The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-01-07
From the quincy Herald.
What the People Drink.

From the quincy Herald.
What the People Drink.
1t is not proposed, at this writing, to at
tempt to interfere at all with what anybody
eats or drinks, The stomach of the people
IA their own, and they have the right, in de
fance of anything we might say, TO put into
i, lust what they please. Oar only present
purpose is to submit to them few reasons
! why the conclusion has forced itself upon
our mind that they probably often drink
what they suppose to be one thing, when n
fact il is another and an entirely different
thing. Ia other words, few persons IN al
most every community drink, occasionally
what thoy suppose to be whiSkey IN
fact it is not whskey at all. SO, too, in re.
gaId to brandes, gins, wines, &c. Now, II
YOU we're to ask man Just in the act Of
taking down a full grown drink Of whiskey,
at one of our first class saloons, what It was
he was about to drink, he would tell you
whiskey. lie would tell you 50, simply be-
caus it was whiskey he called for. leb no
| would he mistaken - that is, hc wouldh Re'
| what our old revolutionary slres use1 10 ge'
when they called for whisky. lhey COZ
the pure stuff. There is just as much diiier'
epce between pure article OF whskey and
| n had or,;cle ma there Is between anything
else that is pure and anything else that IS
not For some weeks past, the New ! ork
World has been investigating and exposing
this matter rom beginning to end, The
proprietcr Of that paper has had in his EN-.
Nov lor some weeks past, commissioner,
wtjse duty il was to 20 to the first class sa'
H. / i. - md IN
Of all the principal hotels, where they sell
whiskey at twenty-five, and brandy at fifty
cents a drink-purchasc small quantity Of
each kind Of liquor and have its substance
Analysed by distinguished chemist Of that
city. The result has been 70 demonstrate
that pure liquor is not sold at any place in
the great city Of new York. The following
which We find in late number ofthe H0rld
will show how these compounds called pure
first class liquors are made, and this, after Il
careful analysis Of the component parts Of
each. The IVorld says
"Wc present few sample receipts for the
manufacture Of liquors, which arc believed to be
perfectly reliable From them tho public can
Judge Of the stuff which IL sold over some Of the
bars Of this and other citcs.
wnIsKEY.
40 gallons common Whiskey.
40 gallons water.
gallons tincture Of Guinea pepper.
quart tincturo Of pcllttory.
ounces acotic ether.
IL gallons ltroHg tea.
The Manufacturer not content with on imita.
ton Of the genuine liquor from pure sprit',must
needs reduce the alcohol 80 much by tho addition
Of watcTtLat It becomes necessary to resort 70 the
alternative ofgviug the spirit fCtiOu, strcugthby
the addition Of Guinea pepperp ellitory,or grains
Of paradise. The method Of adulteration i'm
parts burning taste to the spirits, and by the
ignorant is considered an evidence Of strength.
BY this means the dealer makes eigbty-hve gal
Ions imitation whiskey out Of forty gallons Of
common whiskoy, by adding to the latter forty
gallons Of water charged with pepper, etc, and
mixing In sufficient beading
HOLLAND GIN.
Is gal. pure proof spirits.
gal. gin essence.
quart white sugar syrup
Mix thoroughly and filter if necessary.
BRANDY.
80 gal. pure spirits.
drachm If oOZnac oil.
pint spu.t OF raisins.
lpint spirit Of prunes.
drachm taunin powder.
! o.. aoctc ether.
drops oil Of ucroli dissolved in 80 per
cent. alcohol Color to the desired tint with
sugar culuring.
This makes a brandy Of which there Is not u
particle Of imported liquor.
MADEIRA WINE.
20 lbs. fgs, mashed up.
90 lbs. raisins.
70 o.. linden or tilla flowers with the leaves.
drachms Turkish rhubarb.
10 grains aloeS.
gals sugar syrup.
Infuso the above ingredients for ten days in
thirty gallons Of spirits, then reduce it to the
proper strenth by adding ninety gallons ofgSater
and filter.
SuERRY WISE.
70 gals Sherry wine.
100 lbs. sugar.
40 gals. spirits
eco gals. water.
Agitate or stir up the above compound for sew
eral days.
SANTA CRUz RUM.
IS gals. New England rum.
gals. Santa Cruz rum.
irachms Of Vanilla essence
JAMAICA RUN.
60 gals. pure proof spirits.
10. rum essence.
Color with burnt sugar