The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1888-03-25

Massan's orders they we're LETT 10 bake In the
ton on the grapes: At night pieces Of carpet
were placed over the months.
III til, the mean can line hass san had duly Inspected
slble suggestion OF moisture driven out with q
charcoal fire. There was no moisture anyhow.
point. and 10 he insisted on the charcoal tiro.
On the day before the grapes were TO come In
t riaiai Ha! ss"i ~ The Hls jars n.ref Ind BEEN as m as%"t d I into
the cellar the previous day. Soon after his ar
rival his Gholam arrived With a bic round cake
smelling Of tho Kettle and ordering it to be
hsd had n Il the hsa !tss' 10 be I'll, HlsfSs cil' the riieb' tR %SiIs
md With q little Whitowesh. brush spread a
thin dim oftallow all over the insides OF tho Jars.
pronounced everything ready: Cloths had been
sesnsa OF or nat at, . Ssilen Waes' pans ana = p SS" 1 I' S s;ss;
day came the grapes. about u thousand pounds.
baS sr Tess iba sinS ess so aside e snd s sa1 addr o%t or or
the cloths In the cellar.
Hassan,s gholam now appeared upon tho
nlai task that & rsSarisd among re- Mohsm:
would engage in treaJing out wine except he
was certain Of never being found out. .,
s sna ss' VIII VIII their 'SeiI tHa sass rolled @ ,n,G Above sas e The
knee they trod the grapes as other assistants
ali day. Iaasan sitting watchiuiiy by to SEQ
painful was finished it was dumped into a jar.
When the Jars were about full they were COW
cred over with, u Cloth. the, door OF the cellar
the third day. Hassan himself. however. came
round on the following day. his Eholam car-
e eRinz a WIFI 'h1nf ehi isf Se the a]Ros SssssF G mixed as du pr ehs
substance In the Jars. which already showed
signs q fermentation.
found in q compact cake on the surface. Has
san put his hand to, the lar about half way
tbs sa ana WIN Ths a js sm, was 81 o anReoy war naa sh %s nS
e srH: With the aashs, the Jews plunged the
collected cakes down into the wine again and
The fermenting mass Missed and dubbed, and
and stroked his beard. Several times during
tho day Hassan marched the Jews down into
the cellar and repsq5ed the stirring.pp process.
used instead Of the dasher, and in q different
bulge Of the jars and swept round and round
for ten or fifteen minutes. keeping the liquor
, In 9 iew days, Has;en called again. and Or
moved: Every two days this process was
tlon had ceased. On the twenty-fourth day
HIassan q. ,lared the wine ready for siraiuins;
stored away in carboys. Some for immediate
use was bottled Off into native bottles called
baggallis. These baggallis are flat TASKS
Of, glass. blown thinner than an egg shell:
When empty the merest flip Of tho finger nail
good deal OF knocking, about. The baGgali
holds about q pint and a half. N-'sbrew cost
about u half koran. or ten cents. a baggali.
The wine vas drinkable as soon az made.
but although light to the taste it was ~fearfully
deceptive. One glass would find, tho whore;
lay out anybody Lut q very old toner.
In Hamadan the people, instead Of rackink
Jars. These are half buried in tho ground out
doors. and In the wtnter are covered over by
heaps OF horse manure to keep the wine from
freezing. Weli-made Persian wine does not
need to be kent air-tiRht. Tho Persians merely
no q cloth or q wad OF cotton over the mouth OF
tho carboys. THOMAS STEVENS.