1895 The Mixicologist by C F Lawlor

THE MIXICOLOGIST.

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from Mexico by the Frauciscan fathers about the year r 769. Subsequently varieties of French , Ger– man, and Spanish wines were introduced into the state. In Ohio upon the shores of Lake Erie and along the Ohio river the vine is extensively culti– vated. The champagnes and clarets made in the neighborhood of Sandusky and Cleveland are pro– duced in considerable quantities. New York, Missouri, Illinois, and Pennsylvania are likewise large producing sta tes , the largest wine manufacturing establishment b eing in New York State, Steuben County. The total annual produc– tion of wine in the United States now amounts to about 35,000,000 gallons. HEALTH AND ALCOHOL. The British Medical Association, moved by the outcry against the use of alcoholic drinks, a nd wish– ing for some definite and reliable information as to the influence of alcohol on the duration of life, ap– pointed a commission not long ago to gather statis– tics in the premises. The observations made in– cluded 4234 cases of deaths in five classes of indi– viduals, and here are the results in the average age attained by each case : Total abstainers, 5 r years and r month; moderate drinkers, 63 years and Yz monfh; occasional drinkers, 59 years and 2 months, habitual drinkers, 57 years and 2 months; drunk– ards, 53 years and Yz month. It appears that moderate drinkers li ve longer than anybody else, and total abstainers a re the shortest lived.