Show IT WAST WAS delightful POISON SON pretty legend of the origin of wine in persia where it first was made the making of wine Is said to have I 1 originated ift hebi the persians who discovered the process quite by accident one of their earliest kings Jen who it Is said bald was only five or 01 six generations from rom noah was the discoverer or rather a woman bf b his hi household was he was im moderately immoderately fond ot of grapes says the narrative which Is found in sir john malcolms history of persia and desired to pr preserve esery some which were placed in a large larg vessel and lodged in a vault tor for future use when the vessel was opened the grapes had fermented and their juice in this state was so add acid that the king believed it must be ba poison ous H he e had some vessels filled with it and poison written upon each these were placed in his room it happened that one of his favorite ladles ladies was affected with nervous headache the pain distracted sei her to so much that she desired death observing a vessel with poison written on it she took it 11 and swallowed its contents the wine for such it had bad become overpowered the lady who fell ell down into a sound sleep and awoke much refreshed fre shed delighted with this remedy she repeated the doses so often that the monarchs poison was all drunk he soon discovered this and forced the lady to confess what she had done A quantity of wine was made and jen and all his court drank of the new beverage which from the circumstance that led to its discovery Is to this day known in persia by the name of e whoosh or the th poison |