Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 April 1896 — A Russian Remedy. [ARTICLE]

A Russian Remedy.

“Some years ago,” said Paderewski, the other day In the Chicago Evening Post, “I dined with an official of the Russian army. This official had in his command an officer of great ability who was addicted to strong drink. It was arranged that the man should take dinner along with us that day. Instead of soup, the first course served to him was brandy, which he must swallow a spoonful at a time, just as he would have swallowed soup. After the first spoonful he was so sick that he implored to be spared. Under cover of a drawn revolver the official commanded him to swallow every spoonful in the plate. The officer never drank a drop of liquor after that. Try to drink champagne from a cup or liquor as that man was forced to drink it. It will make you deathly sick.”