Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1882-12-30
CONDENSED BUG-JUICE


has. after several years labor anc
the expenditure of large sum OF
money in making experiments, sue
ceeded in inyenting process fol
making whisky which, it is believed
will revolutionize the business. He
does not want his name made public
until after he has received his patent,
for which he made application last
week. The invention or discovery is
known to very few persons, not more
than four OF five, and this brief and
necessarily unsatisfactory account of
it is the first that has been given to
the public The facts herein mar
rated may be relied upon as strictly
true i'll every particular.
About ten years ago said the
old gentleman to your correspondent
to day. Il was impressed with the
idea that perfection had not been at
tanned in the manufacture of whisky
| was then working in distillery in
this county, which has since ac-
quired national reputation for the
production of Monongahela rye of a
quality that is not surpassed if
equaled. by any other establishment
i'll the State. l at once set to work
to develop "a plan which l had pre-
viously thought of, which should do
away with the slow and unsatisfac-
tory process of distillation, as then
and now employed by distillers. L
encountered many reverses and dis
! &c D,,tA
the first experiments that L made,
that / gave up i'll despair, and did
nothing more at it for two or three
years Finally l got together some
money, and went to work again with
better apparatus, anil at length sue
ceeded in perfecting a process for
the. production OF whisky which l
have no doubt will supersede all
others as soon as it shall have be
come generally known. L cannot,
for special reasons, give you all the
details of the process just now, for l
have not secured my patent yet, and
! there are some minor changes in the
apparatus which | wish TO make be
fore putting my invention before the
public in its entirety. | can safely
say. however. that the principle of
my invention is fully worked out, and
that the results SO far are entirely
satisfactory to me and to the three or
four other gentlemen all largely in
terested in the liquor business to
whom | have intrusted my secret"
The old gentleman then led the
way to a small building which he
had fitted up as "A workshop and dis
! tillery, where, he said, the improved
apparatus could be seen at work
| Two liquor-dealers from the city,
who had been admitted to the secret,
arrived at this time, and the party
of four persons proceeded to the
"distillery' to examine the new pro
cess.
On a table was a copper kettle
holding probably five gallons of
wafer OF other fluid. An iron or
copper pipe connected this kettle
with another of about the same size.
This, in turn, was connected with an
other vessel, something like large
bread pan, which had closely fitting
top, operated by lever. About a
peck of rye was put into the first
kettle and boiled in water for about
an hour This was then drawn off
into the second kettle, wnere it was
boiled again, until the contents ac-
quired the consistency of sugar
house molasses This was then
transferred to the third vessel. where
it was subjected to considerable
pressure and allowed to cool.
In about an hour and half from
the commencement of the process the
lever was released, the top of the
pan shaped vessel removed, and a
solid cake of straw-colored matter
turned out upon the table. This was
the process as witnessed by the spec
tators. who were not permitted to ex-
anime the apparatus minutely. nor
could they ascertain what ingredients
had been used except the rye and
water. In these, it is said, even
more than in the machinery EN-
ployed, lies the secret which has thus
far been zealously guarded, and
which will not be revealed until fully
protected by letters patent.
The next thing in order was the
sampling of the product. The old
gentleman brought in tumblers and
pitcher of water He broke of
small pieces of the cake which he
dropped in the tumblers, into each oi
which he poured small quantity Of
water, stirring slightly. The two
liquor men, after long and careful
tasting, pronounced the content:
equal to the best rye whisky of any
age on the market The liquor was
of a rich golden color, perfectly odor
less, and of the regulation strength
The experiment was pronounced {
success. and the visitors withdrew.
Coming to the city, your cores
pondent interviewed another gentle
man. who had visited the old man {
few days before He had a piece o.
the product in his vest pocket, n small
portion of which he put into tumb
Ter: poured a little water on it. dranl
il off. and said it was as good liquor
AS could be purchased at any saloor
in the city.
1t is simply solidifed whisky. ant
can be carried in the pocket the same
as plug tobacco. to which it bears ;
striking resemblance. 1t leaves n(
taint upon the breath. 1t will pro
duce intoxication az quickly and as
effectually as any other liquor. Ii
short, it has all the good and baC