, 1876-02-19
CROOKED WHISKY IN THE ARMY.
How GOA. John 4. l.oxnn Was mYs-
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tns citT oaFp Ad'' auueua. iusoioas ~ 'uo A*s,o
btta OF evidence about him, and In tracing hts
personal history. They lost oil ioseroas In Tho
aoss,,o.,ant. - - H. orors ,1ons ~ Iohn Ma.
4ese'otnloo.a ~ W NV ufo.s y. vun' ' Nv
tah failed 70 como ons ID tae tf'a'a' 11o vety
indeGnitenoss Of tho dispatched about MoFAll
a. n .totvod arono for s,,rrisra a. In Tim mnnsa
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iaeusA'5' 49,. .,-...,.-.-.
Ihe.o 9Ss1s m aaoS as hda oas
atoms Of Que John McFa]l In The old yar-timcy;
M ,hor ho,tovod in a. ror;. S,or'. tl,a o,n,a
49,, 10y ;y,so.,s -, .Ns = w. 49,. -. .to,H .,,as
toll Is "'cesI rooa ops ne A'' '' '''' 80 ''''
johu McFAll waa Sutfer in tho army, and >
populer ono. uts B.ook Wan always cotuplote,
H. soo..oa :. viii, ,osr,r,, ,,s,,rot 40 ~ ,v,,.t
~ so'oooo :. NV" uuo,t'nh t'0'nAs' De " ""As
Iho ooSb Hanteu' no ehoaeAt OF n'HbS ue'ieos
and spectaitfos outside tho usual limo OF Sutlor
supplies; and le was. In addition to all this
eood.uatured aan. who rarc|y failed to find m
etegsu i0s nlos oose ,,, eaaseen VIII mn,sky.
and privntos but lis operations woro too OK
teusiye to Escape observation, aud ho retired un-
| der A c1oud NJ suanteto,
r. .nt,,saaa ~ ~ u+o,a
nc sesutnoa ~ ION months atetosmea msn'
lie had hish notions OF tue ms'on OF sosscr.
The Sanitary Commission bad opened his eyea
al to tho evil Of his old ways, and aa to tho ne
ce8bitteb and priVifeEeo Of tho trAd0 as tho off,
cor Of tbs Commission would have 1t conducted.
He bad taken tho ladtoe, tho good old uo'tters
douoo a au snd % tsy hss advised hn TO- t. aoai al
In canned fruit. He remembered, himself. tho
eagernoas with which tho boys In hospital
xapod de.n ed tho stubborn; 4:
resolved that 1t shontd bo 80 no more. 1Io wont
to tho famous Lako-shoro region. and made
. contrsct to hare a hundred thousand cans
Of tho uloat iusciouB peaches put up undor lis
own supervision. He proposed 10 mako a
speciality Of theae and lad Ind tho cans labeled
~. McFalls Best Peaches-put Up for tho
Army Trade Under Advice Of the Unitod statoa
| Hap,tary Commission" oto, Uo nut bio stock In
Hhepo ID a now and gorgeous tout, meeting all
| Inquiries na to corn-juice, ali winks, hints
| signs, mAnnuyEos Of tho old 1uombers OF tho
innor circle, NTH the declaration that the wills
, Ky traIa uaa soo riaky for him, and ho was 60
lug 10 do square business
. Thero was fo1 timo ouly u moderate demand
for the peaches, but tho 8utler ahowod no i'm
made istso X pnttns m peou's 50 suy ~ cans 1s
= but ho Thought not. In tho courpo Of few
voolia thoro wuu run on tho o.,
q tabahmcnt. The boya had discovered inc
ono over know 1uat how this was brouet
, about) That Tho cana contained whisky. Tie,
wore discraet uan, however, and MoFall know
ho could trust them, ~, MoItall's Ucst" DO
I came synonym for whisky, aud took tho place
3. OF all the other slang names bestowed upp. ths
beverage: and Tor many mouths ali moyet
amuot6ly.
y One day, an Irish regiment stopped for dlnne
. near tho camp ana the meu accidentally came
:. into possession Of several cans OF ~. McFall.
' ne.t.".. Tho. secrat was out, and NOR
!, Of oshor brgsdos made plgrimages tc