Vermont daily transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1868-1870, 1869-01-04
Vermont Daily Transcript
ST. ALBANS, VT.
MONDAY, JANUARY 1, 1869.
.t,fufferotjoRS Of DrjnhU0ies.

The New York World is making cX-
posure of the frauds prac,iccd in the city
of New York in the adul.eration OF eat
ablcs and drinFables. Persons were sent
to the groggeries of the Five Points ana
Water street, as well rs to the Leading
hotels and the most respectable drink
ing places in the city to procure various
samples of liquors which were soldacross
the coun ers, and the result was that all
the liquor was adultcrated, ana the
most of it witt; Il most danger Gus ana
paralyzing pois )n--fusil oil. belmont
co.'s choicest brandies, "importcd from
France were found to contain proper
quantities of this deadly Ingredient. The
Worlds Investigations 60 far to prove,
that there is not drop of real brandy to
be obtained at any public bar in the
United States. The Il'oHd, referring to
the chemical analyis which it caused
to be made of various samp es, says:
Professor Draper also ccrtiiios chat
none of these specimens contained salt,
cayenne pepper or any poisonous metal
lie compound But il will lie noticed
that out of nine different samples OF
brandy procured nj the best places III
town, and paid for mt from thirty to iii
ty cents glass, there are but two which
he D. onounces genuine, and even OF
these he can only say that they are pro
badly real brandy. If this bc the TACT
respecting these aristocratic drinking
shops, W hat sort of stuff is that which is
retail ed in the corner grog shops to the
great mass of consumers
At recent trial of Il revenue ease III
this city, skill.ul experts swore that
some specimens Ct brandy which were
submitted to them were not only genu-
inc, but we worth Sl2a gallon in gold
when ii was afterwards proved that they
were manufactured in brooklyn, and
were not brandy at all.
The only safe course il to abstain al
together from these adultor ted liquors,
and indeed from all liquors.
The adulteretions of tea and coffee
have also been shown up. An interest
ing comm lnication appears in hurs-
days World, showing the process of adj
ul.erating tea. The writer says
Not many months ago, tie lofts ofmv
store being empty, German came to
me, knowing tne same, ASKING ii mao
any objection to his drying some dam
aged teas on the floor, stating he was
wiling to pay reasonable price for the
lofts, and would vacate at any time re-
quired. gave the permission. Being
absent n ost of the time. found, aftel
about thee weeks occupation, that hai
an adulteraton shop over my head, and
at once had the party empt ed out. Con-
tents: DAMAGED teas, buckWhcat bran
Paris green, verdigrs, blue vitriol and
whitening. Utensils: Tanning mill,
a revolving barrel-miXer. .rocess: !
siftcd bran, damaged tea or sound tea.
and -utlici mt of the rest, with tea dust,
to give color, pungency, and aroma
General result: Black and green tea.
boxed, lined and strapped. Destination:
Nescy street. Names --. | learned
that the same party had made such COM
pounds years ago, which were sod to
shippers and taken to China to mix
there with other teas, and be re-shippcd
to this market. This you see could
readily be done, and none but the ship
pers' agent in China bc aware of the de-
ception as the mixing " would be done
under his own supervision.
The Triteradds:
Is it wonder that the poorer Glasses
who suffer most by these impositionS
are so often throttled by disease and
can't divine the source which in very
many cases might Gf the truth were
krOwnO he traced to adulteratiOnsi in tho
food and drink they use?