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BEER.
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close
of
the
seventeenth
century,
as
its
invention
was
made
by
Dom
Perignon,
of
Hautvillers,
during
the
time
from
1670-1715.
In
the
sixteenth
century
the
German
wine-grower,
Peter
Simon,
took
the
vine
from
the
Rhine
to
Malaga,
which
now
supplies
us
with
the
most
delicious
wine.
But
it
would
take
us
too
long,
and
it
would
very
likely
become
annoying
to
our
kind
readers,
to
go
fur-
ther
into
details;
only
this
must
not
be
suppressed,
that
America's
first
discoverers,
the
Northmen,
found
ripe
grapes
in
looo
A.
D.,
and
named
the
unknown
shore
Vinland,
a
place
supposed
to
be
on
the
coast
of
Massa-
chusetts.
But
the
proper
cultivation
of
wine
in
the
United
States
reaches
back
not
farther
than
to
the be-
ginning
of
this
century.
Seer.
"
BEER
is
a
light,
narcotic,
alcoholic
beverage,
which
charms
us
into
a
state
of
gladness
and
soft
hilarity;
it
protects
our
hearts
against
stings
of
all
kinds,
awaiting
us
in
this
valley
of
misery;
it
diminishes
the
sensitive-
ness
of
our
skin
to
the
nettles
and
to
all
the
bites
of
the
numberless,
detestable
human
insects
that
hum,
hiss,
and
hop
about
us.
"
The
happy
mortal
who
has
selected
beer
as
his
pre-
ferred
stimulant
imbeds
greater
griefs
and
joys
in
soft
pillows;
surely
thus
being
wrapped
up
he
will
be
able
to
travel
through
this
stormy
life
with
less
danger.