1895 The Mixicologist by C F Lawlor

THE MIXICOLOGIST.

from Mexico by the Frauciscan fathers about the

year

769. Subsequently varieties of French , Ger–

man, and Spanish wines were introduced into the

state. In Ohio upon the shores of Lake Erie and

along the Ohio river the vine is extensively culti–

vated. The champagnes and clarets made in the

neighborhood of Sandusky and Cleveland are pro–

duced in considerable quantities.

New York, Missouri, Illinois, and Pennsylvania

are likewise large producing sta tes , the largest wine

manufacturing establishment b eing in New York

State, Steuben County. The total annual produc–

tion of wine in the United States now amounts to

about

35,000,000

gallons.

HEALTH AND ALCOHOL.

The British Medical Association, moved by the

outcry against the use of alcoholic drinks, a nd wish–

ing for some definite and reliable information as to

the influence of alcohol on the duration of life, ap–

pointed a commission not long ago to gather statis–

tics in the premises. The observations made in–

cluded 4234 cases of deaths in five classes of indi–

viduals, and here are the results in the average age

attained by each case : Total abstainers, 5 r years

and

month; moderate drinkers, 63 years and

monfh; occasional drinkers, 59 years and

months,

habitual drinkers, 57 years and

months; drunk–

ards, 53 years and

month.

appears that

moderate drinkers li ve longer than anybody else,

and total abstainers a re the shortest lived.