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Show PLEA FOR BEER SEED MADE TO CALIFORNIA. j SACRAMENTO, Cal., Oct. 23. A plea for a "stake of California Beer Seed" that will produce a beverage which Is "mighty good ginger cake, beats sassafras tea, and ice tea and is better than near beer," has been received re-ceived by Charles Paine, secretary of the California State Agricultural society, so-ciety, from W. A. Adair of Marshall, Texas. Paine said he held no Information Informa-tion concerning "beer seed" but has appealed to the public for assistance that he may comply with the requesL Adair's letter said: "During the Civil war, we made a home beverage called California beer, made from California Beer Seed. The seed multiplied several hundred fold monthly, is my recollection. I know that a seed the slzo of a grain of sugar grew to be as large as a buckshot, rose i gradually from the bottom of the con-I con-I tainer to the top, then burst into hun-! hun-! dreds of little ones and sank to the bottom again. "Some friends laugh at me and say this is a dream. Dream or not, it was mighty good with ginger cake during the war, and beat sassafras tea. As it is made of water and cheap molasses, it will beat ice tea without. sugar and I believe it will be better than near beer. "Can you lead me to a stake of seed? Will send you back the stake and interest." |