, 1874-03-07
A General Idea Of the Quantity Of
Liquor Sold Here. 3!
Fifteen Million Dollars Invested
in the Whisky Business.

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inn"enco 70 o,ers ocpar1mon' VI nlo' anu, nAs.
ing ptoeutea ,'s neeossatles, no "a" uonoslosa
early lou to task Lis ingenuity III tho attalnMeht
Of its luxurios. ....
Among these, tho preservation Of fruits and
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nave loa 70 tho use OF inoorlatlng dFlnK, oe'.
crago Which was discovered by soino OF tho most
savago natio,1s, and Is doculod luxury by tho
nlmoet uniyoisal' teatimony of o1ucatod man-
! ,;in1 r,rrs;;,- az. ;do. st;;, f,r,hor hooL
ia"u' oatty'nb tuis auea s1''i luilner o"e"
tertainod tho opinion that tho fruit Of Which
Adam aud Eve had oaten,-,.
~-wnosu mural tapte :.
Bro,loht death into tho world and MI our woo
a aoa ~, - is fSTsS 9a shs xd,E tats;ns %
About ttcir slirits hai piased % aid inmost royers
Nlado err, was now oxlaled. :
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venton " = sno MI u 'i"A'ls "''ie ~ No''n. 1no
1requont all'lelon to %lno. tno praises bcsto"od
; upon It, tho flowing gobotH, tho luxurious BAN
Loforo Tho Chrstio,, ora. exhibit II. yaluo md
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LIB attacnment 70 tno eoln1ofta ol tne taplo ahu
to jovlal society. 80. 4
ANCIENT w1SEs
nomo. as ebolcnrnca tho other arts from Groecc.
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acquired also tAas ot making vino as soon as
sho extended her power beyond sle limits OF hor
tloir vino wore ncar Naples, on tho Blopos and
htr tho foot Of YesuyiuB, now covered
with tho: lara anu nslles Of TINT
celebrated ,volcano, a; spot in which
Dacchus was said to have delighted in oonso-
quonce Of its raro fertility and excellent adapta-
ton for the culture Of tho vino. The sea washes
tho limits of tl,is beautiful land on ono sile and
on the otllor delightful hills the Falerrian Sur
rentino, Massic, Ganroau, and otllorH. aroHo with
the choicest situation and tho most favorable
slopes from tho low country, giving. names to-
the products anco wcdded to Immortal verge.
but, as NC do not want to givo m elaborate his
tory Of wues, we go on to present times. ,,..
EUROPEAN ylNr4aEs.
ducod In Frnnco: and OH tho Rhine,
whero ncienco and long experience havo'
been brought to bear: upon, their management.
finer wines is we'll known to be very limited.
Tho finest and moat delicate red wines Of the
world, full OF rich perfume, OF exquisite bouquet
and delicate color, arc those Of Burgundy, grown
in tho district called tho Cote dor. Other
Fronch rcd wines nro known by tho nanloA Of
Iatitto, Latour, Chatoau Alargaux, SRutorne,
Hermitage, Pouiac, st Essophe, st. J1llion. und
nro mostly made noaf Bordeaux. The bost Of
tho white wines Of tho champagne are all Of tho
CONGO.
or German winos tho best arc JoLanpisborger,
stoinborger. }ludeslleimor,. .oppenl,enor Iau;
many others, made on tho thine, Main, Iinardt
md in tho Bavnrian Rhine province. In
Hungary are mado tho rich iquour wines,
,ssences, AuBbr.lehs, and Dlaslas.
Tho climate Of 1taly, 80 congenal to the vine,
Ing to tho poor management Of the vintage;
The Crock islands produce winos Of various
Kinds, but mostly muscadines.. The wines OF
Portugal are excollont. but. except port, seldom
Exported; Illo "lncs in Madeira no" nearly
destroyed BY the vino dlaeaHe, once produced q
remarkably tine article. The wines OF Spain arc
mostly rcd, and of superior quality. Tho groat
exports are from Cadz and Malaga, Tho Shorty
II mado noar tho Town of Aorea de In
Frontora aud Port st. Mary opposite tho
Aarbor of Cadiz. The, cheaper wines
pussing here for sherry are mostly made.ip
Wlnos or good mingled with inferior wincH.
Port vino il nearly always mingled with brandy
to prevent fermentation. franco, Germany,
Spain, Italy, Portugal. Hungary, Grcoce aud
Sicily are tho principal wine countries Of Europe.
Tolorabo wine has also boon nlntlo iu the OK
treno south Of tho Russian Dominion
In this country tho cultivation OF tho vine en-
gaged to Bono extent the earlieat Bottlers OF tho
North American colonies. 'I'he first permanent
soccess in ,wino,mnling appears to hnye beou at-
lndiana and missouri Vino ID now PRODUCED
- some quantity in almost every staie Of the
Union. those yielding tho nrgcst amounts boiug
phio. California, Kentucky, Indiana, and Now
York.
better classes Of Europeun oncs, Los Angeles
County produces the bent.-a German Vino
g nrowers' Association Of Alalelm maIiue tho
most delicate. Their annual production
amounts to about 600, 900 gallons, Missouri.
mud nil along tho aliasissippi, Oatayba, ljrht
sparkling wine Of muscadine tIayor. Ia matla
Some Of the fine olasses Of Cntnwba rival tic