Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-03-03
DRINKS OF FAMOUS MEN.
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[ Washington Post. /

Mention has been made Of the fact
mat Governor Folk takes his whisky
straight. and if ii is straight whisky he
might do worse. III Is effcminatc UNI
wholesome. and un-ChristIan to drink
your whisky mixed.
The Crescent warriors slipped their
shetbet spiced
The julep is provocative even the
real juler that they concoct in Virginia
and keniucky--but when they make n
smash of 1t. as they do in New York
and Philadelphia, it is an abomination.
| An honest punch may be slipped by
far women and tender children. Egg
nog is an odious mess and very deccp-
tive The saloon that has on hand
some except ionally cxccrable liquor
DISCUSSES 1t in eggnog and Tom and
Jerry
II man must drink all of us
would be better without it-lct him
get the straight goods and drink it
siralsht. Nearly all the whisky that
Is sold over the bar Is '.blcnled" - that
is To say. poisoned The government
licenses this nefarious business. so pro-
motive of sudden ana premature death.
The blenders will take barrel OF real
Kentucky bourbon, or real Pennsyl-
vania rye. mix 1t with two barrels of
that Peoria vileness, put a little burnt
sugar and parchcd, dried peaches I'm 1t
TO give It smoothness and flavor. and
add to the concoctlon enough bead
OIL to give II countenance. and that
Is what causes so much heart fall
ure' and I3right's disease that are so
conspicuous In the obituary columns
OF the daily papers.
George Washington drank the best
liquor. and he drank 1T straight, and the
same is true OF Andrew Jackson jack
son. however. preferred his rather
young, and would drink ii new from
the worm. On one occasion 1t fell TO
ME to go to Madison county. Ken
lucky, and interview General Cassius
M. Clay. The old lion met me at the
portal and gaveme Il 'hospitable recep-
ton. lie showed me his baronial hall,
his pictures, his books and his weap~
ons. Then he fetched forth liquor The
The first was some brandy fftyfour
years old. II was insipid and the gem
cral only produced 1t as a curiosity.
Then he produced brandy eighteen
years old, and the gods OF high Olym-
IiGS never luullcu biCt't'
Thou cheers the heart o. dropping
Care;
Thou strings the nerves O. Labor sair
Ats weary toll.
Thou even brightens dark Despair
WI gloomy smile.
l took hog diver while the general
turned his back, and though 1t was
above proof, 1t was oily, mellow. CRATE
full generous. Whatever of imagina-
ton l had 1t awakened, all my mental
energies 1t quickened and caused me to
hang on the lips of the wonderful old
man as he gave me his impressions of
Russia.
1t was not until the King Of Day had
nearly run his course In the heavens
that l mounted my horse to return to
Richmond, and l am nearly ready to
say that brandy was about the best
liquor ever partook of.
There Is tradition that James Blu
chanan kept the best whisky Of any of
the presidents. have read the state
ment that he had In his cellar at
Wheatland enormous quantities of the
best rye whisky in the world when he
died. 1t was said, and the story was
told with the precision and circum-
stantiality that gave 1t the impress of
truth, that whisky--that is, good whis-
ky 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 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 selected two seasoned Vir-
ginia topers to interview Buchanan.
then senator in congress, get him
drunk, and induce him to talk. The
parties met at the Astor house in
New York, and shortly after midnight
Tyler's emssaries We're both under
the table, and old Buck, in full possess
sion of all his faculties and President
Tyler's political secrets, trotted off to
bed.
There is story OF the cellar OF
another Pennsylvania statesman, ST.
mon Cameron 1t is said there We're
several barrels of Cherry bounce" in
there that had the effect to cause any
member of the Pennsylvania legislature
who drank it to vote for anything Cen
eral Cameron told him to vote for.
General Sheridan told a story of Bis
marck, and one could see that the little
general felt that the treatment accord
ed him by the mighty chancellor was