New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-03-12

-. :, ,born This is like requesting the polite
ttortions of army spies or Pinkcrton detectives
The ririd system of noting on perforated slips
every Gallon Of the liquid that comes from the
still must have further moral influence on inc
nrolucer wien he reflects that the stubs are puhcC
uolY filed at Washington. Some OF the Dig
houses make their own casks, and the scene IN thc
coopcrace is much like continued performance
Of Boccaccio,7 with the music left out ana
smell Of grains added.
The wbisley manic or breakdown following
1869 gave the business its first great impetus
In that wear large production combined with
sudden chcapenng. produced BY a reduction Vi
tle fax. forced on the market a great store oil
immature whiskey that was sent all over inc
Union. In this way people drank Bourbon VINO
had never drank il before, and, what Is more
they liked it, The crop during the next lc"
years fell of, as the immediate demand had Deeh
anticipated: but a reaction took place lheIc
was cheap grain in the West consumers VINO
had become addicted to the dlstlllatlon louhu
they couldn't get on without it, and great out
nut resulted theory prevails that western
corn and Kentucky lmestone-watcr are eSsentlai
TO the production of prime Bourbon. ms Is
mistake. Good Bourbon can he produceo else-
where, but five years ago the kentucky lailh-
ers. seeing that their wheat crop failure,
| promptly
maize and the mildcst and most nectar-like potcen
ever bottled bears the date Of 1856. Is rule,
! however. most of the corn and all the rye ana
barley come from States further west. where
there is always a large surplus. Some very PAL
/ 8tablc Bourbon has recently been arriving from
Bremen and Bermuda, 10 which places IL was
exported in bond during the hard times OF u few
years agO, and where 1t has since been npehlhS'
II is cited a curious fact in the case OF TINS
foreign deposit that the evaporation has not only
been abnormal, but that the residue has suffered
a remarkable loss of strength. The explanation
is that damp storage caused the evaporation
Of the alcohol instead of the water Every wills
key man knows that moisture and an Irregular
temperature Will ruin the best liquor ever fer
mcutcd. \ country changes its drinks as slowly
as its religion, and Europe somehow, has never
taken kindly to either re or Bourbon few
SEDIMENTS have occasionally been made, but the
Gleuiivat habit seems incradicable bourbon, when
first run into the casks, is coorcss. In few
/ hours however, chemical action turns II INTO
q fine blush-piuk, and this dcvpcns with a5c, until
at the end o say, five years, IL acquires the rich
amber hue ol an infusion OF Oolons tea. Inc
flavor is then almost that of cognac The rSe
| whiskcy manufactured in Kentucky bears ohy
small proportion 10 the Bourbon, from which II
differs chiefly in the large proportion Of rye
used in tie mash, bat with which it bears no
comparison in dclicacy OF flavor or bouquet
Ii you want To stir "a dstI.lcr TO cloquencc, all
YOU have TO do is to ask him how he regards
; himself as a moral agent. The industry mas
L,,, - lon established in this Stale that no
native thinks Of raising the poin' ana It's Ie'o-
ius lehts suffer under ~ such social stigma as
+ attaches t. them, for instance IN Massachusetts
DO / think whlslcy-ma,ing immoral SAYS
"churcn-p.illr,' whose yearly production runs INTO
tLc ION, of thousands Of barrels. No. why should
/ -. Man has alw2ys had some kind Of @co-
. hnlic i.ycra.c, from the days OF Noah up. LOON
AZ fine French Thousands OF them live by the
! culture Of the ggdpc, and other thousands ~
! swapping with them article, needed lor tH'
! prediction OF vine. In UcrmJny, Deer Is "IUHN
, d, water ], drunk IN America. Dld tlt bcIHlttS
/ ,yn, l,u.ht IA G.ayc0ttc and Sedan seem 10 H"Nt
/ been IliurcI Us it, Look at BismdrcN WIN
! ms Gsiillcrlcs, the Chartlcuee mohNs "ltl t"c"
/ l5ururs and the McttelnlchN. win t"clr Ninc
! yards Outside of supernatural p'I'"La9e' t t
/ Is nobody, perhaps that We revere more 't"H
/ Washington. lct hc owned ana "per'led US ms
/ tillcry. 80 did good old Andrew Jackson Wy,
. tIru should we De ashamed? II THIS thlnS mas
/ become a crime, when was u made So anu "Ito
/ formulated lie cdict? Think of the thousands
/ oi acres IN American vineyard, thtt ""''d ~
. closed up II We abolished IL, ana gwen u''I -
i.r bind, and tine beasts. Think a. iuc coop Is
and tire Luopilol ma',"ts tA'i N"'I' IT, ,nIpTn
uli OF work ma oi the IIh' ~ WHO ""u' ~"
irIrI,d D.. or failure ~ Use the crop surplus
"'t''| 49, IN t.l Won where tie
' ,'. 49,, ~ ,',,r come, iu-iu lis abuse.
1890 .I.,.. - I o.. of Inc lowest order
''' - o. -'it.d man sometimes alcs
'i "t''-'i' 10, ,,l mon ., - Niece, from other
~ ,., y, ~. tl',lort about this
''.'' '' a. ,,1.l- III. ary bolv and know
W '.''H ~" r.,, a .,.d >,.rlt,.> were %
"'' j." ,i I. yv,uII ..,,, ,y,.is<.y among
.,f 80 49, and n,f au,,,.. H., useless. The
''' '' - ,',.'',roJ government yes, and Of
.' '.,,',it tn, 4, free agency and in
'''' ',''..'l,r SHALL ,c nevertheless ask
ann, i.ld. with pr,hibltivc laws
Et'.i.. j.. ..lt..I If, of I'm, wlis.cy trust. What
No. .,..f.r. .,r. u,ost warming for Is an
,'DD r' T ',,',j ,,i',,o chemists, who Will accept
,',- f., M, mn overall, and 20 into tie
re >'' ms ~ P'. VIZ -, s,,i, and s.pcr-