Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1919-09-05
GREEN APPLE CIDER
CARRIES A WALLOP
Much Cider and Apple Jack
Will Be Brewed If Signs
Mean Anything
Unusual Call for Cider Presses

According to the general market
on cider presses, yes, and according
to the local market, it would seem
that apple juice will flow freely this
dry fall season of 1919. From all
sections of the state comes the report
that it is almost az easy to sell eli
der press as it is gold dollars at nine
ty- eight cents. Curiosity being
aroused two Putnam dealers were in
terviewed. Asked how the cider
press business was, one said, I'VE, are
selling at least two to one over for
mer years. Another said that he
had presses on the way and had been
having many inquiries for them.
Already the juice is beginning t.
flow and according to the story of q
Manchester man just in from the back
districts, juice from green apples run
through a cider press. the same as is
done with ripe and over ripe apples.
if allowed to stand for a short time
carries a wallop that, according to the
Manchester citizen, has a wallop that
would stop Jack Dempsey and all of
the aspirants to his title in about the
first half of the first round"
While the back districts were as
high and dry after July first as were
our larger cities, drier in fact, now.
with the aid of cider presses and
green apples, the back country folks
have solved, at least for themselves.
that problem: How you goin' to wet
your whistle when the whole darned
world goes dry"
While as far as learned Windham
county has not begun to press out the
liquid from the apple (which isn't
saying that it HASN'T, from present
indications of the cider press market
it is safe to assume that she will not
be far behind her neighbor, Hartford
county.
OF course there will be some cider
vinegar made, but how large some
all depends on how sparingly it is
used for beverage after nature puts
the kick in it. There will be cider
makers who will not touch a drop
themselves, but who will be willing to
sell sweet cider to others for wine
gar" purposes. That doesn't neces-
sarily mean that the buyer is under
obligation to let it all ferment to
such a degree that it becomes of use
only for picking or to put upon Gu
cumbers or tomatoes. There is to be
cider aplenty and it is safe predic-
ton that it will find ready sale this
fall
Then there is cider apple jack. !"
The initiated say that this is about as
smooth a concoction as ever trickled
down a dusty throat. This is made
by allowing a barrel of cider to
freeze. That is, the fluid except the
alcohol freezes, but leaves in the GEN.
ter the delicious apple jack, and it is
said, Oh, Boy that a few small glass
es of this thirst quencher leaved moth
ing to be desired if one is looking for
artificial stimulation or to be put
down and out, unconscious of trials
and tribulations until the awakening
comes and with it head that takes
IL Al 1f ..t,
apple jack is drunk to again make the
victim likewise drunk
So. from present signs, it may be
assumed that the cider jag will be in
our midst before long and apple juice
and not Pascoag will become the goat
of those who fall into the hands of the
officers of the law and appear in the
city court.