Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1894-12-21
Does Mall |7t0x'eofe?
The Analysis of a Boston
Chemist Indicate That it
Would.

Rev. F. R. Enslin had an inning on
the liquor question in the NJ. E. church
last Sunday evening, and knocked out
a home run every time he went to bat
We have been requested by number
of people to publish synopsis of his
address, the subject of which was The
History of Bottle of Beer
He said that alcohol is the cause of in.
toxicatlon, and that beer containing An
appreciabie amount of alcohol is rs in
jurlous as those liquors which contain
Il larger percentage of alcohol. He gave
startling figures as to the large and in
creasing quantity Of beer drank as com.
pared with other liquors. There are
about 1000, 900 gallons of all spirtuous
and fermented liquors with the excep
ton of beer drunk annually in the
United States, and S00.O0O,OOO gallons
of beer. The amount of absolute alcO.
hol consumed is really greater than it
was fifty years ago. in spite of the large
quantities Of beer used. The speaker
read several extracts from noted profess
sonal and scientific men, and gave
telling facts to the effect that the use of
beer is one of the most dangerous evils
which we have to contend with. THE
child is father to the man, SO beer is
father to whiskey." The objection was
then raised that we do not have beer in
Cooperstown, only "harmless, non-in-
toXicatlAg malt" The statements of
dealers to the effect that it is not imtox-
icating were introduced, the theory that
the stomach could not contain enough
of the stuff at given time to cause in
toxieation was presented. But opposed
10 these were given the belief among
many temperance people and also the
confessions of those who drink it that it
is intoxicating. One case was lnstanced
of Il man known about town as hard
drinker who stated he was willing to
take his oath that he had got drunk up.
on ''malt" unadulterated. But when
called before grand jury these gentle
tlenlen are found to be "absent and not
voting" They are SO excessively con.
scientious that they know nothing about
it. They are afraid they might swear
to falsehood. The speaker stated that
after the failure of the grand jury lie Sc.
cured through the agency of towns.
man, bottle of malt from one of the
''blind pigs" sampled it and sent to
Boston and had it analysed by a chemist.
At this juncture he calmly took from
under the pulpit u grip" opened it. and
pulled from its depth the "bottle OF
beer," and stated that that was the iden.
ticol bottle of beer of which he desired
to give a history. He told that in
Massachusetts above per cent of .alco
} hol makes Il liquor intoxicating. Two
per cent is commonly talked here Reg
ular lager beer contains four per cent
and every court in the land recognize:
that to be intoxicating. He then read
the affidavit of the Boston chemist which
showed the bottle upon the pulpit. anc
which is a sample of all that is sold ir
town TO contain 5.24 per cent alcohol
, which clearly makes it not even veal
beer, but strong beer. inasmuch as heel
is considered as containing 4 per cent
Following is copy of the statement o
the chemist:
HENRY CARMICHAEL, PHI. D.
ANALYTICAL AND CONSULTING CHEMIST
12 Post Office Square.
BOSTON, Dec. 8, 1894.
F. R. ENsLIN. Dear Sir. The sampl,
OF liquor submitted by you this day cor
tains five and twenty-four one hun
dredths (5.24) per cent absolute alcoho
by volume at 600 Fahrenheit.
Respectfully,
HENRY CARMICHAEL
> After reading this letter Mr.. Enslin i'm
peached the sever places Ii town selling
malt" so called as being open saloons
and on par with any saloon in thu
land, as doing identically the same
business, namely making drunkards.
ne luCJuUcu Luc uOtcl III ILLS lISt, 'tuS
said that was no better than the rest
He then stated that one of our most re
spectacle citizens told him only the day
previous that he saw (and would i
called upon testify to it in court) at th'
depot Saturday morning. two barrels
marked rye whiskey," and saw ths
bill therefor, also marked rye whiskey
the same consigned to the druggist wht
was sentenced a year ago to 800
fine and 80 days IN the county jail. Th'
same party has no permit, and canno
get permit for years, and has nj
right to sell whiskey at all. The speakel
closed his address by calling upon al
: church members and all lovers of tenn
perance and truth to arise and enforc'
the law. He also urged all, and espe
ally the boys to hate beer as we'll al