Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-04-24

SuARPElts a..4l NG FAMILY
RIGHTS 40 MAKE WHISKY

Recipes Sold for So auds Pledge
orsccrccy-W ~ome octhc CON
coctions ace Made ot-Ihc Gov
ernnlent Authorities on the Look
out.
some Butioch and Montgomery county
gentlemen who We're in the clty Yesterday
stated that very lucrative business IS
being done in the dry counties hs parties
selling recipes for making WHISKY ana
other liquors. One party up % bu.ocA
county claims TO be making $50 per "ay,
1t is said, dispOsing oftIe directions.
The scheme is TO sell of county rights
just as rights are sold for patents. FUR
chasers oftae county rights in turn sell
what is known as the "family right
The business is all done in dry counties,
for in the wet counties 10 is less trouble
"a get the LIQUORS all ready made. the
county rishrs sell for Whatever can be
obtained i0r them. Five dollars Is the
regulation price lJr the family right.
il is said that the purchasers are
given 90 uuders land that If the
directions are not kept secret, the state
or United states viii prosecute them.
A NEWS reporter obtained yesterday
paper. the form Is headed THE Secrets
OF the Liquor Trade Revealed for s. co."
Below lt8t is the following agreement TO
be hlled out:
"CoNFIDE>rtAL:-This is TO certify that
Mr.. aud every Etm Der Ot zee. family
has right 60 mlgUtac IRE WHISKY, KUN
and Gin ss much as desired for Inc benefit
of aBd family.
The sad .... ag' ees not TO make known
the receipt for, or process OF manufacture
under penalty Of IS o.
The recipe Tor making one gallon ofrye
whisky Is as follows; Give pints Of
water, plnts Of alc0hOl, a ounce gly-
cerine q ounce burned sugar, 20 drops
OIL Of rye.N
on OF rye is made from q ounce Gala
mus (p1wdered), . ounce Orris root, q
ounce oil of orange, ~ ounce nitrous
ether, g ounces alcohol.
To make one gallon Of rum mix ~
pnts Of strong tea, ~ pints water, pa
pints alcohol, ounces honey, and 80
drops oil Of rum"
The ingredients of oil of rum are =
ounce aromatic sui. acid. l ounce but
grice of ether. = ounce OIL OF winter
green. 1s,ouuce cartaman seed, 81 ounces
alcohol.
The directions for making one gallon of
gin are 80 plnts OF water, 3 pints Of alco-
bOl. . ounce glycerine, 80 drops oil of
ounce oil Of cedar, y ounce oil of juniper
berries, IL ounces nitrous ether, AZ
ounces alcohol.
At the bottom Of the circular is this
clause:
Anyone using this receipt without pur-
chasing will be dealt with to the full extent
of law.
LSignedl - --.
United States District Attorney Oar
aol1 IL m a KING a noIlaafiatt a. rbasp forrna
Some are printed on blue paper and 9TH
ers on pink. Those printed on the pink
paper are about the same as the others,
but they are more snowy. The United
States Attorney will probably use his as
evidence in future cases, particularly
those that are filled out. He remarked
yesterday that those who sell liquor made
according to the above directions will
have more cause 70 fear the law than any
one using the receipt without purchas-
ing" unless they have rectifers
license, which costs 500.
The Revised Statutes OF the United
htates term drinks prepared by mixing
drugs spurious liquors." and prescribes
heavy penalty for any one who sells
such liquors without license. The mini
mum fine is 500 and the maximum s., 200,
in addition TO which the convicted party
IS to be imprisoned not less than thirty
days or more than two years.
Those who have seen and tasted the
liquors conc0eled according 10 the recipes
say that there is no noticeable difference
between the homemade spurious article
and that obtained lu the usual way.
The question has been raised whether
the vendors Of the family rights" are not
liable 70 prosecution by the State for
cheating and swinGling, as they represent
that there IS a law protecting the pur-
chasers. If the recipes were patented
they would be protected, but as they are
not SO marked on the circulars it is not
believed that the directions are covered by
patent.