The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1872-09-27
BLOOMSBURY, PA. FRIDAY SEPTEMBER q, 1872


FROM the tlme OF moan duu MS WlHc,
and Bacchus aud his orgies, the fruit of
tho grape has boon n favortc Of almost
all nations. In these modern times,
when whiskey and tusil oil cuts away
the mucous lining Of the stomach as
suddenly as a steal file bito3 Off wire,
a method of "aging" liqdor has long
been theory of dealers in the article.
1t will be good thing for mankind
when only pure liquor shall be sol3 /;
and hewevcr great the evil of drinking
any Intoxicating fluid may be, 1t must
be drank, he who gives good article
does a service to his fellows.
Whiskoy is given age in variety of
ways-by keeping it in kasks by clari-
flying with chemicals by sending it on
sea voyage, 50 that agitation may
adj its powers to the natural fcrmenta-
tion by increasing tho quantity Of ozone
thus oXygenizing its elements ) but =
machine has bocn presented TO the pub
lie which does in few minutes tho
work of weeks and months the VIC
lent agitation Of The particle3, aud tho
extreme divisions Of the essential oils
which compose them, produce change
almost instantly.
The machine is now in operation in
this city, where it may be inspected by
the curious. It's construction is novel
and ingenious, aud promises to revolu
tioRizo one Of the largest Interest," of
trade in the world. When opinions of
chemists vary 50 widely as they do con
cerning the actual changes which take
place in quantity dur ing the process of
rlpening ii would seem unnecessary 10
thoorize, but few facts well establish
cd suggested to the inventor tho idea.
The machino is large and expensive,
consisting of two cylinders, placed ore
behind the other, containing two wheels
four and one half feet in diameter, re-
sembling circular saws on which are ar
ranged one hundred teeth, with fiat
edge each, both revolving the same
way, consequently when one is going
down the other is coming up.
At the point whore they come togoth-
OF there is a space of one half inch. The
liquor, being fed ON the bcater going
down by steam pump at pr sure Of
one hundred pounds to the square inch,
is thrown on those going up, thereby
submitting it TO the blows of both,
and as the wheels make 1000 rovolu-
tions per minute, it gives us the num-
Der of blows struck per minute as I00,-
600.
The effect produced on new liquor by
passing it through this machine is quite
astonishing. Almost instantly is acrid,
fiery fluid converted into smooth,
palatable drink. All the effects Of age,
which formerly could only be obtained
after great loss and patient waiting for
years, are, by this wonderful machine,
produced in an hour, and So completely
is the change wrought that the most
accomplished judges were wonderfully
deceived, and pronounced the tested
liquor always old and sometimes as
really better than liquor of the same
grade that WAS known to be ripenod by
time.
ThcchangC produced by this machine
are still more marked, if possible, on
new wines than on the stronger liquors.
One single treatment will give all the
effect OF age, at once smoothing the
liquor and developing the bouquet.
The whole operation takes place in an
air tight compartment, and, of course,
no loss can possibly ensue. This, of it.
self, will effect an immense saving, for
it is no oXaggeration to say that of all
the liquors used as beverages one fourth
of the original bulk is lost in the pro-
ces; of ripening by time. e.-lhc Press.