St. Paul daily globe., 1884-09-24
LI0UEURS.
statistics as to Their HanuI Iact,tre-Ih
Consumption in France.

statistics as TO Their Hanufacture-Thei
Consumption im France.
With people who really dine, as distin-
guished from those who only feed, it has be-
come the fashion to top the sherry, claret
and campagne with small glass of mys-
terious concoction, known under the gen
erie name of liqueur, but embracing vast
variety of favor and color, from the luscious
sweetness of rich Brown curacao to the in
describable white kummel and the bitterness
of green abslnthe. Held up to the light the
clear, oily liquid Of whatever color it NAV
be, with glow in the center like bottled
sunbeam, has an appetzing and entlcing
appearance which only q Good Templar
could resist while it has a knack Of absorb
ing "reminiscences Of all the fiavors that have
gone before it, which, after dinner Of
many mixtures, is an attribute not to be
despised Yet few of those who SIP and
smack their lips over its pleasant aroma
have more than the vaguest idea of how ii ia
composed or whence it comes.
When we consider how comparatively few
people ever use liqueurs, and in what small
quantities they are consumed even by those
who habituafy drink them, the statistics oe
their consumpt ption is nothing less than as
founding. The FourvoirIe contains 90 casks
or butts, some of a capacity Of 800 gallons,
and when all filed they are capable Of hold.
ing 10000 gallons. The stock in bottles ie
always kept up to so, 900, and the monthly
sale averages 12, 900 or $50, 600 a year. In
the Benedictine distiilery, which, however,
has nothing monkish about it, save that 1t is
built upon the site Of the old monastery, and
/ has attached to it a curious museum of relics.
/ 70 pr,fo r..
| saws are required to cut the wood for the
| packing cases, and over 100, 600 bottles are
annually set forth. To these nun Der we
have to add the productions Of all the Dutch
| houses, and more than all besides, that of
| the Partisan. One Of these Partisan firms,
| the largest in the trade, always
keeps in stock 10. 900 Iiters of
absinthe ard over 5000 lters of Cassis
| and Vermouth, besides fnnumerable other
! preparations for which there is small de-
mand. Each week they send out $500 bot
| ties. and Paris alone takes a hectoliter daily.
! TO deliver this nine carts are constantly al
work. And these are statistics of only one
out Of scores that carry on the same trade
| The French themselves are the largest con.
sumers OF liqueurs; every restaurant, dowr
to the most humble, every pastry cook, sweet
stuff, or chandler shop displays samples Of
Lncse oecocuons IN thelr WlndoW5; even
the ouvrier does not think his dinner com
plete without petit verye of some cheau
abomination that goes by that name. Alb.
sinthe is their chief favorite. and there js
little doubt that much Of the physical deb
line Of the Partisan is owing to excessive in.
diligence IN that and other pernicious fntox-
icants Of ike kind. 1t would seem more.
over, that the use Of Hqueurs is greatly on
the increase in this country, as of late years
large premises have been taken in South,
ampton for the storage Of Chartreuss, where.
# is said, ten thousand case are always kepi
on haDd.-Londog Globe.