Show hilS MISSOURI'S EVOLUTION Some time ago the old state house of Missouri Mis lis- lis soun built in 1838 was as destroyed by fire A Missouri fi ouri paper has a long Jong article filled with th the names names of who in men and around that capitol cap cap- itol have hav m made de Missouri 1 famo famous s. s In the account is s included the gla granting ting of sonic some l laud land pd to a ge gen sen- tl nn on the promise that he would plant a poach peach acl orchard and the governor of the state ap ap- proved of the measure on the score that peach I Brandy so generally used in ill Missouri l in th the of unscrupulous merchants w was s sold at atan at an ai I tl Exorbitant price and the l land was us given that the 1 li c of the br brandy nd might be bc reduced It was most nIost extraordinary legislation but th the account says it worked admirably for man many years rears That t was an n important era in the history of Mis Missouri lis bec because use the decline of the thc drinking oi ot peach bland brandy inaugurated the more sterling us usa uso 1 of f Kentucky whisky whisk hisk which in iii Missouri l mi might ht t enow w be called the national beverage j Missouri is a great state Its people believe tit Ut t is is the g in the thc u ton that inasmuch ch a as ai it at t is nearly th the geographical center of U f the I I Stat so there centers there more to indu induce tb the a immigrant to come to their state than to an ny other state t I i I l would It-would be bc interesting cou I tb the vital statistics sta be bc given of of- the of-the the death rate ate when peach 1 brandy was is s the national beverage ge there ant and nd iJ i then hen the death rate that succeeded when for the brand brandy whisky w was s' s s substituted It vhs wita the thc an who offered some I wit to a friend who called and nid then suddenly the bottle sax saying saing ing That was Ws made mad de today We Ve will some wit ji some some age ae W We e will wll try f some of oJ this which was made |