Daily Republican., 1879-05-19
New Names for Lager Beer.

lH6 TtC6ut piohA
til. eastern ssotisa sssiou' d0h''
seem to pan out weti 90 NE prohibi-
tionists who were highly elated over the
victories which they had gained. For
more than year they have been Wig
orously fighting the sale Of liquor by
the process of law, but last October
after campaign of qns pal asEesnsss,
they carried nearly evS town,
and both the cities Of Norwichand New
London, in that part Of the State for no
license; and on the first of November last
the new law went into effect. The prohib-
ition included not only spirituous lid
uors and wine, but ale, porter and lager
beer. The victory tor the Temperance
men was 50 complete and stupendous
tina. many OF the liquor saloons were
closed up and the proprietors embarked
or pretended to embark in other indus
tries, but it was still quite evident that
many others still continued on at their
old business in astealthy kind Of a man
ner, Whoever was considered trust
worthy and who would not turn States
evidence against the seller, had no
trouble in getting his morning "toner
up" glass at noon to dispel his lassl-
tude, and glass in the evening to lull
him to a nights rest, and more often to
lead him into night Of revelry. A
stranger had only to do as Delawareans
have to do to get assessed, bring a
.rieud to vouch for him, and then all
would be right. The liquor sellers,
however, with their usual ingenuity
in finding out ways to evade the law,
made the wonderful discovery of a malt
liquor which took the place of lager,
called by variety of names, amongst
which we're hop beer,' "Schenck
beer" and "table beer,'' but which
very much resembled lager beer, and
which the dealers claimed was not in
toxicating, and the sale Of it was there
fore not violation of the law. This
newly discovered beer grew wonderful
ly popular. Not only was it used more
freely by the old lovers of lager, bu
even some of the advocates of Tenn
perance who were the most actlv'
amongst the crusaders, thanked thei
stars that at last beverage had beel
discovered which they could drinl
without being known by the nam
of ''lager beer guzzlers." The neV
beer continued to grow in popularit
and was found upon the side board as
Substitute !or the more intoxicatin
liquors, and it graced the tables of tn
rich and poor alike, but it was also NJ
ticed that it had about the same effet
that lager beer had. The real .elnpel
ance men who had not been carrie
away by the popularity of this newl
discovered beverage, and not wishin
to lose all the fruits Of their victory ;
the polls, determined to test the matte
before the courts, and consequent
about 200 cases were tried in the CIT
Court of Norwich, the decision invari
bly, being against the dealers but ju
as regularly as judgment was give
against the dealers they appealed the
cases 10 the Superior court that didn
~p'- ia e.re.iGl to any local temperan
eXa!toment. |, was understood, hoy
ever, that all the cases were to stand
fsll by the decision of two or three te
cases. One of these cases came up
TIE Narch term and was decided in
yor Of the liquor sellers, but this Il
being considered true test Of the cas-
certain J. B. Shannon was tried
selling chop beer a brewer testit
ins that it was lighter than lager, o.
Professor S. Dana Hayes Of Massach
Ae.is, testifying that on an analysis
touni four per cent. Of a'"ohol. n
fessor Silliman, Of Yale College, prof'
sor Of chemistry, found six per cen
which was larger proportion til;
was usually found in lager. TN" jur
however, after short deliberation
qaittcd the defendant.
The Temperance men began to 10
a. blue ae the blue laws Of their o'
State when the verdict was broue
in, but they detel mined 70 test
matter again AMI changed the nal
chop beer" 10 that of "Schenck beer
and pro euted man named Freder
Richter for selling this same "Schen
beer" Pr0fe scr Sll man was az;
the chief witness on the part OF
State, and testified that in one spe
men analyzcd he found one Ter cent.
alchohol. but in another over six. p
fessor Babcock Inspector and Assay
OF Liquors, testified that it contain
two and haf er cent. of spirits. 7
man who lrewed it said he aimed
put only two per cent. of alchohol
it. In the Shannon case a man "
found who testified to drinking 70 gla
es of "aop be r" in a day without
ing intoxicated. In the Richter q
witn sses have sworn to drinking fol