The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-09
HIS NOSE MADE HIS FORTUNE.
A Kentuckian who Buys and Sells Whiskey
by the sense or smell.
From the Louisville Courier. Journal.

y NV Nhs~ttt SONft 70 oNf tots
LEXINGTON. KY. Jan. 1.-Patrick j. Ian
phear. aged 55, of this city, has perhaps the
most valuable nose of any man in America.
1t has made him thousands of dollars. He has
saved enough to build him an elegant home. and.
although unmarried, he enjoys 1t with his
brother and other relatives. He is well enough
fixed financially to offer William Tarr 6 1000
for his distillery plant in this city, but Tarr re-
fused to take it. Lanphear's nose Is rather
large, inclined to be Roman, and it has the
sense of smell so well perfected that through its
use its owner can tell the age Of any whiskey
set before him. He can tell which internal
revenue district Of Kentucky produced 1t, and
in many instances he has even been known to
tell the brand. Large transactions in whiskey
have taken place on account of this sensitive
nose. One OF the most remarkable was that
Chaplin a. Gore, on Madison street, Chicago.
Lanphear's house had tried through its senior
HHd }nhi0 sa S%nsrs r Tbs sSli sent 20 tng LS Un,Ssse h Wbo
was at that time unknown to them. Jim Gore,
Mr.. Carter, and Col. Will S; Barnes were in the
wanted to sell him sore fine Kentucky whiskey,
and proceeded to show his samples and quote
had whiskcy much better than tina. offered by
ILanphear that he would sell for 9 price much
WITCH lSSeii he &c pp ppGSi' half 4 glass aSf f%ii.' OO Ianjp i5Sar
raised tho whIskcy to his nose and smelled it
long and carefully; "How much Of that whis'
y navy s'h. oNN -. ~ ~ nun.
said Ianphe,ar, fand viii DO here tomorrow
Lanphear went to the telegraph, Office and
wirod his house in Louisville that he had bought
700 barrels of such n brand OF Bourbon whis-
key of such an age, and to be prepared to pro-
tect ii. He received an answer saying the deal
was all right; that they would protect the whis-
next morning and demanded tho 700 barrels of
whiskey; naming the brand. Gore was ,thun-
dcrstruck al. Lanphear. being able to tell the
brand of whiskey by simply smelling a small
sample, \, .h he tried tried to Pack , out. Lanphesr
kind of whiskey ho described. Mr.. ,Cartor
spoke up and said to his partner that he had
let him have the whiskey. Gore finally ad-
United al that he he wa WAS trying ot 10 deceive LnPppheSS ar
had better whiskey for n smaller price. The
transaction amounted to nearly 100000. and
Lanpbear, reso!d the whiskey TO other dealers
the firm Of Chaplin & Gore have been among
his best customers; some time after this trans
Vile dealer about 1000 barrels Of whiskoy at
an Ana e SS yyi,b 10y yIo PRICE, lnoi. Inc hnf t dealer Iow G nrlrd
at which It was offered made him suspicious,
and he chilled In Lanphcar to sample It,.
ma The r m9m On he G%t Sac wShftisEGy to that , TO-,
distlllcr was furious and asked him how no
could tell II was musty, without tasting; Tho
afterward confessed that the entire thousand
barrels had been made from corn which had
cxploit in describing whiskey by Its smell oc.
Mccarthy, 2s William street. Using only
tho sense OF smell. L.anplicar said that tho sam
pie submitted TO him was composed Of a little
pure spirits blended with Irish whiskey. with
a small addition OF other spirits. One Of Ian.
phear's friends, hearing of this remarkable
case. wrote Mr.. Mccarthy and received the fol
owing reply:
NEW YORK, Dec. %, 1897.
would state that Mr.. lanphear came into my
office and l showed him y blend of whiskoy
supposed to be Irish, and he told me tho com
shown tho same goods to at least fifty othor
men that are in the business, and he Is the only
! person who discovered by smell the Oombina-
ton. Yours truly. c.P ?. MocAErHT."'