Thursday, September 11, 1997 Burlington, N.C. Times-News C13hadpessimistic view toward giftstaxed?A. New York State ( 33 percent above the national average.□ That warm glow the drinker feels after knocking back a slug of whiskey is caused by warmth leaving not entering the body.□ Frontiersmen thought the GreatPlains of the West were good for crossing, nothing more. Then, in 1859, a penniless prospector turned his oxen loose out there. To his surprise, they turned up healthy in the Spring. It’s what made cattlemen out of traders and trappers. They hadn’t realized that beeves could grow heavy on dry wild grass.