The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-12-31
THE BOHEMIAN rRigD.

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founding Disclosures Stolen from a Well
Known Book.
Professor Funss occupation il gone. Tie Bohe-
herman and Professor Funk had joined ana formed
sort of copartnership, and thus united they started
out TO make big splurge, out though gong up like
rocket, they came down very much like used up
stick. SO long as the copcrtacrshp confined itself
TO chicory ana roasted peas and bread crust the
INK OF adhesion was not broken. But ~
soon as the twain began TO dabble deeper
IN matters Of science 30 give them
selves the appearance OF men learned in analytical
chemistry, they both exposed their ignorance. They
should have remembered the adage that n little
learning is a dangerous thing" child not able to
walk VIII not be trusted on skates In the whir OF
rushing crowd. and persons who have renamed
strangers TO the elements of scientific analysis
should lot venture to attempt it. II tncy do they
will certainly come to grief And so did Professor
Funk ant his employer, the Bohemian
The nature of the Bohemian is now pretty well
known, Lis character having been fully ventilated
IN these columns. or hun IL may be said in the
words or Dryden. that he
- everything by starts and nothng long;
Bpt in the course Of Que revolving moon,
Fiddler statesman, chemist anu buIoon'
Az a fiddler Ee smuggles himself through the
basement Kitchen INTO The drawing rooms o. gent,e
men, ~ give offensive publicity to their social
his tongue voublY and attempt The discussion par
rotuke, ot thln@A far beyond his comprehension
Just At present he and his coadutor Professor FUNK,
are humbuggtng he public in the roe OF CHEMISTS.
and nunoon he Is always, and particularly n IA
cnellist
The fellow found his tramp among the grocers
butchers and mllIers 60 have been doves labor
lost" Exposure followed on his heels, ana he
hauled ~ me tips OF his long ears that he might not
DC recognized as he led Aurrie0ly away. He now
tries his hand on The whskey dealers ant how that
cane apoat has been told. And IN order to make
big show and stru; about with "a learned
"Reynard The Fox" he had recourse 90 the
commoA practice OF all ignorauusci. hand
book: compilation prepared b. some one
wei Informed Tor the use OF the unearaed multi
tudc Tbs compilation was nothing else than the
treatise q Or. Louis Ieuchtwanyer, OF this city.
brewing. usnlling, Hectliylnc, &c, OF Wines,
spirits, CerGials, Ninegars, &C" This handbook,
valuable N lis way, has been IN the hands Of the
public for number OF years having already reached
Its NTH edition. Temperance lecturers, years ago,
never ventured oat on their stumping tour through
the country without providing themselves With copy
drew some OF their best arguments claiming that
all liquor sold was adnl,erated according 10 the re-
cipes gwen In that book. And the teetOtaer con-
hrmed whskey Dbber as he naturally Is steals for
the nonce the spurious thunder OF the temperance
lecturer OF bygone days, and WIN citations from tie
DoctorA volume, assisted with .lourishes by his
own Professor Funk he proposes to enlighten the
public on matter on which everybody knew every
talng onl before.
Aes, tlc Bohemian puts on q grim face and would
frichten pop out II their senses If he could, with
some wordl Dig IN mystic sense Tom HOOD once
made "a hel that he would brighten scoldlng fish
woman OF hngSgate into silence, and on the trial,
while she was in the height OF her Billingseate par
oxysm Tom with stern face and contracted brow,
called her paiaeloppedon. That word settled her
hash Not knowing what 1t meant she imagined
every conceivable meanncss lurking within It, and
was stunned and speeches.. TN the same prln-
clple. and adopting the same rule OF tactics,
the Bohemian throws about HIM with great
vehemence the words ''iuse Oif ard tannin," and,
reclining on his dignity, eXclaims "there, now, IS IL
nut for you 10 crack" But the people nowadays,
and in this country, are not as IGNORANT as TIE ish.
women of filingsgaIe were In Tom Hoods time and
may be now, ana only laugh nj the stupidity OF the
Bohemian. They know that tannin Is contained IN
the wood Of the cask and Is naturally eX-
tracied and absorbed by the liquor contained IN II,
being either wine or anything else 10 IL
this very property of the oak which gives the beau
tilul golden color TO the liquor and adds To It's
quality az an astrlngent. And 'flsel OIL forsooth
Why, has the Bohemian never heard OF amyle aco-
ho or of rmantnc etners Does ne not know that
the lowest kind OF alcoholic dlsiatons Is that from
the potato. and that its ''fusei OIL" or amye
alcohol, is identical with that Of cognac made
OF the husRs Of grape, OF which most OF the
cognac imported from Southern france IS dstiiledY
These chaps, the Bchenians, are shrewd enough not
70 care the snap of finger for all their own npor.
tant disclosures; tor in spite OF the f.isel ON and
Notwithstanding the .'tannin, they attend regu-
larry at the low grog shops which have known them
ing their appetizer al noon and their might
cap" in the evening, and Their usual lnnunerable
''snlitersn between, Of the very same stan. and oil
the vilest KIND at that which they 50 vocierousy
decry and dcnoulce as poisonous and deaHiacaiDg.
Had the chemls OF The EXCISE Board Just looked
around himself a little this work OF Dr. l.. Feucht-
Nanger could have given him ana the ineulbers OF
the Board ell the Information they wanted or per-
haps nee led. IL has been in the hands OF liquor
dealers Tor many years, and rs used by many OF them
extensively N me manufacture OF liquors, AUD 50
clever have so me OF tue limitations turned out that
IL Is said the physieans Ui hospital, alter tes
preferred the sherry made according 10 the
Doctors prescription, anu bought IL Tor medi-
cinal uses at 81 per gal on. As me bohemian mas
discoveries" series OF receipts FOR the maiuiac-
tare, a few, taken from the same source whoaee he
and mis- chemical Pro essor Funk obanyd tncir dis
coYerics,p are appended here
HOLLAND GIN page So
Two and Z half ounces Ci the Vest jumper OF,
Twenty drops u oil OF lemon,
Fifteen drops 81 Oil OF coraneer
Dissolve in tWO quarts OF lgh proof alcohol and
let u stand over night; inen put ihem IN iory
gallon barrel containing purespiiits aud one gallon
London cordial gun. rom tie oil, IS prepared like
Two ara a half ounces OF 81 Of juniper berry,
Twenty drops oi Cli OF CalsaIus.
Ten drops OF on uf angelic,
rive drops Of oil OF coealIier.
Dissolve in two quarts OF nHeiy-dye per cent alec
ho forty gallons OF p.oo bpfiS anu Two gallons OF
how TO treat tins compound IA case II should be
milky, and to filter IL through given quantities Of
burnt alum pipeclay. carbonate oil magnesia and
sew England rum IL announced to he made ION
page ~ Of one pound Of strong essence OF Jamaica
rum and one pound Of nitrous ether 10 ten barrels
hppleack IL recommended TO be made OF one
pound OF the OIL Of apple, lar pound of the oil Of
pear one gallon OF syrup ofguin arabic ana I'VE bar
rels " good rectihcd spirits.
ExtraIt d'Absyntie Suisse is, on page 81, detailed
a. being made in the following Hanner:-Maccfatc
four ounces of tho NORWOOD herb. two ounces
each Of star anise.seed, green cherry leaves ana
sage hero, IN five gallons 81 proof spirits; and after
one weeks maceration atd one quarter OF an ounce
each OF the oil OF anise and fenncl and 0ne-haf
ounce OF the oil Of bereamot. The color Is to be
prepared from the neutral exlract Of indigo made
green with the tincure " turrneric.
Tokay wine, thai .0lfdHP diamond among the
wines OF the world mag he manufactured a. Dr.
Fcuchtwangcr details Dn page forty -hve, as fol-
lows.-Twenty pounds or raisins are dgested IN ten
gallons of water, and, With the addition Of four gai
Ions OF syrup left fermentation for twenty-f -four
hours; then add ubc-haf pound Of essence Of Ma
deira wine, five gallons or pure spirit and ten gal
Ions Of white wtuc
sherry wine-Th Juice OF cherries, currants,
whortlcbcrres and elderbcrries, each one-hal gai-
lon; gallons orsugar syrup. ten gallons Of pure
spirit twenty gallos Of water and onehalf pound OF
essence Of Madeira vine.
And mus this ttatisc, which. as already stated,
has reached ~ NTH edition, goes on to
enumeratc In Endless array receipt aIter
receipt for tn imitation OF Al Kinds