The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-10-08
JERSEY PINE BELT DRINKS.
MIXTURES BIZ BACKWOODS GENIUS
THAT HAZE s. ARCH WIRRANI5


Fruits and Roots with Apple whiskey
Largely - Joel Parker's Barbed Wire
Ftnoe-Home Made Cordials OF odd In
gradients.
TRENTON. Oct 7. Col John II. ConEer went
TO the State House the other day to make some
searched which business was a result OF a six
weeks surveying trip In tho New Jersey pine belt
incidentally he related his observations at crosse
roads tavern, where mixed drinks were tho spe-
cialty. lie said:
Down In Burlington and Ocean counties mi xed
drinks ore the natural products OF the wilderness
and the creations Of necessity, The mixer at
Fifth avenue club backed with two hundred dis
ullauons Of all kinds Is not In II with Woody Gu.
lick, the undiscovered genius Of the little bar al
the Red Wolf tavern. four miles beyond Pember-
ton. He Is a born naturalist He Is acquainted
with the juices Of all kinds OF fruits and roots and
he gets them together with the deitness OF a true
artist When he makes a cocktail. he dashes .
triHe from every bottle on the of end Of the bar
They are Just ordinary porter bottles and half
pint TASKS, with a chicken quill penetrating
the corks 10 Lot the precious stuff get through
He makes thirty or more mixed drinks without
q bit Of syrup lemon. Gencdictine, curacao creme
dc menthe, Angostura, orange btters OF any Of
the standard fancy bar accessories His stock
consists OF plain rye and apple whiskey, tansy
bltters, snake root pear brandy, dandelion wine,
huckleberry bounce, elderberry wine apple whis
key and honey. bottled porter. Fingered apple
whiskey. prunee dissolved In whiskey and dozen
othor similar concocuons Nearly all made
on his own premises OF nearby.
You order a cocktail. and he will say, Going
TO feed or can't you ear II you convey the in
formation that you are going TO eat he will mako
you cocktail, and you don't want to say word
while he Ii working Most country thverns use
sugar az the basis OF cocktails lie doesn't lie
puts in little honey from his own apiaty. then
some boiled snake root biticrs, q dash or two OF
dandelion bitteTS q few dashos OF prune JUICE
pear brandy and rye whiskey You get no cherry.
because the Red Wolf Is not up 10 the cherry yet
There Is no lemon peel. because lemons are worth
their weigh, In gold lie gives you the cocktail
In q str aig hi thick beer z lass Gccauhe his whshcy
glasses are small things, holding about ak tliiu-
bleiuls q precauton made necessary By the
immodesty OF the average backwoods uppler
De gives one OF these pony whiskey glasses iuil
OF red cedar water a chaser unless you know
enough " ask for some hard cider.
Ia cockIa ans not t1e K"w OF the city cock
tall in fact IL Is not at all tempting 10 behold.
but then you are not in upper Broadway and the
sooner you swallow your prejudice and put the
cocktail on top OF 1t tho better you win be Tho
combination Is all night The btlrrs have no
aromatic twang but II is not objectionable Ell.
actly slA minutes after the thing has disappeared
you discover that the pc alton has teeth IN II
II makes for a certain spot and II gets there. Ii
you order a sect Il cocktail he switches the com
pinati?n on you because ne Is anxious 10 lei you
know that he is knight Of the snaAeT. even u he
Is hiding his light IN the backwoudn The next
dose he prepares Will Jun Ike this Tansv and
dandellon Tor foundation, honey, peach brandy
nj whSkey, seductive conGjGtIOn thai carries
with II a search warrant Alter drinking these
bed. '1' O'''' " '-' ''''1 ~ 50 -''' .
One day came in very thirsty, did not want
any beer. but ! wanted a long drink ! knew
that Woody did not take kindly to lemonade so
| ordered something long ana COOL &.
How AboutA potlefs ing rec he sad looking
me square In the eyes. | knew that be had some
thing he was not afraid Of. so said Let II come
he went out to ule well and dew short bottle
OF pnF b out Of ssG o az g1l whe9 he SP 2
bottle OF porter and poured on !, some bottled hard
pear cider and dash or two Of honey; lie qdded
with foam lIc told me to wait a bit until il cooled
oil. which did.
You see said W cody, I don I sell mixed drinks
because am in that line OF business but because
l b5ileve that men thirsts are chhngehble. and
that Just as you like change Of Vi tua,s you need
achange oi liquor. My ietner ran tho old lied Wolf
for years AMI when you came IN you g.! whIsiny
and beer aud no, blamed thing ese Wei. l
went 10 business college FOR a year up at Trenton,
and there found that young fellows drink cock
tails, gin hzzes and such stuff | never cared for
hard goods myself ana when came home the
10 make fancy drinks and poison my kidneys
Occasionally had 10 tend baf and when | had
mixed UP some d inks for the boys they iikcl them
The old man died, 81 came back 10 run the place
and JUS, because showed a Willingness to break
the strict order Of the house why every body got
some fandangled notions N their heads that they
wanted to put into their stOmhChA guess can
make about thirty different kinds Of drinks thai
please my customers all nght
by this time my porter silngaree was ready
for consumption and II was not slow al all II
any OF you chaps like shandyEaH, you would take
your hat oil 10 Woody ) concottlon
Il asked him what he considered his best drnk,
and he said a joe! Parker punch II was named
after the great old var Governor Of New Jersey
You take two spoonfus OF teaberry, the same
of wild cherry, four tcaspoonfuIs Of apple brandy
AMI I'LL Il un, with cider, not too new
That's what you call stone tence1 l said,
when he told me the ingredients
mo more like barboi wire fence. he quickly
One day had eaten q trihe too heavily Of
roast pork and potatoes, and was longing Tor q
i wished was in Now YORK for an hour or two,
Just TO get a cordial | explained What meant,
hna Which S2NS he Sd d small an p glass s
dial Of the same color as creme lie cacao, but not
SO sweet and i, favor was neafly like that cor,
OF Woody tried 10 guess what il vas made Of.
! had TO give il up and here Is ihe formula Tho
and siH-yearold apple whLskey, put, away in a
key for at least five years Al the oil in the nuts
is extracted and ii mingled with the honey, which
4 delightful flavor. tried 70 buy bottle, but
his stock was down to The last bottle lie drew
the kcg of six years ago and sent ono bottle to
President Cleveland, who gave it q very chccry
certificate Of character.
dont run TO the nearest drug store and get pcrSin
and soda mint tablet or a headache powder You
hitch up and driye 10 the nearest tavern and pre-.
out Of the same bottle but al Wooiy's you are
prescribed for a man with a bid case Of Ind!,
rev The man with a Iaundcci look gets cts snake
root rhubarb and whskey The man with tho
cramps gets wild cherry ginger rect t., and pccnsh