Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-03
FOLR LORE ON WET GOODS
Missouris Governor Blazes the Way fol-
People Who Must Drink.
HOSlLl ON STRAIGHT AND MIXED BOOZE
CorIkInR Good stun ReIished by Great
Men and Taken ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
and Treats of Many
NOtabIes.

and Treats of Many
NotabIes.
Mention has been made OF the fact that
Governor Folk takes his whisky straight
and IL It is straight whisky he might do
worse. 1t is effeminatc. unwholesome and
un-Christian to drink your whisky mixed.
The Crescent warriors slipped their sher-
bet spiced.
The julep is provocative-even the real
julep that they concoct in virginia and
Kentucky-but when they make a smash
of it, as they do in New York and Philadel-
phia, II is an abomination An honest punch
may be slipped by fair women and tender
children. Eggnog is an odious mess and
very deceptive. The saloon that has on
hand some exceptionally execrable liquor
disguises It in eggnog and TON and
Jerry"
II man must drink-and all Of us would
be better without it-let him get the
straight goods" and drink it straight.
Nearly all the whisky that is sold over the
bar Is "blended"-that is to say, poisoned.
The government licenses this nefarious
business, so promotive Of sudden and pre-
mature death. The blenders will take q
barrel Of real Kentucky bourbon or real
Pennsylvania rye. mix il with two barrels
OF that Peoria vileness. put a little burnt
sugar and parched dried peaches in It TO
give II smoothness and flavor and add to
the cOnCoCtion enough bead OH 20 give It
countenance, and that is what causes so
much heart failure" and Brlght's disease
that are so conspicuous in the obituary
columns Of the daily papers.
Taking II straight.
George Washington drank the best liquor
and he drank it straight, and the same Is
true Of Andrew Jackson Jackson, how
ever. preferred his rather young. and would
drink II new from the worm. On one oc-
casion 1t fell TO me to go to Madison
county. Kentucky. and interview General
Cassius NJ. Clay. The old lion met me at
the portal and gave me hospitable recep-
ton. lie showed me his baronial hall, his
pictures, his books and his weapons Then
he fetched forth liquor The first was
some brandy fifty-four years old It was
| insipid and the general only produced it as
| curiosity. Then he produced brandy
eighteen years old, and the gods of high
| Olympus never quaffed mightier mead
Thou clears the head o. dotted Liar:
| Ihou cheers the heart o dropping Care;
Ihou strings the nerves O. Labor sair,
Ats weary toll
| Thou even brightens dark Despair
| WI gloomy smile.
| I took a hog-diver while the general
turned his back, and, though it was above
proof, it was oily, mellow, grateful gen
erous. Whatever OF imagination I had II
awakened, all my mental energies it quick
ened and caused me to hang on the lips OF
the wonderful old man as he gave me his
| impression of Russia.
| 1t was not until the King Of Day had
| ne prlNr lie
| I mounted my horse to return to Rich.
| mond, and I am nearly ready to say that
that brandy was about the best liquor ]
ever partook Of
BuchnnRn'S Fine stun.
There is tradition that James Buchanan
kept the best whisky of any Of the presi-
| dents. have read the statement that he
| had in his cellar at wheatland enormous
quantities OF the best rye whisky in tho
world when he died. It was said, and the
story was told with the precision and the
| circumstantiality that gave It the impress
OF truth, that whisky-that is, good whisky
and such whisky as he drank-had no other
! intoxicating effect on James Buchanan
than gentle exhilaration. and that he
| could drink a gallon Of II a day without
! perceptible effect on his physique or the
| slightest disorder of his mind.
| There was a story that John Tyler, when
| president wanted to find out what the
democratic party was doing in the field OF
| politics, and, with that end in view, Sc
| lected two seasoned Virginia topers to in
terview Buchanan, then a senator in con-
] gress, get him drunk and induce him tc
talk. The parties met at the Astor house
in New York, and shortly after midnight
] Tyler's emissaries were both under the
table, and old Buck" in full possession Of
! all his faculties and President Tyler's poht
! ical secrets trotted off 10 bed.
Cameron Had some.
There is a story Of the cellar of another
| Pennsylvania statesman. Simon Cameron
! II is said there were several barrels OF
cherry bounce" in there that had the ef.
feet to cause any member Of the Pennsyl
vania legislature who drank Of it to vote
! for anything General Cameron told him e
vote for. General Sheridan told a story OF
Bismarck, and one could see that the little
general felt that the treatment accorded
him by the mighty chancellor was injuri.
Gus. 1t was late on the day at Sedan. Bis
marck and Sheridan had witnessed the
battle and the victory, and both put spurs
| TO flank and dashed for Bsmarck's quar-.
| ters Herbert Bismarck was there and hi.
| father asked him for something to drink
| There was just one bottle of brandy on tn,
place-a little more than a fifth of a gallon
| This was uncorked, and the chancellor put
| II to his mouth and drank and drank and
drank, and when he had finished there wal
not a drop remaining for his guest But
what did Bismarck ever sec that he coveted
that he did not monopollze?
/ When Stephen A. Douglas appeared a
Nashville, in 1860, he drank two full goblet'
/ OF fine whisky just before he began nj,
magnificent speech: Fellow citizens, six
teen years ago today I was in Nashville
then. as now. battling for the success OF
the national democracy and contending fo1
the correct construction Of the natioua
constitution. Then I advocated the election
to the presidency an illustHous son Of Ten
nessee, and on that same day received
the plaudit and the benediction Of the sage
Of the Hermitage"
Clerical Teddy
Some forty years ago, perhaps less,
learned clergyman Of Scotland was chosen
! the head of one of the leading colleges OF
| the United States The day OF his inaugu
| ration was exceedingly warm and the rev
erend gentleman walked to the chapel
where a large and select audience awaited
his appearance. Wiping the perspiratior
from his brow. the learned doctor ex
planned: "The weather Is very hot and IN,
! a Of