The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-12-01

his own kegs and charred the inside of
the slaves. He filled them and set
them aside. The sunbeams chased the
shadows of the moon away for a year
and Jim Grow tapped keg. From
white liquid it had turned to semi-red
fluid that beaded and smiled and spark
led at his touch. To his surprise, too.
be discovered that it had materially
evaporated. His experiments led him
further, and in little while he placed
upon the market the first bourbon
whiskey of mans creation.
Henry Clay heard of it and bought
a gallon. No sooner had he tasted it
than he ordered a key. The great
| Wing statesman introduced it in Wash
ington, and Crows reputation was es-
tabhshed. His whiskey ebecame ia
nous. BIS distilIery got larger and his
whiskey got better. 1t found it's way
to Nashville, and An drew Jackson low
ed 1T. William Henry Harrison drank
it and went into ecstacies. 1t was
shipped across the high seas, and
crowned heads were made dizzy by it's
influence. 1t sold in those days for a
quarter of a dollar per gallon. Two
coon skins would buy sufficient guam
tlty to make an entire neighborhood
drunk.
Horse racers Wagered Crows whis-
key instead of money. A quart of it
would be incentive enough to make
men swim rivers, wade through Doggy
swamps and fight varmints. 1t would
also make men stand on their heads.
Some Kentucky brands will do that
now. ItdrOye skeletons from feasts
and made threats that swallowed it
sing songs Joy. Sweeter was it than
wild honey, and its smell was more
perfumed than are the lilies that grow
IN the valley Of the Hebron. Its fame
Travelled over mountains so tall that
small boys could stand on the tops and
tickle the feet Of the angels. Across
plateaus where the willow and the
honeysuckle grow side by side, over
biIlowy fields of grain, through mead
ows and marshes, down through the
cotton fields and pine forests of Georgia
and Of Mississippi, and laid its merit
and fame at the feet of the bar Ons of
the south Orders were poured in upon
the distillery, and Grow whlskey was
scattered over the country by stage
coach and steamboat, by rail and by
road wagon. In few years other men
established whiskey mills, but they
could do no business as long as Jim
Crow had any of his liquor on the
market. There are more than 100 of
the other kind in Kentucky today.
Crow was a peaceable man He low
ed his adopted country. He fought
with the distiuguishe Longstreet,
who married the other day, all during
| our war with Mexico Even if Henry,
| Clay did buy his goods, he voted with
! the American party. He never utter
| ed an oath. He loved his God and
prayed at the Presbyterian altar. AS |
stood over his grave | thought Of the
eulogy of S. S. Prentiss at the grave of
! Lafayette, who said
LET no monumental marble or
sculptured art deface with its mock
dignity the PATRIOTS grave. But rath-
err let the wild flower, the unpruned
vine and the free song of the unCaged
! bird, all thai speaks of freedom and
/ peace. be gathered around IT,
MI. Prentiss often used Mr.. Crows
! whiskey. | wondec what kind OF
! song he would sing over his grave if
| he were living and could see it today?
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