The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1920-09-08
IN THE GOOD OLD
DAYS GONE BY
Editors were given Cakes and Whisky
as New Year Presents

Editors were given Cakes and Whisky
as New Year Presents
Hello Mr.. Editor, and all of the Of
flee force:
How would you like to have lived in
the good old days Of forty-five years
ago, when tn eeditor of newspaper
could. chronicle the reception of a New
year present such as apparel in a 10
cal item of the "Opelousas Journal
then being published by ]. w. Jack
son.
New Years Presents. We have
been overwhelmed with them on this
recent occasion. Two of them we
cannot forebar to mention. Munze-
sheimer sent US big cake-about two
and half feet in circumference, and
the other dimensions in proportion
white as snow, and surmounted by a
beautiful flower. As the cake was
the handiwork of his own establish
ment, where they make everything
and have everything that is good and
pleasant to the palate, its quality may
be easily inferred.
The other present Of importance was
whisky! Pefferkorn sent a perempto-
ry order to US to send him two demi-
johns or jugs, neither of them to hold
less than a gallon. This order we did
not feel at liberty to disobey. We
sent him two gallon jugs. They re-
turned full, one of Old Rye, the other
of Old Bourbon, each kind valued and
at Ten Dollars per gallon, as samples
OF the oldest and best whisky in the
United States, or in the world; and
with the same came, through PETER
korn, as the whisky did, the compli-
ments of Major Powers, of New Or
leans, the gentlemanly accomplished
and efficient agent of Jordin Giles &
Company, Of Louisville, KY, success
sors to the great whisky man Suit,
who aefew years ago cornered ali the
SoOu Wht5hy ia IAS OultCu LdIc5. I1OW
good the whisky Major Powers sent
us, is, cannot be told; 1t must be ex-
perienced, felt, to appreciate it. And
Pefferkorn has plenty of It. Both
Munzesheimer and Maojr Powers have
all the combined heartfelt thanks of
this office"
was in my seventeenth year then
and had not learned to drink whisky
as / subsequently did, but had drank
Anisette and Claret galore Austin
Lacombe ran saloon in connection
with his Eureka House." the old La
combe Hotel. and the best lemonades
ever drank then or since, were the
ones favored with Orgeat Syrup.
Sam Perkins and Paul Richard Gould
make them in the twinkling of an
eye, after which you could suck them
through straw at your leisure. All
this for one dime.
The older gentlman drank Mint Ju.
lups with well water. And they didn't
kick for wantof ice. We had cold
drinks in winter only, and this by
reason of weather conditions.
When Mr.. Jackson received his
whisky, he doubtless invited few OF
his lawyer friends to sample it. This
is the way 1t was done. Two Jumps
of cut loaf sugar were dumped into
glass with little water. This was
stirred great deal. A good dram OF
it was again stirred, when glassed
whisky was then pored in, after which
were tipped, and the contents slowly
swallowed. / once heard a prohibi
tion speaker recite, that he had known
several plantations to go down q
mans throat in this manner, but the
fellow had lot Of fun losing them ir
that way-at least, he felt that way
about it.
If distfIler were to send, at the
present day two gallons Of whisky Il
/ your office force, and you would Civ,
currency to this fact, am afraid yoV
would have to issue the 'Riot Cali
to the police force Of this city, to pro
tect your property from invasion AM
destruction.
Poor old John, he lives in the pas