Show f t I BRANDY 150 YEARS OLD f c Liquor Discovered Hidden In Garret 250 Offered for It t New YorkSubtle scents suggesting j a suggest-ing tho sunlit vineyards of France from which it Is supposed to havo IJ como 150 years ago hang in lingering affection about the neck of a bottle of brandy which has Just been brought > to light by U W Dryden while ransacking ran-sacking the garret of his ancestors Tho bottle was found in a box ot selected plno which had been put together to-gether with screws and elaborately sealed Tho receptacle bore the stencil marks on its lid Lewis M Cowles Esq Baltimore Md 1757 When the cover was removed the bjttlp which holds about a quart was found wrapped In newspapers bearing 00 date of February C 1SIM There was an oldfashioned label I a Y J V S with a red border on it on which It was set forth that the contents were old French brandy of 1757 Presented Pre-sented to tho Sanitary Fair by II J do PyKter The bottle lUll been purchased by a relative of Mr Dryden at tho fair which was organized to raise funds for soldiers wounded in the civil I warrho rho cork was biirmountcd by a cockade of pink ribbon and around tho neck was a band of green fringe which low descending swept the bottles bot-tles aged breast Mr Dryden took the box to the cafe of Emil Struover at 870 Broadway where It was placed In tho window for exhibition Several offers have been made for tho bottle but the highest 250 has been refused tho owner declaring that fco I would not think of disposing of such an heirloom Brandy bearing tho date n of a century I cen-tury ago Is offered on menus I this city and London merchants quote It Mr Drydon has not yet d clded whether he will sample the brandy |