Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-12-17
TESTING coMMUNloN WINE.

Experiments With the Unfermentedi
Juice Of Ii Grape In anew York
Church.
Miss julia Coleman sent to England
for samples of unfermentedS grape Juice
to be used in the communion service at
:ae g Dr.. William ii .ZTayior.s
Presbyterian church on Broadway.
When the dozen bottles came to the
cuatom house, duty wa demanded as
though the fluid we're wine. Miss Cole
man demurred, end wrote D complaint
to- Secretary Manning of the treasury
department.. Mr.. Manning replied that
unfermented III juice lof the III grape
was wine. This controversy has led to
a singular examination at DIR. TayIor's
church, to find out the quality of the
wine commonly used at communion.
The Rev. J.GBenson Hamilton, in the
presence. of q score OF ministers, in
tereated chuEohmen, and q few women,
denounced ordinary communion wines
as %concocted stuff unfit for holy pur-
poseH. A3a e4st4 4pat0
From argument the preacher turned
ito facts and ocular demonstrations.
HE had o lot OF Interesting looking black
aud red bottles on the pulpit. Some OF
them were very small and contained, he
said, and syrnps; others had
cider, claret, port, gum kino, and the
like. AS 3 last grand argument why
comm ercial wine should not be put up
on the Lords table, MI. Hamilton
ayterredE that no one could be sure in
these degenerate days that he was get.
ting iii at all. A very large percen-
tage, he CLAIMED. oil the wine used in the
nh1rnfap nnuAr Hnnn fhnT rpArorNn ~
grape Juice, being manufactured wholly
from cheaper and poisonous substances.
He then told how he had assured him
self of this feet. He heard Of q few con-
Germs that made O. business of selling
recipes for making all kinds Of wine and
accordingly approached them forS the
purpose Of learning the tricks, OF. the
trade. Gf
Then Miss Coleman came forward to
assist the preacher In exposing the
wiekedness OF communion vines in
,voguein the leading churches Of this
city She is an active little lady, rather
past the middle age. Her chemical app
paaratns consisted of an upright rod like
the standard of q student lamp. To
this were fastened by screws some rings
thht stood ont horizontHlly from 1.-THE
htOos- "A Auoh oDV 1AbO VIC uRpoI EluR
held o lew spoonfuls OF wine taken from
the communion decanter Of a great MP
town church. Below this she set an
alcohol lamp in the lower ring and
isnited it. The action of the heat, as
she explained, was sufficient to separate
the alcohol ot'a liquor from its accom-
panying Ingredients. She was particular
to ASSERT that the little bottle from the
trnnk ntnanh hnA
otherwise tempered with since it had
been received by the committee having
Echarge OF the experiments. Talking
thus she kept the spectators interested
until the wine had begunsto boil. Then
she struck Q match and applied it to the
nezzel OF the flask. WISH up shot q
blue hArne 9 foot high It spnttered
and spanked from the influence of so
much steam from the boiling wine, and
occasionally went ont from an over
pressure OF moisture; but o reapplica-
zion of'the match never failed to bring
1.-The blue flame to light again. q Then q
epeeimen OF California port, taken from
the deoanter of another Communion
table, wac produced, and the experiment
repeated. This time, after the wine had
been brought to the boiling point, the
mHbou WAS hpCll6u huu n tuhHS at least
twenty inches in height fared forth. The
ladies were much pleased, and greete1
the demonstration of the wines wicked
ness with discreet applause.
The experiments were concluded by
testing An unfermented wine that had
been put mp by careful housewife ten
years ago. The most vigorous boiling
and tee most PERSISTENT application OF
the match failed to reveal any traces OF
blue flame. One of the ladies' interested
said nha hoped that the unfermen.ed
wine might come into general use, as
the real stuff always made her throat
burn and caused her to congh. The
same effect was noticed all over the
church whenever the sacrament was
observed, and il made q sacriiegious
interruption OF the service. duts wholly
to the ~unfamiliAf,ty OF the observers
with alceha!is vine. The Rey J. Ben
son Hamiiton recommended grape jelly
1iquified by the application of hot water
for use at the communion table-Chicago