Litchfield enquirer., 1872-02-29
F~E=Vurz Maz1haE-
 me w1nss ef syria

@ = rsmka mr-a of the results of my s.z..sss---<.ss-. - experence while resi-
 - r..seSa Syxsa and Palestine is .a- E..----sms Ius1e cf fhe gzpe. The -. - .-F ~zR~- frwiEs und plants are but s---s- - far fAS p4xp0se. The wine ---Sz.-Ts srun tAs pozegr2nates referred Hw SssnnnnHs SaaGs vnL 2 is not man .-a.-eu-us Sm sx6CEzt &20Zns 70 oe taken S-e@ m~rurmk TAe d&.e w1ne (vinum pal T-~~uaI uznksszs1 by 1enOPhon and Phi wr nj wAsseA w~s so h1ghly esteemed 6y - ~---sunks. Is ngG E0w made. at least to
 -. -~Ss-s s1r thp reason that the palm - - @a eum=ana in Syria, is now '--.---m---eTrmFr rxEe in that part of the
 - T~-< Ia TexscAc. once famed as - agaw eF PsHm-SreG. there Is now but = ~-sw-aw fxuw ef tAz< spscses remaining Te~ Tmrrssaf fw&kiRgw vine from thegrape TK~~ k~wn ma eyewitness of on Mount T-1~~~m Swxwrzl bushels Of the npe ,-I---s~-~ m-a tA-uw1 Inko a large vat, and ~-~ M trwwznaed upon by men m tnear s--~ e-ws : thue ixSce thzs expressed beIng Rmwm u~ fRmsmwA am aperture into low ~wwA ar | vxsseas Frep&red for the
 T@ srunssaw ss okkea accompanied with sA.1zrssss.r mnuz sz@ing and other demOnstra- ts-zE vf Sur. xhs hy-sszndeES frequently 1hnrsnw fa sAe kI1&nty of the occasion. SS-EnwEzsz.ss sase Exzpz aretrOd in baskets, "a Trsra rzzning tAr0agh into large shal- ksw vzszsax pAneea underneath, from which wwumre1 inAo ezEshen jars Where the wsna a sO ke tczzxpOxted, 1t Is puti goat skin aaefsess hzf fAis is not usually done umkd mAxx tAe pzocess of fernenfas1on IS ,-euwwRZsr,1 h ths.wamcl climate fermen-
 &znHv Sryy yrTt . kEw k~uwx. ani proceeds with more or S~@ ru-SSsSsT. deusaainx upon the temper .ewrup ef eA.e mumTsznems m Yhich the liquid sx kxu& Kn sa@e czsex the grapes, stems aal a1 are Grz1 partially dned by being exxuuae1 ts the san five of six days, and i than. lmm@1izHe1y aftEr beng pressed, the Smsna. ss7mMzheR wfkh the sediment, IS pour e1 m1a Saxx 2m before, and is stirred every dmy tzE mnmkh CT more. while the fer mmmeMNSnn s n pEugre$s after which 1t IS xsrxSmmd oE into close vessels or bottles and sealed up fuw future use. The wine tAnS rxu1zred Is of the stringent quail sv. and viii keep good for considerable knxGh cf time. M has been found to be as Tuos1 sk the end of six or seven years as when sew mrakhs old, and without any thSnw haxlHg been added to preserve 1t. AmL fn3Hed within a certain limit, the wza mImrrUyed by age, particularly when Imk4 m&mm1lng upon the lees, which act as q pursfyfnw1genk in absorbing whatever impurities may remain
 Sarssf wine Is commonly made by boil Tuw the iusce before fermentation for skcxx tfwe. the impurities and gross par sielR@ Icing skinned of as they rise to the xzrfaee- The whole quantity is re- sfnesa hy this process only about one-
 f al vle1 different kinds of wine, and these klnsaz are still further multiplied by con- hSnIng ar v2xTIng the processes, desicca- tS1z. boiling. stirring. etc, already des- exThed
 The expreSSsOa Resr sCime IS used among the OrElkmls In three senses First, that wa1ck Ss frvzA from the wine-press, and referred to Tn Saeh passages as Job, xxi. IS 4z1 also Matthew, ix- IT," Neither 3s 1<a put new wine into old bottles" whEre the aIln<l0n is to wine just made, z=3 be6Ore the process of fermentation has ExSxay cozamenced .Sec0nd, wine f<w weeks old Ix called Rcsr, to distinguish Ii fFuz thAk which Is several months old, aF oA3eR. TkSrd, the wine made from the IWsce tkzf fr<t aoxx from the wine-press sx also called Rew, from a word, scLGfet, ssgEfyS1g literally f1reoedsag, and is so zmme3 hscmzse shis wine precedes the akA< lA tzze of E1Aking. This is one of the strongest and most Intoxicating kinds a< wSne. 32d Is the same as that which is rs6eEr@3 t0 n Hosea, iv. 11--'Wne and 1Ew wS@e take away the heart"-and in 4ge2 n 1S The incidents referred to in tAx kxskgx p&zs@ge occurred on the day of RSzescnz&s @SgAk CT nine months after the vEz4a@e se@Boa, winch precludes the idea Sf zmy aE1mzSoa to new wine In the first sense ef the tem. as above given. But in EA<tAzr1 sense the meaning IS clear. ftOth- sz @sekag said. these men [apOstlesl are tzR sf ns~ uSaes~ which was equivalent ta s@ylg that they were much intoxicat s1
 The Sgrsnn wines are for the most part 6xA<. 4z4 G8 fAr@s my hOwledge extends, are aA P@S-thzs Is to say, they are neith- CT Gagwea n0r adnlterated. Neither kEz@ay .zar any other spirituous liquor. tA11wA ths fuxZ@r is distilled to consider @Ala sxteaE fr02 gE@pes. r2isins, and the rxeGsa Of wIne5&E<. IS used by the people ss ssrezwEA<n 0r preserve their wines. for the rsAsaa. they sIlege, that they can not a1ara It-br=21y being much more ex- rEzkEve thzz wIne. and the latter will keep a sz1kEsezG leagth of time without it. But sAezz v1zs9zS 6Hds of vine, however much @sy Z4F dI&sr @s regards color, strength and zzsrlzge1ry, are all fermented, and lare Gr lez iaehrlasing.
 Nay of the inhabitants, particularly the DxwsHk. a semi -Mohammedan sect. bod dswa tAa fresh juice of the grape in- @ Ezrwp cm1led sI1ihs.' = which they use zs . E1hsE1Ezae for uOlasses. a species of clay hslmg employed to clarify it and re- 1sSe tAs scsa1lOzs taste This is the Sa1y tuw@ m which grape juice is pre- served m a unfexnenSed state.
 h the Araesc, which Is the language sPekEa thru1Eh0zt the Holy Land. as also a kCFt and Arabia, the generic name ssc w2e 1s AG@ET. which signifies fernsea- asfsaaH. tAs verb and past participle deriy- s4 r12 sAs szne rO0E. signifying ssto fer @kzk za1 s-fermeRted = Whether it is SwEg wholly tO this circumstance or not al .sf pcsP4red tO say but certain 1t is saz9 tAe sccae<l@st1cs of the nominally CA<.xe1&7 seesS m Syrsa and Palestine in- sz<e sAa1 tAe wIne used for sacramental P&Epos% must be not only pure but fer @&zsS1 he JewS also seem to hold the sa=@ VSsw Ia regar1 to the wine used at sAe hGz<< of tAe Passover. The late Dr. EA S@zxA neA4tes that on one occasion. So<1 srzSeAEg through Palestine. he ar rHS~d a1 HehCOa at the time of the cele- acz<ss1 o3 tAe Passover and feast of un- ~@Ss1&4 eReaA Calling on the rabbi and SSAkT P<11cEa41 Jews of the city, he was Zyzs@4 so pGrt2ke with them of wine and 9z4ezxs4nd bEeSl In the course of the es@ssrz4Es01 he inquired why it was that saS Jews made use of fexnented wine at Sass fsa<s. wAHa tAey so carefully abstain e4 fra@ he@Ze7ed (f- s, fermented bread: s~ wa@eA the rabbi replied, ssThe yinous ssrz.AaA2aS1 having been entirely com
 AeseA1 and the acesoas fermentation moi eAx2g eazme1cad. 1t does not come un- sS< T@e prohibition of the law." This is SeEs4.a1y 1z Ingenious explanation. But E ds'zhso1 by some whether fermented S12< VAS drank al the Passover previous tS sae d1SPe<SlOG, or whether wine was ass. <1 s4 al thss festival before the lime sS tA& kzby30aisA captivity CSao m,