Arizona republican., 1895-10-27
TEABERRY JACK.
New Jersey Drink That Enlivens the
 Hog-Killing Time.

New Jersey Drink That Enlivens the
 Hog-Killing Time.
 Just at this season of the year the in habitants of Burlington county, N. J.. are winding up their big hog and tea berry season, and it is the most joyous of the year. Next to the prize hog, ''teaberry jack" fills a long-felt want, says an eastern exchange. It is bev- craze indigenous to this part of the state, and rarely, if ever, found else where. It 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, ,yut, judged from it's effects, it must have a proof as high as brandy and be near relative to the alcohol of commerce. ''Teaberry jack' is made out of apple jack, which is kept in a secluded spot until it becomes brown ish amber and has the odor of age.
 In the distillation and afterward the apple jack is mixed with crushed tea berries, sometimes called wintergrcen plums, or checkerberries. They have the same flavor as wintergreen chew ing gum. The odor is combination of apple blossoms and mountain tea berries, which is so fascinating that the amount of alcohol in the drink is forgotten. There is no burning or harsh taste while the teaberry jack is triclzling down the throat; there is none of tho rasping which whisky often causes when 1t is unmixed with water Water is not needed with teaberry jack to make 1t palatable; it needs no dilu- tion. The natives drink it without water, and it's strength is indicated to the eye or the taste only in the size of the glass, which is the ordinary glass of a country barroom-smaller in size. The teaberry drinker is expected to fill his glass, close both eyes and gulp it down.
 The season for teaberry jack is the hog-killing 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 it is hard to keep it year after year-its taste is so good, and the inhabitants require so much of it during the winter
 Teaberry jack affects man cumu, latively. It begins with his toes, which, if he has had eight or ten drinks, begin to be lively and somewhat intoxicated. He feels as if the toes belong to some other human being, and he is some what surprised at the exhilarated con- dition in which he notices they are. The teaberry jack gives him the mental power to disassociate himself from his toes, and to be spectator of the way in which the effects of the tipple start from his toes to his feet, then up to his knees. This is the danger signal, and should not be disregarded. The native Jerseyman is accustomed to the effects of this drink, but to visitor they are fascinating and insidious. The effect, as it gradually extends upward, is cumulative and sudden. The last thing to be affected is the brain, which re- mains entirely sober after the throat and tongue have started on a mad career of inebriety. The tongue may be running on at great rate, while the brain, in sorry sobriety, stands off in mental attitude by itself, wondering what is the matter with the tongue that it is carrying on and making all kinds of speeches. The legs may be dancing, while the rest of the body is sober and amused at the antics of the intoxicated legs.