The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1859-07-09
The Age OF Lager Beer.

himself aparagon of virtue, but then he was
something of aphilosopher for all that ;and
according 20 his views Of regime and moral
philosopy, virtue and ale-or beer some
what intensifed-are not incompatible.
We have every reason to believe that if
the great delineator of humanity, Shakes
peare who understood so well the past and
present, could have been allowed to look in
to the future through the mutations of some
two hundred years, he would have smiled
complacently on the Lager Beer saloons Of
the present day. We live on the heels of
ages that have run off before US like fright
ened deer. What we mean by ages, now, is
the duration of prevalent customs. A mod
ern age is not near 50 long as the ancient
ones. Our lives are not as old as Mathusalah;
our glass and lumber houses are not as dur
able as the Pyramids, and our ages are not
as long as the historic customs of antiquity.
Modern history is composed of patent right
periods, warranted to do great deal in q
short time, and each generation now brings
forth its peculiar ages. AS the school-boy
has his distinct ages; as the age Of kites !
the aye of marbles, the ageof hoops, and
the age of toot horns, so the children of
larger growth have their ages Of rcyolv-
ing customs. We live in an age of Lager
Beer. True, we live many ages in one, but
lager beer ais one of'em.p The age ofKing
Whisky and his court princes, Rum, Gin,
and Brandy are passing away, and in his
stead comes Queen Lager Beer, attended by
her gentle maids, Native Wine, Soda Water,
and Lemonade. al me -'i-iall a
The reign of the Queen of the frothy mug
has not yet reached its meridian, but the
battle between the two dynasties is being
fought in every town and city in the United
States, and we hope the retreating King as
he has lived-will in reality die-nasty. The
forces of Queen Lager are increasing magi-
cally in city and village. Alcohol, so long
victorious, wayers in the fight while Beer,
gathering strength as it ,corks leaps on with
prodigious hops, foaming and flashing in the
flushed excitement of conscious triumph
Brandy has been branded as a counterfeit, a
hypocritical cheat, and a drug. Whisky is
growing weaker and weaker every day, and
betaking himself in his vessels to the water.
Rum is given to the cooks and barbers to be
used only in jellies, omelets and hair oil,
while Gin, which was wont to crow Justify
in cocktails, is taken only as suspicious
medicine under the name of Schnapps; and
the Republic of Beer viii soon be perma-
nently established. asA q
II is not difficult 20 see that the milder
beverages must ultimately triumph over
their more fiery antagonists. They. are
daily growing more and more in favor with
imbibers, while whisky and brandy, robbed
of their ancient virtue by the villianous
aduterationstO which they are subjected by
INSCRIPTIONS manufacturers, are fast losing
their hold on the affections of the people
"Thars an awful Lotto whisky drunk yet
it is true, but not near as much as there was
few years ago. II is becoming as unf;,sh-
ionable as the most of il is unhealthy, and
is dropping to the lower ranks of drinkers
old drinkers, whose habits are formed, and
who experience as much difficulty in accom-
modating themselves to new, ones as the
old lawyers do in getting used to the prac-
tice under the revised code of Indiana, still
adhere to their fiery friends in spite Of Their
degeneracy; but young Slippers, whose prac
tice at the bar dates since the revisal of bev
erages in the introduction OF lager beer ant
cles, which will ultimately establish then
in the United States as national drinks.
In every city breweries are being multi
piled to satisfy the increasing demand fol
beer while the clustering vineyards tina
annually widen over the undnlatihg land
scapes of Missouri, Indiana, and Ohio, attes
our preference for homemade wines and oul
population of foreign drinks. The claims
of lager beer are powerfully supported by
the laws of health, economy and fashion,
IL is not only allowed harmless, bnt recon
utHucu DChChSlai hiu, aiiO
grateful tonic to invafids. Its cheapnes:
recommends it TO the poorer classes, while
the oceans of it swallowed in first class sa
looms by respectable men, and the quantitie:
drank in hotels at dinner, prove that it j:
far from questionable to quench the thirs
and sharpen the appetite with homely lager
Indeed, the young Americans appear to b.
better customers to beer houses than tn
Germans themselves; the former toss OF
glass after glass of the foaming liquid il
the nervous and Fourth-of-July style o
Doesticks at Niagara Falls, while phleg
matte Dutchman will sit downsto his roun
table and slowly drown multitude @
troubles IN single mug. - -sa .tlu
The amount of lager beer consumed i
this city is immense, as is indicated by on
numerous breweries, the large shipment
abroad by nearly every steamer, and th
numbcr of beer wagons that daily rattl