Janice - What a find! My dad would have loved it too. Hope you get some sleep soon! Karen Watts High Janicewatts@aol.com wrote: > For some reason I have Watts' on my mind tonight. I have sat here for 4 hrs. > now, had a pizza, some popcorn and 2 Cokes. Now I can't sleep. Doing lots > of searches, reading old email and all of this activity on Watts-l is really > a lot of fun. And just a reminder, these messages are archived somewhere or > other on rootsweb. > But I wanted to share my Watts Whiskey tale. > I was out at the big Nashville Flea Market about 10 years ago and saw an old > whiskey bottle with the brand name of "Old Watts" on it. I just had to have > it and gave it to my dad. When he passed away mama gave it back to me. > I will describe the label. It is torn in several places and really is not in > great shape. But for $3 I love it. Daddy did too. > The bottle itself is just a plain old quart whiskey bottle, (clear) that had > a stopper at one time. Part of the seal is still on each side says "one > quart"on back and "proof 100" on the front. > Here is what the label says. > Bottled in Bond > OLD WATTS > (brand) > A picture of a man > Bourbon > WHISKEY > Jas. R. Ro?s & Co. Inc. > cont????lers > Indian????is, U.S.A. > > (back of the bottle, label is almost gone, here is what I can make out) > under the provis- > 3,1897,entitled > spirits in bond." > purpose of con- > and destroying the > shall reuse the stamp > such offense > > Just thought I'd share this little bit of info for any Indiana people. > Sincerely, > Janice Watts Lester