Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1881-11-12
a'ir9iuia Gme gress.
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caarlcsioea, Jefferson County, Vest Va.
Norem6er II, 1881.


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We learn from the Martias5arg HdGpea-
9.lt that the Hannisyille Distillery Of that
place, Of which Col. J. Q. \. Nadeabousch
IS superintendent, is one,o the most extcn-
siyc in shis country. The ipremises com
prise twenty-five acres; the bonded ware
hoaseFalone will hold lS,O00I barrels. The
entire buildings are Of immense capacity,
and at this time contain 30,0ocabarrcls of
whiskeyl The L. s. Reycnue amotnts to
$1,000 daily. Tweuty-seven coopers are
constantly employed making barrels. Three
thousand hogs are fed and iattoned on the
swli slops, besides $50 to 200 barrels a day,
over and above the amount used on the pre-
misses, are sold. The regular employees num-
Der one hundred. Tie establishment has 4
capacity for the daily consumption Of six
hundred btshela Of Rye, predicting fifty bar
rcls Of whiskey. The Ladpeadeat prciaced
It's notice of the Hannisyille Dis'iley by
the following:
oil. q. y. y. ~ AAf.-N ifb s'N.sfs
"This uasic 10 tho people Of Berkeley
county is as familiar as household words. II
i associated with almost every leading local
business enterprise; and Martinsburg would
mo-. be Hlartinshi'rr with this magic name
omitted. AZ early dawn OF the internecinc
struggle between the twosec!ion5o of our then
unhappy couatry, which, owing to it, geo
graphical position, made this beautiful and
/ bC!rtiful valley OF the Shenandoah not only
/ tic incipient battle ground but the subsc-
Quent theatre OF many bloody battle, the
name OK Col. Nadcubousch was brought to
the foreground. And an incident which oc-
Cured very caly in the war is so nearly as
s9ciatel with the subject now IN hand tina.
we mention it. e4 yG@0H. In the summer
/ Of 1861. General Patterson was in command
Of the army chen in possession OF THIS por-
ton cf this Valley, and one of the war ne
ccssitics If The hour was the issuance OF an
order condscatng the property of Col. Ma
/ dcnbousch, located where Hann!syllle now
( is Ind consisting OF mill, distlliery, and
many barrels Of whisky. The execution OF
/ this order was committed 10 Maj. Patterson,
q nephew of the commanding general, and
that officers Chief of staff. Thousands OF
gallons Of old rye were accordingly uuhlPeI
into the Tuscarora, and thus mingled with
the waters Of the Opcquon, the Potomac,
and carried thence 10 the sea-savc what
was Tapped up b. the thirsty soldiery, whose
rilid military discipline even did not pre-
vent them from interrupting the wanton
waste of the precious fluid, and many a
drunken cap'p b-agi ras the unfortunate
result. This, as We have said, was in 1861.
In 1866. aitcrthe close Of the unhappy strife,
this same Major Patterson, representing the
wealthy firm Of the Hannis Dstilling Com
pany Of Philadelphia and Baltimore, and in
the capacity Of their agent, had the oppor-
tunity of handsomely reimbursing Col. Na-
denbousch, by purchasing, at liberal price,
the entire premises upon which HoT Is situ-
atcd the immense distillery, and the rcten-
ton of the Colonel as a manager of the com
panv'a entire business.