, 1869-01-07

wonders at them. Can It be possible tn
there Is an intelligent housekecper from |
Maine to California, WIN does not know
for yeaSs that these adnltcrations nrc
matters Of daily practice By all Rrocets
and shcpkccrcrs, The lmmAcule'e
tradesmsn ia as rare aa tho whiso bl,ck-
b rd. Conlemporanrous chronicles as
sers that Dir. Fiskc when be drive his
pcddlcl's wagon from village tn village,
deligertd genuine tlnpans and bEo3ms 10
thc hcus, ktcpcte, and never cheated In
weighing the old rags which be took In
exchange 1os bis patent tk'1lc.s ahd stow
pars but men Of that stamp arc rare.
The lsst crussdo ot tho World If with
thr wh!skcy ahopp, md hrn q 1t hsa d's-
covered that the Uhtskey sold At Tho
principal hotels In New York city Ia
composed OF two-thirls water, 'hs other
,Lt1d being .aunto, iuell oil aud sugar.
C.n 1t bc potsibe that tho Ncw York
nlithry drinkers were such idio's ss to
suppetc they were drinking pure Will
k.yy Ifso, 1t argues an ignyrapcc wnttl
r.t chcs sub'lmity. Be this Us II may, IL
srcms to US thtFe Ia li,le ground 'or
complaint, for the nbogc composlt,un
ia auitc healthy beverage. Suppose
New York had 10 drirk whiskey which
WIS ouc-third watc- and two-'hi1ds
arsenic. or onc.quarter water and three.
aupr.trs strychpine or threc-thfrda ben
zinr, as VIC do here. what might not the
I1oril say then! There are ana'yses for
you Of ssme consequence! It tokea
moral courage to drink cur beverages.
There IL hcroism In man who can tace
Q tumblcr Of our poison when te knows
the chances are nine to one he will ncver
get home, II be lives milo away ;
that he may drop like shot
before he gets to the bottom OF the tum-
bltr, Of quietly fhll into the river as a
cockroach does off your table to the floor
| under the II flucDcc Of cx!tsmiuator, and
point The neral Of nretsY paracraph IN
the ntx' mornire's paper. We assume
that cur whiskey dealers are not homes
mcp, and ne do not manifest any sur
| prise when they retait our berz ne ol
slrychnlnc cut to us by the glass. vi
a1e only surprised when We surv.v,
an operation of that nature, and lay'
to repeat II, 10 any considerable
1.ng1h of time. That the New I III
World sh,uld manifest any surprise q
the discovery Of Impure whIskey, this
New York whiskey drinkers shouid 1m
agine they we're drinking pure whiskey
OF that either should com plain of such
pure healthy beverage as one made up Q
two-thirds wafer and the o.he1 third tan
nip, fus;l oil and sugar, are equally in
comprehensive to US, and alike srgue
faith in human nature and q delicacy {
| appetite and taste which are uoknown
the West, where Whlskey-drirk1ug WI
frs: brought to the dignity Of q seem,
TIE World can hardly achieve mus
reputation as a retorme1 by is rair
among the adu1terations. It's hue an
cry is an old story, and the pubic kno
It by heart Every housckceper in Il
land knows she purchases adultsrarion
! L the World will suggest some p1actic
,, plan that will keep the sand out OF u
sugar and the turmer,c out OF the mu
: tard, ard mske man homes. in spi,e
himself, 1t will achieve Tic org or
!. adu9teration and abomir a.toa which "
- carry its name down to the Ia est pose
: i.y, and irsr re blessings for it 11on ge
eraticns OF house keepers yet unborn.
present it is writing its nBme in I
WA.cr.