Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1896-10-02
VEAeERRY JACK.
A New Jersey Drink That Enlivens the
Iioc-killinc Time.

iog-killinG Time.
just at this season of the year the in
ha5itants of burlington county, N. j.,
are winding MP their big hog and tea
berry season, and it Is the most joyous
of tho year. Next to the prize hog,
''teabcrry jack" fills n long-felt want,
says an eastern exchange. 1t is bev-
eragc Indigenous to this part of the
state, and rarely, IL ever, found else
where. 1t is n 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, 1T, judged from its effects, it
must have proof as high as brandy
and be q 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 a crown
ish amber and has the odor of age.
In the distillation and aftcrward the
apple jack is mixed with crushed tea
berries, sometimes called wintergreen
plums, or chcclicrbcrrics. They have
the same flavor as wintergrcen 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 willie the teaberry jack is
triclsling down the throat; there is
none Of the rasping which whisky often
causes when it is unmixcd with water
to make it palatablc; it needs no dilu-
ton. 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 country barroom-smaller in size.
The teaberry drinkcr is expected to fill
his glass, close both eyes and gulp it
down.
The season for tcabcrry jack is the
hog-liilling 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 70
keep it year after year-its taste is SC
good, and the inhabitants require SC
much of it during the winter
Tcabcrry jack affects man cumu'
lativcly. 1t 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 cxhilarated con
dition in which he notices they arc
The teaberry jack gives him the mental
power to disassociatc himself from hi.
toes, and to be a spectator of the way
in which the effects of the tipple star
from his toes to his feet, then up to hi.
knees. This is the danger signal, ant
should not be disrcgarded. The native
Jcrscyman is accustomed to the cffect
of this drink, but to visitor they ar,
fascinating and insidious. The effect
as it gradually extends upward, i
cumulative and sudden. The last thin
to be affected is the brain, which re
mains entirely sober after the throa
and tongue have started on ma,
career Of inebriety. The tongue ma
be running on at n great rate, Will
the brain, in sorry sobricty, stands OF
in mental attitude by itself, wondering
what is the matter with the tongu
that it is carrying on and making a.
kinds of speeches. The legs may b
dancing, while the rest of the body
sober and amused at the antics of tn
intoxicated legs.