The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1890-05-22

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'ies them np 10 the top etrty oi the fac
tory There They fall toto the vino, pfess
,ad every particle Of iniee is pressed from
them so as TO pour iuio watts below. These
sats run 90 wheels. 40 that when one 10
foil i may be rolled I, n aud emplied into
| the great tanks wherein fermentation IL
conducted. Fermentation produces alec
hol; bu, how many people can tell how
alcohol is nader Ask the hest.iaiormed
person you know aud be will be posed
Then iuiorm him, with the satisfaction Of
snpetior knowledge, that alcohol ID form
ed by the contact of the yeast. plant,
which is fungus. with snsar Finally
the erape.juico is run of into casks and
subsequently bottled The term alcoho'
comes down from the Alabisu phileso
paers, who, as you know. we're the origin,
al chemists, They referred TO 1t in their
own language ms sl kohl. meaning the
spirit You fnd the same word kohl
used 10 Mobammedsn countries Of this
day. sigui ying the dark pigment Which
women paint their eyes with around the
inside Of the lids TO give them a soulful
expression, AL kohl is the spirit OF the
vine. We ourselves still! preserve the
term, calling acobols spirits Of wine,
Who is supposed to have Invented
winef
Noah, / have understood. Iu the ruins
OF Thebes and Memphis, in Egypt, dating
900 years back. have been found tablets
that the priests in charge OF the corpses
cities we're obliged TO keep IL the tombs
for the use OF the departed two kinds OF
beer one light aud one dark and five
kinds. Of wines. The original solomon ssys
that wine is a mocker and strong drink
raging, but Bob Ingersoll prefers to alter
II by saying that wine is the freside aud
strong drink the conaagration.
During the fifteenth century vine was
so plentiful that ia Wu-tem berga pailful |
Of the fermented product sold for five
,ents. The years from 1920 to 1929 are
memorable in South Germany for the
abundance that the vineyards gave. So
-reat was 1t that, according to the sayi ing
then, a lnan was able to get intoxicated on
v hat he could buy for one half OF a cent
As money is now. The cement used 10
building the cathedrsls OF Vienna and Ulm
>uriug these years was moistened With
" inc instead Of water. In the sixteenth
it is understood brandy was first
During that period law
q the ancient city OF Luberk directed that
he King. when he scjourued ia town,
bould be given daily four pals and six
cen measures Of vine. A queen was TO
luke eight measures, count or bishop
our measures, u countess, knight, abbot,
or doctor of u university two
and municipal clerk one mea
IRE. Presumably the municipal clerk,
arnest work being required OF him. was
not given more than might be
God for bim II he chose TO consume his
ntire allowance. AT the same time 1t was
nderstood that all the wiue thus appro.
rated was OF the best that the municipal
ellar afforded. Wine making was prac
ced by the ancient Egyptians quite 5000
ears ago. and by them was handed down
, the Greeks, who are supposed to have
cen the first adnlterers OF the beverage.
he wines OF the old Romans were mostly
cry much condensed and combined with =
j sorts OF queer things, 80 that they would
OF be much reisbed nowadays. The cpl
lre Of the nineteenth century would not
o especially pleased to find himself
inc was offered a diluted mixture OF what
ad been sort OF syrup 10 which such
Itraordinary ingredients bad been intro :
need as salt water, rosin, tar, turpeniine.
yrrh and many other cuiions things, all
which were supposed 10 be necessary ;,
give proper favor to the beverage. "
estor. the sage advisor of the Greeks be. y
re Troy. was great drinker. 1t is said
at Charles James Fox used habiiually TO
'allow two or three bottles OF port before .
'ginping one of his mighty speeches. :
is great and successful opponent. Pitt, -
rs accustomed to have resort to the same
mulant on like accasions, though 10 less :,
Iantity. Likewise Disraeli, who made
= most brilliant orsiions under the ibhn' ~
ce OF the wine from Portugal. Once =
ION time distinguished Asiaiic was
ked what be thought Of wine, and be re -
led: 1T is juice extracted from vo- -
ms tongues and lions hearts, for after "
mixing enough Of it, one can talk forever "
j fight the devil "
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