Baton Rouge tri-weekly gazette & comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1865-18??, 1866-04-05
Manufacture Of Spurious Liquors.
PLEA FOR LAGER"

PIE 10 SUBSTITUTE as u beverage lual
in the place of wines and spirituou'
liquors. A pure vinous article is Sc
rarely obtainable in our country, ant
commands such extravagant prices
as to place it beyond the reach O
ordinary purchasers. limitations in
) Vulnerable are fabricated and palmet
off on the credulous public as genu
inc, and even these are held Mt prices
which few comparatively can afford
to pay.
These limitations, from the deleteri.
Gus substances entering into their
composition, are of u highly injuri-
Gus character. Wines and brandies
therefore, such as are sold in this
country are, as general thing, to be
hlassed among the vilest impositions
to which the stomach, palate and
brain of man are made the victims
in this age of progressive humbug
and deception.
1t is well known that in nearly all
Of our larger cities the manufacture
Of spurious wines and other liquors
has been carried on for a great
while. All of the favorite brands,
neatly corked and labeled with the
names and dates of the most cele-
brated European vintages and vint-
ners are turned out with a precision
of imitation defying the detection of
any but the most practiced eye and
taste. These decoctions are gulped
down by the million who do not stop
to inquire into their constituent prop
critics, nor does it appear that many,
even of those who plume themselves
on being connoisseurs, trouble them
selves much on that score, SO long as
the draught presents fine hue and
"bouquet and serves to tickle the
taste and fancy. The delusion seems
to be cherished with sort Of feeling
akin to that described in Hudibras:
| "The pleasure sometimes In as great,
Of being cheated, a. TO cheat"
An instance going to show the ex-
tent to which manufactured imita-
tions of foreign liquors is carried in
the United States, is related as hav-
ing come to light recently.
Judge smalley, of Vermont, has
been holding the United States Dis
trict Court at Albany, N. Y, in
place of Judge Hall who is i'll, The
| case which has excited more interest
is one in regard to spurious liquors,
reported as follows: In October last
some nine or ten "eights" of brandy
was seized in the Champlain Dis
trict, as having been smuggled-it
having all the appearance of the i'm
ported article, but was manufac-
tured in this country. The District
Attorney on the trial attempted to
prove that the liquor, cask of which
was produced, was genuine article
of French brandy, and for | bis pur-
pose called an experiencGa hotel
keeper and druggist both of whom,
after tasting, pronounced it fine i'm
ported brand, such as they had often
paid $12 to SIS per gallon for. The
defendants counsel then produced
several small bottles, containing IL
quor of the same outward appear
ance, and pouring some into wine
glasses, asked the witnesses to taste
thereof and say what it was, They
declared, each and all, this miserable
stuff was not fit to be drank, except
one bottle, which they considered
every poor brandy"
The counsel thereupon proved that
all but the one bottle was taken from
the identical cask which had been so
highly extolled, and that the one was
common Bourbon whiskey manu-
featured in Albany? The cooper
who made the casks was called, and
testified that they were intended to