1911 Beverages de luxe

ability of the horses to swim the river. Oaptain Patterson was wounded and lay exhausted on the ground, Reynolds, fleeing ou horseback, saw his Captain, jumped from his horse, and insiste*] on Patterson taking the horse and making his escape. This Patterson was relnctant to do, as it seemed impossible that any one without a horse could possibly escape from the Indians, but Reynolds put his Captain on the horse and took his chances withont it. The resuit was that Reynolds was captured by two Indians. He was left in charge of one of theni, whom he knock- ed down and then made his escape. Patterson was much grati- fied upon meeting Reynolds, and, in repiy to his question what had prompted him to be willing to probably sacrifice his own life, for his Captain, was told that it was because his Captain reproved him when he needed reproof. Reynolds became a re- ligious man, joining the Baptist Church, and, according to tra- dition, became a Baptist preacher. I have dwelled upon this incident because it brings up the question in ethics as to what influence the quart bottle of whisky may have had in changing Reynolds from a habituai breaker of one of the Ten Command- ments by Patterson violât in g the eleventh man-made "prohibi- tion commandment," "Thou shalt not make, sell, or use an intoxicating beverage.' 1 I leave the détermination of this ques- tion to my readers, for I fear I am digressing from my subject, "Bourbon Whisky. 1 ' The early settlers of Kentucky, like JN : oah when he had been preserved from the nood, seemed to have felt the need for an alcoholic stimulant, Theref ore, it is likeiy that as soon as corn had begun to be grown in Kentucky some of it was converted into whisky. In the beginning, of course, this was done on a very small scale, and in a crude, primitive way, but, as the liquor distilled in this way, from corn, in the early days of Kentucky, became more and more popuiar, both on account of its flavor as a beverage and its bénéficiai eiïect as a stimulant, the réputation of Kentucky whisky commenced to spread beyond the borders of the &tate imd a demand for the liquor from ail the surrounding territory ensued. Thus, the distillation of whisky started by settlers of Kentucky for their own use, their families, and friends, deveJoped into a business to meet the growing de- mand for what has since beconie Kentucky 's internationally- known product. The first distilleries of the State were located on farms; most of the farms of any importance having thèse small stills, which were operated by unskiiled men, and Avithout much regard to science. But when the Civil War occurred in this country, a Fédéral tax was imposed on whisky, which re- quired strict Governmental supervision, and, consequently, many of thèse small stilîs were abandoned, with the resuit that