, 1869-03-05

diluted with water.
THE oPERA-F0URTEENTH STREET, NBAR
,a FOUKrH AVENUE. r.ar
Samples Of the brandy sold at 40 cents the
glass, and Of the whisky sold at 25 cents the
glass, were purchased here and submitted 70
Professor Draper for chemical analysis. The
following is his report: sa
No. 10 Sample marked brandy Water,
65 per cent, alcohol, 85 ; contains traces Of
tannin and sugar, with small trace Of fusil
oil. Is the second best specimen of brandy.
No. IA. Sample marked Bourbon whisky
Wafer 90 per cent, alcohol, SO contains
the least amount Of tanuin, littlr sugar and
fusil oil. In other respects it it is like
No. Is.
CROOK. FOX NASH. PARK ROW.
Samples Of the brandy sold al so cents the
glass, and whisky sold at so cents the glass,
we're purchased here and submitted to Pro.
fessor Draper for chemical analysis. The
following is his report;
No. 10. Sample marked brandy-Water,
90 per cent, alcohol, 81; contains slight
trace of tannin and sugar, aud large amount
of fusil oil, and is, in that respect, the worst
specimen. 1t is an Imitation brandy.
No. 10. Sample marked Bourbon whisky
Water, 20 per cent, alcohol, 80; contains
considerable quantity of tannin, sugar, and
the largest amount of fusil oil. 1t is favored
with plum, and is the worst of the specimens
of whisky.
FIFTH AVENUE HoTEk.
Samples of the brandy sold at so cents the
/ e n Il i ! n ~.
glass, were purchased here and submitted to
Professor Draper for chemical analysis. The
following is his report:
No II. Sample marked Bourbon whisky
Water 70 per cent alcohol, 80; contains
tannin, little sugar, and no fusil oil. Is a
good whisky and equal to No. l3.
No. 9. Sample marked brandy-Water,
Ct per cent, alcohol SO; contains tannin,
sugar and fusil OIL Is an imitation brandy
THOMAS, (FoRMERLY PARMLEE,l 5s5 BROAD
WAY.
Samples of the brandy sold at 40 cents the
glass, and whisky sold at 25 cents the glass,
were purchased here and submitted to Pro-
fessor Draper for chemical analysis. The
following is his report
No. 4. Sample marked Bourbon whisky
Water, 73 per cent, alcohol, 27 contains
a little tannin, no sugar, and slight trace
of fusil OIL being in this respect next in
quality to No. II. !.
No. I. Sample marked brandy-Water,
II per cent, alcohol, % contains tanuin,
sugar and fusil oil ; is an imitation brandy
DELMoNICO, BROADWAY AND CHAMBERS
STREET.
Samples of the brandy sold at 80 cents the
glass, and whisky at 20 cents the glass, were
purchased here and submitted to Professor
Draper for chemical examination. The fol-
lowing is his report: - a+.
No. IL. Sample marked brandy-Water,
6S per cent, alcohol, 50 contains traces of
tannin, sugar aud fusil oil J; is an imitation
brandy.
No. 8. Sample marked Bourbon whisky
Contains considerable lannin, the largest
quantity of sugar, and little more fusi oil
than No A. l> ...E.
ST. NICHOLAS HOTEL.
Samples of the brandy sold at 40 cents the
glass, and whisky sold at 80 cents the glass,
were purchased here and submitted to Pro-
lessor Draper for chemical analysis. The
following is his report:
No. 16 Sample marked Bourbon whisky
Wafer 70 per cent, alcohol, 30; contains
the largest quantity of sugar. little tanuin,
and largest amount of fusi oil after No. IL.
No. 90 Sample marked brandy-Water,
70 per cent, alcohol, 80; contains small
amount of tannin, sugar and fusil oil, with
rasin and plum flavor. Is an imitation of
brandy. L.fE 4fA
KELLiNGER's MONUMENT HOUSE, UNION
SQUARE.
Samples of the brandy sold at 40 cents the
glass, and whisky sold at 20 cents the glass,
were purchased here aud submitted to Pro-
fessor Draper for chemical analysis. The
following is his report:
No. s. Sample marked braudy-Water,
68 per cent, alcohol, 80; contains the larg>
est quantity of tannin and sugar, and a trace
of fusil oil; is an imitation of brandy.
No s. Sample marked Bourbon whisky
Water, IA per cent, alcohol, 26; contains a
little tannin and sugar, and considerable fusil
oil, being in this respect little better than
l6 and II. 70
NOTE BY PRoFEssoR DRAPER.-None Of
the specimens of brandy contained salt, cay
enne pepper, or any poispnous metallic COM
pound. The quantity of sugar in the whisky
was very small when compared with that Of
the brandy, aud the same observation is to
be made regarding the tannin.
BRANDY STATISTICS.
The World adds, editorially: 1t is OBJ
viously true of that one speci6cliquOr, brandy
in regard to which, as our readers will see,
adulteration may be said to be almost univer-
sal among US. The supply ofgenuine brandy
in the United States is professedly drawn
almost exclusively from one country, France.
How far this profession comedies with The
facts in the case may be inferred from the
simple statement that in the year 1854, the
last for which we have at this moment before
US the means Of forming comparative view,
the export of brandy from France to the
| United States amounted to no more than
10, 1888 hectolitres, or 285,0i6 gallons. Dur
ing the same year, the export of brandy from
France to Great Britain amounted to 164,
440 hectolitres, or .792, ,579 gallons. Now
any person who will take the pains to com