Omaha daily bee., 1897-08-02
WHAT THE coDoSIsTs DRI>k.
Almost Anything hut water if the
Arcaunt. Are True

4Aar ElE4-EA VIE AAAA u kEAAlL N4 NAtra
drinkers Their creates, Fhysicihas tna
scientists constantly truEht ;ht; water vas
put supplied w nature Is q beverage ltr
was asserted 10 5s3se; tht appetite destroy
the natural heat; ans overthrow the stomach.
il WAS slid 10 fit and swim" through The
body and even Us mlaest Judges Echnovl-
edged that il WIS 20; couvunieut~
The coloulsts il America reared IN these (
beliefs suffered much n tbs New World in
The earliest dHvs from wHter drinking RE-
lates tbe Chicago Record. B-Eetu-d the 4
EllE-In governor. complained lauc.y. While .
EiCEins1n. The Salem -ntr4Ets- buhsted iI +
1923. Whereas. ny Etu1IBcA could arly 6i- 4
Eest ant 6id require such driuk as was both I
strcnE ana STATE, ! can, Ere ofttlnes Dc 4
drink New England wHtsT veTr wtll~ AS
be died 81 D-Tlr after writing This his words
90 not carry thtir intended force. one hOl5 .
New EurlGndsr SAYS o. water. 4 dare nor
rrefE-re this hHtore good betFs. tut Euy
man would choose il befors had 1eere, wheHy !
OF butterruilk
Water drinking was he'd il special Ehhu--
renee IN virginia FOR The notion E-ose thHt /.
The great mortality HrDonL the early inrni- /
grants Was caused by the enforced use o.
water a. that time during the scarcity Of /
beer The assembly Of 1seS recon rended 4
al newcomers 10 bring plentiful supply Of .
r--zli. 70 he useo Il brewing. ana thus Dot ]
he forced "a drink wEter iii The hody be
came hardened Earlier still-in 1913 II
ths True and Sincere 0eulH-s tiur q" issued
by The governor and cCunCll--t-evers were /
asked Tor. ana also among ihe trBdesuea
demanded to 50 with GEfeE. soon barley
ana hops were Islenthullv grown In Virginia
and il became 10 longer necessary TO irl-ort
beer from England II 1852 George Fle-cbe-
obtained monopoly ID Virginia fur
fourteen years Of brewing in wooden
THss'Sls. Whether This Affected the uruE-esy
Of brewing / DO not know. but soon ii grad
uhlly declined, as did The cultivation Of
barley.
The Virginia planters quickly discovered
the RdEqlR nility o. TIE perg1rnmon tpr bee
hy making ana baking cakes at the fruit
and then brewing from these cakes They
hrewed hees from dried Indian corn from
potstoes from pumpkins En6 from bran HD5
molEsses, from green stocks Of maize chopped
and mashed They planted the JerusA EN-
HrrtUhuke like barley 10 be used iu brewing
and dstilltng- The royal manuscript con-
mis-lon gives the prusecJ Il E chemist named
Russell. who. for l.ODB paid by the Viz
gina company, agreed to demonstrate ths
making q vine o. beer from the ssssEtrE,
tree So there Was DO lacking for 1patg-iais
for brewing
New ErglHnde-s did not long continue in
4 oesrltss state. They Imported malt and
| learned how 70 make beer from Indian corn
and quickly learned TO cheat IN t,-e wing
using coarse nolGsses- In 7sS4 al ale Quart
Of beer east e penny Ht Az ordinary Ar1
E landlord could be fined If he charged
higher price, or 4 his beer was Of low
standard. Tavern keepers also were snjoired
10 sell 10 more than quart Of oeer rUi
Of meal times. This was 10 prevent aby,
drinking
The patrons found h-swerias p-ofigsis
business II New York, and privz-e fz-rilire
in al Of THE col0nits built hone t-sv hcrs,ss
But in New England drinking hat5rs soon
underwent & change. New Euellpde-s SOM
drlfIed from beer drinking 10 cf5s- drink
lns, as the many apple orchards sesn OF
every farm began 10 give :nr-h their opu--
tlful yield. PerhaTs his also WIS indi-
recly the influence OF the New Earlgr7
climate. Cider was seon SO chem HDd
plentiful thai al cuuId have their I'll. II
every well-tc-do houeahpld- the ce,la- held
Vhsi WRs known as the Indian barrel which
wRs on free LAP for every stray Indian wbo
CHANGED TO pass that WY. Some fpiHh o.
Indian squsws and sorry braves had q -pn-
ulRr round Of households for earh dsv in
The week. and with liberal drppEhts f.o1n
each cellar managed TO end -Ech dRy in the
year IN state Of thar biiggtul ana molten
less 1nshriety 50 beloved by the noble rel
mHn.
All drank cider. old ana Young. Infants
N arms drank mulled cider Il night
beverage which would kIIl 2 modern babe
Ola rnen began the DAY with Quart OF ha-5
cider before breakfast Delicate w9r,er
drank cider. The whole apple crop was SO DE-
voted TO The manufacture Of cider that in the
| Gays OF temperance reform. II the beginning
| ut this century, Temperance HeRlots cut down
u
! esiTtns any adequate use Of The fruit for
any purpose save cider making.
The presses for cider making began 10 be
1 SET up about the year 1850 MEssA Ell usstts
/ had t'etore thai planted apple trees very gen
/ ertlly. and Henry Wolcott had planted them
/ Fl Windsor, in the Connecticut valley ana
sold both trees and fruit before 1Szg Apples
4 were 6 TO shillinEs L bushel; cider ! shil-
/ ling pence E gauDn-Es high priced as
run century later.
/ Connecticut cider soon became famous
I RocEr Williams il 166H SAVE John Wiu;hrpu'f
( loving letter 10 him was Es grateful 4
4 cup of your Cunnsc-icuG cider" BY 1867 II
was cheap spOuEh-1D shiIlinEF barrel and
I in the year l70b about : shIIlinEs Il hRd
I then replaced beer IN nearly all localities
/ II New England in daily diet; yet Ell The
\ commencement dinner Et Harvard in 17Ds
/ four barrels Of beer were served. and one of
/ cider and eighteen gallons Of wine. Judge
SewAu constantly refers TO cider drinking
/ By this time il was cheaper by the barrel
! than YVES corn or carrots.
In 172l one village uf forty families made
/ 1000 barrels Of cider. md Judge Joseph
! Wilder Of Lancaster. Mass. made GIG bar
relE in the year l72s
/ Metheglin wRs another drink universally
! liked: yet not Of large consumption Es wAE
! cider II the list Of values fixed by the Pts
cstRqua planters & pound Uf beaver paid for
three gallons Of nelheEl1n- II The middle
/ Of he century II wEs worth il .htIli.Es
gallon in the Connecticut valley. Il wEs
1 3 kind Of mead made Of water, honey and
yeast; also sometimes Of the fermentea
beans OF the honey Locust AL
kinds q strong herbs were boiled in water
and then the honey WAS added 10 the strong
| decoCtiun- Ale harne" then added
and the liquor fsrmenled- Sometimes gin
/ ger, cloves cinnamon and mace were boiled
/ IN IL il wRs very intoxicating the OLD
1 Druids found IN their cErpusEls We find
| records Of arrest for drunkenness through
uetheslin drinking. james Howell said,
/ MetheElin does stupefy more than any
| other liquor i taken iDmo3srEisly, and
keeps huuning IN The brain"
Mead was also mace from honey and hops
| Beverage TEs nEne applied 10 various
mild mixtures q weak cider with water and
various fETurings Perry YVES made from
4 pears and peEchy trurp PEACHES but not IN
! any considerable guEntfTy.
/ i is curious 10 note fhaT in those DAYS
/ Of struggling, Of pioneering, ot comparative
| lack OF money. rare French, Portuguese and
/ Spanish wines and brzndEes were found in
/ the virginia. urdinEries in such plenty that
/ their rates o. sale had 10 be fixed bT Law
/ Today only the nsEnesa and rEnEesi hrElde
/ q whisky can be bought Ei E VirEiuian
/ country tavern Then Ma 1EtrE SACK sherry
| Malaga DuscAdIne, E4iHAai FEyE palm
vine Rhsnish wine Ehl Qlhsr foreign Wines
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