Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-08-11
CIDER IN ENGLAND.
A Beverage Tint is In General Use in
The Western Counties.

A Beverage Tint Is In General Use in
The Western Counties.
1t rs surprising that Of the three principal
European beverages wine, beer and cider, 30
little attention has been paid to cider in COM
parison With the other two, says the London
Saturday Rssiew. Wine Is ancient and
classical and was no doubt the first inven-
tion to cheer the heart of man. 1t was a sim
pie and natural thing 10 do 10 press the fruit
for the sake Of drinking the juice; to keep the
juice awhile and TINS discover that there was
a cheerfulness impaired to il, to keep &c lit
tie longer and find il vinegar and disap.
Doiutment, and then TO invent the method of
staring 1t at the cheerful stage and proven L
ing 1t from proceeding TO the sour and vine
gar stage. The process Of disabling must
have come long after this and If il had never
been discovered the Sobriety Of man might
not have been alarmed by such q meaningless
medley OF words IS fhe Blue Ribbon Gospel
Total Abstinence association. To this day
grapes are pressed by the naked feet Of
women dancing ON the masses Of fruit to the
sound OF the fiddle and the Iasciyious pleas
ing OF the lute, = custom which must be very
ancient The proper making Of wine is an
art demanding great skill, and the juice of
all fruit 10 so delicate, the chemical changes
are so subtle, that long experience and con-
siderable ingenuity are required TO prepare It
for transport from The place where it is made
to other rlimes. There are few wines that do
not taste far letter where they are made than
elsewhere, and there are many very delicious
wines that are never tasted out Of their own
country. The ART ct vi inc making has been
brought to the greatest perfection at Bor-
deaux and it is fToFa there that the pure
juice Of the grape IL eHETied 10 other countries
and drunk in perfect state.
What fine national beverage we should
. have If the same pains and skill had been be-
slowed on cider Cider is an innocent and
delicious drink, Bish much lower alcoholic
strength than Tnest natural wines, and far
better than ali the common wines below those
of high class. n js IN general use In the
western counties, DeyenshiTe, SomersetshIre,
HerefoFdshire especially. 1t Is commonly
made and drunk on the pTemisess that Is to
say, there is an orchard on every farm, large
or small and TIE cider IL made Tor the family
use, including tbe BDen employed This is
what 10 called Eongh cider, and the quality
! depends On the siinnt5en and tbe season. On
large farmE or NJ the s9ulTe's mansion, IL is
often when juSt made pnt INTO, an enormous
cask, eonEtruEiea By 3 professional cooper
In the cellar. mneh too large eyertO HAYS been
put into or taken sxs Of the cellar, and then
drawn of the lees for nse: there Is NO better
way Of drinking cider than this ease In
which Ghe liqnoT ASfer having been made IA
not moved NJ ALL and yeur real west country
cider-drinker iises his cider with no nonsense
about il, sometimes giving a prefeSenss to 1t
when IT is what is called rash--the w9rd be-
ing applied 10 abe cider and not the drlnker,
as the ignorant might suppose. There are
many definitions Of gentleman, Of which ''tO
set in ehimbley e1pdes, drink zider and
cussn Is one 10 be beard Of to The westward.
Whether il Is p@TsieHFarly human TO like
variety In eating, but 10 become strongly at.
taehed to The accustomed beverage in drink
ing we win oDiy hint 10 the psychologist and
psychologist, bat eeriaiD 81 is that the fond
ness for cider in cider countries is extreme,
aud the alcoholic strength is not enough TO
to make Il injurious II is recommended for
gout. and is well known TO the aforesaid west
ward to be a cogOnSeie cure for all the Ills that
flesh Is heir 10 Two men have been known
10 sit down hefnre bogshead OF cider aud
not leave IL Till II vas empty, being none the
worse for IL Tan any thing more be said in
Che piaise OF eideTl