Show WHEN LIQUORS WERE CHEAP philadelphian sighs at the though thought IV f good old times 1 I seldom drink liquor myself said an elderly roan nan mho was in fit a reminiscent mood but when ft hen I 1 consider the prices charged lot lor drinks today to day compared pau rc d with w it h the prices asked in my y youth t h 1 I c can an only wonder at the c hange change that has taken place long lone before the lie germantown Cerman town railroad was built my father used to keep a tavern at a t t the 1 i corner of ninth and green a streets t re e t it was wag near the old hay market and in those days the totality locality was really a suburb b la in looking through some of his papers the other day day I 1 came across some old docu mants ants among which were several re bills from john hoffman in rye whisky was billed at 33 3 cents a gallon applejack app lelack at 35 and jamaica rum at 37 another bill shows a cherry brandy charged at 36 cents a gallon and french brandy presumably cognac at 1 if we coul could buy the s same brandy dy today to day at 10 a gallon I 1 buesa s wed he be lucky and imagine buying good rys whisky for 33 cents a gallon why it almost drives roe me to drink just to think of it philadelphia record |