Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-09-22


with Drugs-Lager a. an Agent for
Temperance Hererm-A Reform
Checked-wb hat Action Will the Beer
Drinkers Takei
from the View York woris
Gambrinas frowns The congregations which
assemble 20 honor him continually day and night
complain tbA, iha, which they drink i not the
nectar Of their patron god. bet vile concoction
OF men. Who seek out invention. manufactured
under The rreposterors patronage OF pateni
right The lager Of 10 day IL rot the old lager
Of poetry and song; il has lost it, sparkling. clear
erisp look, ts long standing fosm. It's vervs, its
ersilsrating effects. and IL has become nat stale
ard Improbable, productive Of headache aud
disgust
WAT RKPoRNs vEBK KxPEcTED LAsKR.
IL has for several years back been a matter OF
Srofound gratalstion among those philanthropists
~bo are willing that lesser evil should take the
place Of greater, in case the greater cannot be
totally abolished; who Judge OF the merits OF
reform by its i'm mediate and apparent results
than by its accordance with specific and particular
rules Of morality: and who do not condemn
temperate indulgence in the luxuries and stimu
lants of life, that the drink called "lager, bret
Introduced among Us and almost solely consu med
BY the Germans. has been coming gradually
nSfe and more into general use. and has come
TO be not much German as an American
iustIutlou. III 10 True tuat lagcr-ltt Ns nope
by its own intrinsic merit--has in a great me4s-
are taken the place of the psrnicious drinks.
and become what is called "the thing" with that
class OF our population who cultivate social and
convivisl customs IN public places. The irish,
too. have taken 10 II with remarkable good will,
and given the go-by 10 whisky. which Was so
generally considered the only true Irish drink.
On all the pieRies this summer-most OF them
paironizsd more by Irish and Americans than
81 Ia Iii. l..
aud no excursion to the Green Shores, up the
river, or the Sound or on Staten Island, was well
supplied, even though there might be a
single German present. If there were not slowed
on the boat two or three dezen kegs OF lager
IL is the staple drink OF clam cho ders, of pro
miscuous summer gatherings, OF sea and land
All this. as sc said. has been deemed, among
many Of our best citizens, 4 matter of congratu-
lation. In the first place. il was patent
that our New York b'boys could not
enjoy frolic without drink. The temperance
total abstinence theory might be the true one
but 10 was palpably impracticable Ia the present
state Of society Our flash" Young men, too,
wanted something that they could pay for and TO
which they could treat their friends. Neither
lemonade, soda water, or sarsaparills seemed 10
answer the purpose. Many good men used TO
urge the introduction OF light wines, aud.
argument. inslanced the lght-hear,ed hilsrity
and freedom from intoxication Of the people of
the wine growing counties of France. But lager
came. and seemed better even than vile. IL Is
still e mooted question among lawyers whether
it is Intoxicating at all Experienced men know
that it is so, but only when taken in large guam
titles The result OF the drinking OF brandy gin
and whisky was beastly drunkenness; men we're
crazy through il; fights riots and murders ensued
from it; men lay in the cutters, and died in de-
liricm tremens because OF Il The appetite for
these drinks became Unsuitable and consuming
thousands settled into a moral aud physical
wre,k worse than death because Of IL IL was
claimed that tue introduction of lager would re-
medy this condition OF society; that il would pro
mote health. hilarity, cheeriulness and content,
that il had all the attractive qualities which gave
intoxicating liquors their hold upon the commu-
nifty, aud that il Was free from most of their
most meretTicious and destructive effect. IL
claimed that the quiet, healthy. cheerful charac
ter OF the German people was owing very ma
terialy 10 their national drink As far "a could
be judged, the Introduction OF lager has justified
these arguments IL TO be generally ad-
mitted that lager has created al Infinite reform
wherever it has been substituted for stronger
liquors.
THE ENORMOUS DEMAND FoR 1T.
The demand for lager has come 20 be eaOr-
nous. statement of the number OF gallons
consumed daily ia this city alone, during the
summer months, would as:oush any enc who
has not taken no;e OF the Fapidity with which il
has gained upon the affections of all classes
Over thousand kegs would sometimes be drunk
at a single pic ME al JOnsss Wood Many OF
the dealers in lager say that the Americans have
come TO be their bes, patrons Ii used to be COP
hued TO the Bowery and the German Districts
but il nov sold all along Broadway The gar
dens and lsger-bee saloons which used 10 be
visited only by Germans. are now frssuented by
the American and Irish laborers
rs PRICE.
During the war the price Of all liquors has ,
happily. been trebled and euadrupled We hear
with Incredibly OF DAYS wnen people used to
talk Of three cent brandy No strong liquor
can be got at hr.t-class bars less than fifteen
cents per glass, and il has come 10 be general
opinion that it IL very difficult TO get pure liquors
at any price. Yet lager has generally maintain
ed its price Of i've or SIX cents per glass When
ever rise" was delibersted upon by the deal
ers the Tentons held indignation meetings aud
threatened vengeance. Materials rose 10 prics,
the revenue tax grew onerous. and the dealer.
looked about for expedients 20 manufacture it
moro chesply and rapidly.
LAGERISs
Lager receives its name from the most essen
tial part OF the process OF manufacturing 1.-THE
lsgering OF t. After being brewed il is required
to stand for several months in a building with a
certain temperature before Il becomes ht for
drinking. This process requires much skill aud
experience. Only those persons were sllow wed to
take charge OF II who bad served long aud salts
factorily and they received the highest wages
and were almost able 10 charge their own price
for their services. The demand for lager was
great and increasing. and the dealers chafed at
being compelled to wait for four or five months
before they could bring Their stock into market
SATANIC INVENTION.
means has therefore been invented which
accomplished mes: of the apparent effects OF the
long and tedious laGerins But Il involves the
mingllng OF vile, noxicUs and poisonous drugs
to the brew rumOr has il that tobacco Is one
Of them. IL Is a shame and imposition. Ii PRO
duces that which i lager 10 the eve, but Hat and
distasteiul beverage 10 the tongue. Ii differs
from the old article hot-house fruit differs from
me ripe aud luscious product Of the dsws aud
breezes and supshnes. The invention j. pat
ented, and beer manufactured by IS Is known by
the community with intense contempt as patent
lager
The invention Is kept a. a secret by the man.
ufactarers whe use It, and possibly many would
not be willing TO acknowledge tina; they ssed it
Al all.
How rRK TEUTeN IAkEs PAINT LAGER,
Experienced beer-crinkers can tell the patent
lager AZ taste, and look upon il with scOrn and
loathing. The Teutei's countensnee grows
grim and sullen; ne after, cultural sounds from
the depths OF his stomach he calls the waiter and
sIpOstulstes with nm in = heavy bass voice: be