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Much
of
the
whisky
made
m
Kentucky
in
its
early
history
wm
shipped
by
fiatboats
clown
the
Ohio
and
Mississippi
Eivers
to
New
Orléans.
The
réputation
of
Kentucky
Bourbon
whisky
lias
grown
vastly
siuee
the
Civil
War,
until
now
"Old
Kentucky
Bonrbom''
is
a
synonymous
term
for
"the
best
whisky."
While
Bourbon
lias
probably
become
a
generie
naine
for
whisky
made
for
aging
purposes
where
corn
prépondérances
in
its
manufac-
ture,
Kentucky
can
never
become
generie
except
for
Avhisky
made
in
that
State,
and
Kentucky
naturally
revolts
at
having
whisky
made
outside
of
its
borders
branded
as
made
within
its
borders.
The
higii
réputation
of
Kentucky
Bourbon
whisky
aniong
the
finest
beverages
of
the
world
is
jealously
regarded,
and
lias
been
well
earned,
for,
as
a
beverage,
either
when
taken
straight
or
in
any
of
the
many
delightful,
exhilarating
mixtures
in
which
Bourbon
forms
the
base,
or,
to
mention
more
specifical-
ly,
an
old-fashioned
Kentucky
toddy
or
mint
julep,
there
is
no
finer
drink
known
to
mau,
either
brewed,
fermented,
or
dis-
tilled.