Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-12-14
BEER.


An article 10 recent hun'oof OIL 'uc
Boston Post upon the Tcutoaic liquid COM
mound dedicated TO King Gambrinus, adorcd |
by all good Germans from Faderand, aud
lovingly tolerated even by those born to the
manner Of " Med0rd Rum and Yves
tern Whiskey." furnishes material for an ag-
ricultural item barley and hops, literally
iutcrspcrsed with water, being the ingredients
of which this popular beverage is said to be
constructed 3" The figures are somewhat
startling 10 their magnitude, but it must be
remembered that the details Of " family expon-
ses 90 tend to a national debt icrmidablliiy
when subjected to a slate and pencil process
The statement before us is, that;
a single brewery at the Highlands East
Boston, consumes one hundred thousand BUSH
els Of barley per year ana between 'our auu
ncI "un'l0' o''' ~ =. wy, ,,,,., ~
harley used bv an the rripcipal establish.
mcnts is not less than soc 600 bushels, aud
Of hops about 6,OoO bushels. The barley
costs ABOUT SLIP D. per Du'nel uen'yIo1 ! u
tra',,, 70 ,Syr,y oan,. r,l round Xeu yorL
raised hons are principally used BY our man.
ufacturers'
4 further enumeration of statistics also
shows that the Eouid ouau,i,y produced from
the arrregate of materials. by the twenty es.
tablishments in and around Boston where beer
/. brewed amoun,ed in 1860 TO 26O G85l
barrels, and that the increase over this amount
for 1870 " has been nearly ffty PER- cent"
The whole number Of barrels for 1870 viii
probably reach 100000. These statement.
are based upon official figures taken from the
returns Of the Revenue Department, which
probably do not ovcrsate the amount The
Post gives 32l,ll7 barrels as the returned
product Of fcrmeuted liquors in the Third
Revenue District alone. for the ten months Of
the present year ending with October BY
the application Of a little more arithmetic We
have this amount reduced to 3. l87, S72 half
pint drinks, which if sold over the counter al
five ccuis each, (aud much Of it is sold al
ten,. gives a Grand total of $3.50 .s03. 60 a,
the oozy hemorrhape Of the portmonnaie fol
beer manufactured in this single district. Al,
to this the amount produced by the other dis
tilleries in and around Boston, and the ex
pense of wetting the whistle" becomes
respectable item alongside Of the war debt
and Boston is not much Of a place for bee
either.
1t is quite presumoabe that large ma
joriiy of our readers have never been oducat
ed up to that high state Of arid felicity tina
enjoys the ubricating effects of fifteen q
twenty glasses of larger at single sitting
and are not so well prepared to appreciat
this vast absorption Of the Teutouc beyeraq
as those who have seen the sluice.ways whcr
this is nightly performed, without any regar
to weather Men and women, boys and girl
and babies too, that are usually restricted
very limited bill Of fare drink larger, G
pecially those of the German persuasion.-
That it will not inobriaie" has been pre-
ty well determined By experts with keg.cap
city, aud that it seldom cheers" is equal
apparent from the lugubrous wit it inspr,
in its most enthusiastic deyotees. But it
claimedt 10 be bread in liquid form, soothin
in its effects aud that it tends to Induce 9TH
honeyheavy-dew Of slumber."
The harley which has bscn matted mn
m,shed and erhops,cl of H.. nervous nrono
ties Is sold 10 the farmers FIR obout Ten cor,