The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-07
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HoS-ExiIiing Time

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Hog-kiIiing Time
Just at this season of the year the in
h2bitants OF Burlington county, y. J..
are winding up their big hog and tea
berry season, and il is the most joyous
of the year. Next To the prize hog.
'teabcrry jack" fills long-felt want,
says an eastern exchange IL is a bev-
erage Indigenous TO this part of the
state, and rarely, if ever, found else
where. 1t is combination Of native
ingredients, all OF which are raised ON
the soil where the jack is made The
formula is not furnished with each
bottle, but, judged from it's effects, it
must have a proof rs high as brandy
and be a near relative TO the alcohol Of
commerce. ''Teaberry jack" Is made
out OF apple jack, which is kept in
secluded spot until IT becomes a brown
ish amber and has the Odor of age.
In the distillation and afterward tho
apple jack is mixed with crushed tea,
berries, sometimes called wintergreen
plums, or checlSerberries. They have
the same flavor as wintergreen chew
ing gum The odor Is combination Of
apple blossoms and mountain tea
berries, which ia so fascinating that
the amount of alcohol in the drink is
harsh taste while the teaberry jack 10
trickling down the throat; there is
none of the rasping which whisky offer
causes when il is unnixed with water
Water is not needed with teaberry jack
To make it palatable; IL needs no dilu-
ton. The natives drink IL without
Nvater, and It's strength Is indicated 10
the eye or the taste only in the size OF
the glass, which in the ordinary glass
of a country barroom-smallsr ia sire
The teaberry drinker Is expected TO fiji
his glass, close both eyes and gulp 1,
down.
The season for teaberry jack Is the
hogkilling time in the winter, when
all the outdoor work is done on the
farm and the hogs are fat. Old tea
berry Is valued most, but IL Is hard to
keep IL year after year-its tnste a 40
good, and the inhabitants require &C
much Of II during the winter
Teaberry jack affects a man cumu.
latively. IL begins with his toes, which,
II he has had eight OF ten drinks, begin
20 be lively and somewhat intoxicated
He feels ss II the toe. belong 20 some
other human being, and he Is some
what surprised at the exhilarated con-
ditiOn in which he notices they are
The tea berry jack gives him the mental
power 10 disassociatc himself from biz
toes. and 10 lie n spectator Of the way
IN which the effects Of the tipple stars
from bis toes % his feet, then up 10 his
knees. This Is the danger signal, aad
should not be disregarded. The native
Jerseyman Is accustomed 20 the effects
Of this drink, but % visitor they ar.
fascinating and insiiioas The effect
"a IL gradually extends upward, ID
cumulative and sudden The last thing
% be affected Is the brain, which re.
mains entirely sober after the throat
and tongue have started on q mad
career OF inebrlety. The tongue may
be running on at great rate. whils
the brain. ia sorry sobriety. stands OF
la mental attitude by itself. wondering
what Is the matter with the tony-lg
that IL u carrying On and making all
kinds Of speeches The legs may bs
dancing, while tho rest Of ths body Is
sober aud amused a. the antics 81 ,hs
intoxicated legs