The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-08-30

l southern Eu-ar-.. bottles would be .
required .y- carry .-- the ls-l Oh /
journey. .r even fog eunsuu..- .t at /
ly.l.. I-. ..t mention IS made - I
surl bottle. .4 ancient literature At @ !
fest .- -.s liquid Il The "I..l ta-
servants are dec Deed as bear.l- wine
-r1l tla.- elol.ler- .l q bottle ut goat
Iza. from which the =OhIets ~. tie
guest were filled
THROUGHOUT the Interior Of spain
wine b., st..l conveyed from place 10
place .l bottles made Of goat H- pig
sa.l identical Boo every respect p -a tie
description given by HeroI0,g, says
i.e chicago Chronicle IL will doubtless
b. remembered that in the y-ltl on
,l- Sierra Nlor.ua Don QulXote's room
als huuz around with these cueros
and that the doughty knight installing
them for the myrmldOus Of wicked
euchauter. vaIautly attacked them
with his sword until the room was
inch deep ia red wine flowing from the
gasLcs made il the skins.
in Portugal aud Greece these skin
bags ar. also used for the conveyance
Of wine. as they are much more porta-
ble than any other sort Of vessel, es.
pcc.aIly in mountainous district
where they have TO be borne by mules
These leatLeu bottles have peculiar
Interest. for iu make and material 'Aay
connect the vuicuiture Of today w..h
rs origin .a the unknown past They
are .urv.yai- which have toarsI down
% as ON the stream Of time unaffected
bog centuries OF age.
\ lcata.ru bottle capable OF lD.I.uc
an armed MAN wDulI seem today too
| uuw.clay 20. practical purpo-.-. but
! there IS evidence that many o, those
| used by the ROylus were Of St.l great
| er dimensions Among tie ruins Of
the ancient c.ry Of r0mpeH 20 mural
picture ha. been discovered represent
mg an enormous skin bag ou 81 wine
cart which is being borne along by
Il machine shaped Ike boat Two
men were drawing the wine OF into
ampLvrae In order 20 gain pouGldri-
Is q Roman politician would occasion
any dol. out wine whOlesal" 20 the
clients whose favor he courted. and
this picture probably portrays tAe con.
| ycyauce on which the wine skin was
borne through the streets aud the men
engaged In circulating IL.
The coronation ceremony OF Ftu."uy
Philadelphu- cXcclied u pomp and pag
cantry every procession recorded In
history. not even excepting thr trium
ph4nt progress with which AleNundei
the Great celebrated his escape from
the deserts Of Gelrosia. Perhaps III,
object OF Philaiclphus was 80 70 daz
lie his subjects that they should forge
ihe domestic crimes with which he In
augurltcd his ascent 10 the throne
5 The cost of the procession is estimate,
A at over S5OJVpD Of American money
s II lasted the whole day, being opeue'
by the figure OF the morning star AM
closed with that Of HesperuS.
Eighty thousand troops. cavalry an,
infantry, clad In gorgeous uniforms
marched past. Although the fcstiva
was held Ia winter owing 10 the del
ciuus Egyptian climate, abundance o
fresh grapes were provided on one o
the vehicles OF the procession and
vintage scene faithfully represented
To the sound Of the tlute and song siS
d ty satyrs under the superintendencc c
. Sileuus, bearing his symbolic canth;
rus. trOd out the grapes and flooded th
streets with foamIns MUST
" rcrnup, uut the Ieast appreciate
d part OF the show was a ear thirty-se'
~ en- feet long 10y twenty-one feet broa'
-. bearing gigantic utter made Of leol
- ard hides and containing 5000 amph'
IS rae OF wine As the Greek amphora
] equivalent 10 eight imperial gallon
@ the liquid contained In the utter wOul
p. have cquaied the enormous quantity {
24,OOO gallons.
The sides must have been strengt
euod with some material stronger tha
leather 10 enable the skins 10 resist u
pressure of such weight OF liquid. :
the car moved along iu the stately nr
cessiou the Wine was allowed slowly
TOW from i SO that the thirsty null
tude could TN their drinking vessels
il passed
ne Inc scholastic Latin term tor VIII
n, skin is utter, but the collpqual wo
used was butts, and thus small SIX
-, was the dlminutlve butcula. FRO
il this buticula Is derived the word "bC
tie" and, with slight linguistic mod
cation the same has been adopted
x all modern languages
Although skins were never used
wine In England. even when gra
Juice was fomcntcd there, the leath
ay bottle or blackjack was one OF
let earliest drinking vessels II is ce
ID. brated in many Old English balla
n and IS not an uncommon alehousc g
80 blem at the present day. Some
these leather bottles were silver lin
~ and were ornamentcd with silver be
ne ito ring peals OF drunkenness
m Becker says In his English Villain
en- Seven Times Pressed 10 Death" WI
,in so ornamented they are called gym
rk. boyes"
~ thpga In ordinary t1gp w