Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-09-24
TIL E He R AID
TEMPERANCE COLUMN.
- The temperance society Of Lin

"a The temperance society of Lin
coin. Nebraska, Obtained from the
saloons and drug stores of that city,
samples of the very best liquors SOLD
there. and submitted them tor analy-
sis to a competent chemist. Professor
Anghey, of the State University
The following is bis report;
In accordance with your request,
7 have made careful analysis OF the
LIQUORS brought to me two weeks ago,
The following Is the result:
No. 1. Detwiler's BLACK Maria"
contained the following ingredients {:
l. Sugar of lead, eight grains to a
quart; 2. Strychnine, q large amount;
5. Strontia; 4 Benzine 3. Pot
ash; 6. Brazil wood.
No. 2. Quick's "best whiskey"
contained l, Sugar of lead, eight
grains to quart 2. StryctnnIne ];
3. Strontia 4. Potash D. Ben
zine; 6. Brazil-wood.
No. 8. Kleutch's "whiskey" con-
tanned: 1. Sugar of lead, eight and
half grains to q quart; 2. Strych-
nine; 8. strontia; A. Potash; 5.
Logwood.
No. 4. Hodskin's whiskey con.
tanned: 1. Sugar of lead, eight and
4 half grains to a quart /; 2. Strych-
sine; 3. Strontia; 4. Potash; 5.
Logwood.
No. 5. leighton & Browns chest
port wine" contained: 1. Sugar OF
lead, three grains to a quart 2. Po-
tassa and soda carbonates /; 8. Log
wood.
No. 6. Bailey & Andrews whis-
key contained: l. Sugar of lead,
seven grains to quart; 2 Strych-
nine; 3. Potash; 4. Strontia; 5
Benzine; 6. BraziI-wood.
No. 9. McLaughlin's "gin" con
tanned: l. Sugar of lead, five grains
to the quart; 2. Strychnine; 3
Strontia 4. Potash 5. Benzine
Small per cent. alcohol.
No. z. Brock & Cos sport wine
contained l. Sugar of lead, three
grains to a quart; 2. Potassa anC
soda carbonates 3. lockwood.
No. 8. Kelley & Reeds "brandy'
contained l. Sugar of lead, sever
grains to a quart; 2. Strontia; 3
Brazil-wood. Small per cent alcohol
No trace of pure brandy whatever.
This analysis is not exhaustive, as
| did not separate the sugar which
some Of the liquors contained, in The
form of caramel nor the cayenne
pepper which all the whiskey con
tanned more or less. The polsonout
substances, however, carefully sep
arex$d. Tue absolute amount of SUI
gar of les j, strychnine, and strontis
was remarkably large. The poison
Qua qualities of these substances il
90 well known that nothing here
needs to be said about them. In
many of these liquors there is strych'
nine enough liz quart to kill man
if it was taken separate from any
other mixture, and at one dose. The
same is true of the sugar of lead. Ii
good whiskey the amount of aIcoho
should be from forty to fifty per cent.
but in these liquors it ranges only
from fifteen to twenty-five per cent.
the larger percentages belonging t.
the brandies and gin. As good liq
uors as some of these WHISTLES coulC
be manufactured for thirty cents PEI
gallon. None of these liquors ar,
what they purport to be. Ii an,
one doubts that these poisons ar
found in common liquors, if sucl
doubter comes to the universit,
laboratory in the afternoon, | Wi
separate and precipitate lead, stron
tia, etc., in his presence.
1t is probable that liquor in othe
cities will average about as thos
above described. How do the drink
ers of Milwaukee like the idea of tax
ing such poisonous denominations int
their systems every day :?