IRISH WHISKY

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1715, 19 November 1887, Page 2

IRISH WHISKY

A contemporary says : — The " Boston Pilot" undertook to lecture a distinguished clergyman for saying, "The Irish ques tion is the whisky question," which gave Oanon Wilberforce a fine opportunity for saying m reply; "lama Gladstone Home Ruler to the backbone, and have sacrificed not a little to this cause. I was only fragmentarily reported at tbe Tremont Temple- What I contend la this ; that it would have been imp asible thus to have stamped Ireland under foot if she were not weakened by her wbteky. The dram bill of Ireland is £2,£60 r OOO annually more than the whole rental of the Island*" Such a declaration from so high a B<nroA was m re the ■• T >c Pilot " r>-> ughr. to elicit, and is what its reader* will not «H of thorn relish. Apropos of the a^ove, the following advertisement which recently appeared m a Home paper gives' aa idea of tbe h 'ye profits which accrue from 'he whisky trade, when a dis ilery oompaov can »ff rd to pay Us dißttller the handsome salary of £1.200 per annum, with acceptable perquisites :— TO DISTILLERS. "TT FANTKD, for" the «»n»gher DlatiU W lery Company, Q.ieen's County Ire and, a thoroughly competent DISTILLER. None bat those who have had complete charge of an important Irish Distillery, producing only fine old whisky, need apply. Salary, £1,200 per annum, free residence, coals, and light j engagement for a term of years. Apply, m strict confidence, to ADAM 800TT, 44, Upper SacVvllle Street, Dublin «