The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1860-02-23
Adulteration ri Liquors


>onally acquainted, | take great plca>ur,
in contributing my mite, in any aud cv'
cry possible mode, where the object j.
the bettering of the human family.
have had similar letters with similar re.
quests from every point of the compass
from the extreme North, South. East
aud Wcst-,o all of which have cheer.
fully responded; believing although the
labor has been on>iderat.c that it would
tell in after years in the longevity and
health of thousands who would othcrwis
! fill Il premature grave, aud would con
tribute to the happiness and comfort OF
thousands Of mothers and children, VIII,
who are and have been unfortunately
connected with the unfortunate slaves OF
! intempe "ancc. | rejoice to know that III,
exposures Of rI(uimonS liluCr, with which
the markets, East and v est, are .,uttcl.
! have had a salutary moral influence in al
mo every region of our happy Union.
! Chemists from various colt. .c> have
written to me, stating that they had an
. al ed various samples Of the variouS al
coholic liquors in our ma,kotS, and fnd
the same pcrnic:ous developments which
! | had, 1T various times indicated in ar
tic.es which had written from time to
time, one Of whic! you will hul at page
l2J "t the 'C,usadrr,' whic', actomra-
nr> this letter. Another evidence that
! tie e%p >urcS which | have been nIahin-
. have had s.slutarv moral I'll, Ct, Is tha,
there has not been one ,tuuth rs much
liquor sold yearly since as was previous
"; and another is, that Il number of large
liquor Establishments have closed, their
propr:c,o:s running many Of f,hcir fellow
citizens who had become their surc'ics,
\ number Of dis'i!icrics have closed in
this vicinity. They have, as i: familia
ry called, burst their boilers" One
year previous to these hankrupt>, one of
our largest dis,ilcrs and liquor merchants
in the city SAID to me: "Dr. Cox, your
articles on the ndnltcra,ion Of liquors
have taken mo,e trade from Cincinnati
and more moucy-at least SlUO 600 per
mnuth--s;ncc they have been ia c.rcua-
tion. For Gods sake, stop them. sir
you will break us up. have been TO
N,w I,rh,' he says, ",o Boston, 20
ochc>tcr, to Car ada West, and Lave
Just returned; and wherever | stopped,
there was nothing talked ot but the
poisoned liquors OF Cincinnati, aud DR..
C"x's exposures; tor God sake, | say
stop 1t;
: Although the liquors are viilaiuous in
the extreme, there are other large cities
equally as cuipab'c For example, t gen
tlenau Of our city. druggist, that lie
might have pure liquor as Il medical arri-
c5l c I'd t h2 ?r @ Rs nsfy %S a hf
t" New York and purchased two half
pipes Of splendid Sei-nette brandy
one pate and the other durk When
passing one day, he ca led me in to see
his ''bro"t:fm r"re brandy - just from
New York: | stopped looked st it, sn'c't
II, but before ta>i'n. 1t, happened to
have some blue Iismu, rrptr in my pock.
ct. | introduced ii >nal! piecc--,t came
out red as scarlet. then called 70: Il
polished >patIla, put int" tunblrr con,
tanning perhaps half giI,and waited on
il fifteen miIu,cS-at The expiration Of
which the quor WAS as ll,ck - ink
Tn. Sp,,u'a cnrrudtd, and when dried. IA
thick coating Of rust, which, when W ped
off, left copper coat almost as It 1t had
been plated. | charged him on the spot +,
under the penalty of :hc law, not to sell
"A drop of i, took samples Of it to my Of
fee, and the following is the result Of
analysis, viz:
1~t sample ('lurh; } 50 per cent. alco-
holic spirits T.: volume, aud IL per cent
weight, specific -rvi;y o.oi5. The test,
indicate .>u/ph"r;c .lrid, Niric ArH,
Nitric Eth"r, Irussic Ac;d, G","ru Pep
per. aud an abundance of Fu>H OIL
H"sc- common whi>Lcy, not one drop Of
wine
I'd sample, (pnlr.) jt per cent. alec
holic spirits by volume, ~ per cent. by
wei .h, specific gravity o. 9oo This ar
ticlc has the same alultcratlons $ the
FIRST. but in greater abua1mce, with the
addition ut C"tchuc. Rcmark--mu=t
villainouS cJacoctions.
As matter Of course, these articles oil
liquor could not tc sold without the VIC
Iaton OF the liquor law consequently
condemned ,hen. The purchaser immc
dla,ely notified the New York merchant
of the character and quality Of the goods.
aud directed him to send for them, but
Instead Of scndin" for them, he waited
j till the note became due and brou@h,
suit in our Court Of Common Pleas.
anal wed the liquor in the presence OF
tie court aud jury. showing them salts
iactoriIy tina, they were the pcrnicious
poisonous and viiAinous liquors which
represented them to hc, and the defend
ant gained his case triumphanty, y, and
Mr.. New York merchant vanished be-
fore could get States warrant, or h,
would now be lcarnin" an houest mode
of maxim. Il living at one of our State in
stitutions in Columbus was appoin,
ted to the office of Chemical Inspector or
the 10Th day of March. 1888 Since
then have made upwards OF 600 inspec
tious os stores, aud lots of liquors of ev
cry variety; and positively asserted ,ha
90 per cent OF all that | have anayzct
were adlu,eratcd with the most pcrulc
and poisonous ingredients.
Since my appointment l have.as phys
ician to the Probate Court, examined up
wrrds of 400 insane people, two,thirds o
which rnmber bcaclnc insane from drink
ing the poisonous liquors sold at tn
dogccrics and taverns of our city AM
county. Many Of them w%re boys o