, 1870-12-18
MEXICAN "WANITIES."
What the Ercasers Get Drunk on
How Tytne.Skfnx Arc mndcs

How Wtne.Sktns Arc Mndc.
The Intoxicating liquors Of Mexico are OF
limited Esricsy, but powerful In quality. One
siud is dct1rdtea.e, rum m.de from The
euglrc4ne, which, according to Colonel
Evans, i % much like boiled lightning As eau
he inagined, and the ve1y smell Of winch will
canee very sample Of the Chrietian gen.,e-
herr liquor Distilled from meeeal plant,
otbctwisc cilled the .Aueriesn aloe, cali
ed ,;esoal. is sold. At the nstlo
conts. aod will produce Is much Drunkenness
~ = barrel Of North American whiskev. There
is superior variety Of the meecal rrpluoed
near 0nadats}trA, and called after The village
in which 1t " made, s'Tequi,n- This c.ns1a
more: ard 10 cent to the City Of Mexico and
elseHherr, n eosnsshIng very choice for pres
ct to ones friends Colonel Bvans took one
aniseste or nome other light liquor, rwa1loxine Ing
po4eiblS About an Uunce, druggists measure.
before he smclled the burning heeh ~ tho licht-
Eing deseended his throat. As he set down
tho glae., bis head began to incTeass in eixe 20
outside immediately the door won(d be too
eEnl1 to admit ct his passing through. SEX
lng his hat which appeared to have become Of
about half the size Of m ordinary umbrella,
hc turned it up edgewiss, and succeeded. By =
tight sqneezo, in passing it through tho door !:
tfe ftxeet then appeared fuunel-shaped, and
ne Femetnbertd III odd fancy that no was to
resemble the man who =. vent IN 1t the big
and came out At tho little end cf the horn"
Tho t4not ts exposed to The sun In the skins
Of pigs: sheep, and goats, denndeJ Of the
h.tt and bFissles, which appear to have been
AIKEN on whole. After much diligent inquiry,
Mr.. Fitch elicited thu statement that the ekins
ste taken % BY allowing the p1ga to fast
twenty-four hours, then tying them by their
tails to poets. and coaxing them out OF their
coverings b holding ears Of corn just in
front Of their noece-
Tbs statement went down IN bis book 1t
once. and wsa added unhesitatinsly 10 the A.
ready llrge stock Of knowledge ho had no
cumulated on the trip. Tho fsct is that The
animal il beaten with a c4ubnntil al the bones
arc emRshed, and the flesh reduced to rulp,
md the unse is then drawn out little by little
At the neck.
Undisl11ed, tbs liquor ie called pulo,,e, and
is made from the plant n Follows: When
the blossom stalk starts out. It in
cut on, and The centre Of ths plant il hol-
lowed out, go rs to form deep cup. Ia this
reservoir the sap COLLECTS. AID on=e in twenty.
four hour the Indians, With long caislashes,
it. They thrn.t ono end Of tbs c,labasb
into tho sap, aud Supplying. the other
To the mouth, puck the sweet fluid up until
tic calibAsh is filled, then let II ran irto tho
rig ekiDe, in which It 10 carried to mkrket. A
little Of the old pulQtte already fermented, iB
added to The freth Juice, and The tkin being
exposed to the eun for = few days the fluid is
ready Tor drinking. Tho amount Of puigue
Consumed 10 Mexico ia almost bovoud belief
wall, stranger, what's bar'l o. whiskey in
family o. eleven children an no cow" waa
39s Indignant reply Of the Wabash Valley
taooeier 70 an inquirer after ueeloss kno Hledge
;sa ;n.med Fitch, roma yeArs tlrce. Tho. SANS
.aen ,s prevails x!th reasrd to puaque among ths
ths fosd to es1y a'ts ~ n. s esptt.i. I and and
T.m. Tnna 9; aI ne great*1 portion Ia brought 10
uPon tne oacks OF men, nulos, and dolkcya.