upon the unwary for the genuine ar
ticlc. The only and perfect way TO dis
courage a!nicTai"n is to pa;roniza and en-.
conrag: home grown wines. AMI except them
as such. 1t i, very prn!':,!c that Il, the
onset. they may b. Il :,lic more EXPENSIVE
bat if by pawn. Il little more. We can "c,
\ pure article, it is well wor,l. the ,.y,r, cy-
r"n>c.
We arc afraid that if commission was
appointed 10 examine the liquors r"t#i!cl
''cr bars in this city alone, they would linI
cry few quite pure. In gin wonl,l be- dis.
overcl turrcn,inc and l,rrrcrmin,; in bran.
:, burnt sugar Of the worst description
a"d bad spirits; wli~kcy would contain
camphenc; port win, infusion o.! l"gwooI ::
sherry, alnltcratc'l spirits called brandy, an
other mixtures; champagne woull prov.
Old goosebcrry; and clarct would be diff.
cult to examine, so mu!ii;:,ro,,s would its in.
grcdcnts be found. Without noinr auv
further than our own Office, patents have
been taken out through the Scientific Amer.
lean Agency for making champagne from
cider, by in,prcgnatins It with carlonic acid
and we understand that the business is mo-,
only successful but larg. one. Another,
for giving to wines and spirits, 10y ar,ii:,
means, iii six months, that age and ma,uri
ty which, in natural way, many wears
could only bring. In fact, it is impossible
to ennncratc tire impos;tions that are prac.
tised, and it is high time that some rxa,.,in-
alton Of the purity of catables an; drnkal!cs
WAS made hv the authorities Of every cirv.
There is no ,loub. that boald Of examiners
chemist, microscopes. and others, having
power TO purchase, examine, and condemn
all articles unfit for human consllmption.
would tend to increase the health of our cities
and the honesty of dealers. Such a triLu
na. must some day be appointed, and the
sooner the better, say wc.-.Scicut;fc finer
ican.
Everybody who knows Major Jon,s ;s