RUM FROM OLD BOOTS.

Kumara Times, Issue 1530, 23 August 1881, Page 2

RUM FROM OLD BOOTS.

In the course of statistics relating to the industries and manufao* ; fares’ oE New York,'some' singular industries wert brought td light; The manufacturers in most casesVwiii’very ■ reticent, not witlmutfghodireas6o, 4t appears. Cu riqus a thriving shoes, the collectors rpi in*,. q uiries. The;? shoes j -the NeW I „ York Evening Post) not worth patch* '' - ing up are cut into /pieces ; the/, good - bits are used for patching other shoes, and the worthless bits, the soles , and cracked ‘Suppers,” are converthd |nfq»: Jamaica rum by a process known hhlj. ). to the manufacturers. It Is saiil', tß(*y ; are boiled in pure spirits, and hflbwed , to stand for a few weeks, the product, far surpassing the Jamaica rum made with essences, burnt sugar, and spirits;; A gentleman who doubted the truth of , this story stopped recently at, a, low. grog-shop in the neighborhood of a. factory, and; inquired if they had . any rum from old shoes. “ No,” said, the barkeeper, “we don’t keep it much now; the druggists, who want a pure article, all sell it, and the price has gone np. But we have had it, and we can get you some if you want it.” How many old shoes go for a gallon of rum could not be ascertained.