Show STRONG DEC DECEPTION EPTION FRANCE consumes so we learn by reliable statistics about gallons of brandy per annum we are not going to moralize on that but the yearly early product of that article in the same country is only I 1 gallons french brandy is imported into this coxin country try in large quantities demanding a high figure which with the duty added makes eau de vie a pretty expensive luxury even when used in small quantities for medicinal purposes the question is it if france uses up twelve thirteenths of her own production of cognac where do the american importers obtain their supply ly of genuine french brandy this F is answered by certain scientific experts to whom samples of toe the genuine article have b been en sub submitted m eted for analysis they say avat that most of it Is cheap german spirits flavored with cunningly devised extracts and cordials cordiali cor dials the prices that peo people ae w who ho want the best are paying alor for these decoctions decoct ions are astonishing and the mischief that is wrought by the deception to is beyond all compu verily this Is an evil and adulterating generation |