New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-04-07
az Never Saw a Bar Shot Up,

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Several years ago happened to arrive in St. Loui
when the hotels were uncomfortably full The onI
bed attainable was In q room where six other way
farers were lodged, at the Planters Hotel and
turned in at late hour with some trepidation, no
having been accustomed to the society Of strangers
such circumstances. The disagreeable novelty Of M
situation prevented sound sleeping and while tossnj
uneasily upon the Mattress heard tall and rattle
roughlooking gentleman from Arkansas, who hat
retired at about the same hour with myself mutterin,
some incoherent expressions, about two O'Clock in TIL
morning.
Can't stand this he exclaimed, at length, ant
soon after he was pulling the bellrope theoretically
The porter appeared in due time. bis countenancs
expressive of great reluctance. whats wanted p
asked the servant.
want mint julep-stop, let me see, Cooking
at the seepers and counting them off with his fore
6nger) want one, two, three, four, FIVE six sever
julePs about as quick as You can hurry them up"
So saying, porter departed without saying anything
more. Tf5}9s2
The Arkansas gent seemed nonplussed. He sat ur
IN bed and soliloqused Bar shot up bar shot up j!
| never seen q bar shot up yet"
In about two minutes he was dressing himself with
his clothes and addressing himself with the same re-
mark, 8 never seen q bar shot up before.D
Having completed his toilet, he disappeared and /
lay broad awake IN nnsng mood. The Arkansian
after half hours absense reappeared. He bore in
his hands salver, on which were placed seven juleps
made in the most approved style. raised my head
On bis entering, and he exclaimed, "Hello stranger
take drink and invite your friends to do the same"
! explained to him that had no friends in that
part Of the United States. BE proceeded to arouse
the sleepers and, if my memory is not at fault not
one refused the cooling beverage.
Thought the bar was shut up" REMARKED.
have ever seen shot up. But here's the tool that
picked the lock, and he drew from the inside of his
coat collar huge bowie-knife
After draining his uep to the last dregs the strange
gent retired, and just as was composing myself to
sleep. again heard him soliloquzing.
4" No, thank you, sir. No. / thank you, sir. "a
pause.) What in hi did he mean by that? Can't
stand that-must go down and see about it."
Again the Arkansas gentleman arose and went
down stairs while lay wondering what he was about
Soon heard noise as of serious row in the bar
room below, and, hurrying on my garments, l de-
scended. Several persons were holding my Arkansas
friend, and others were using restraining force in
similar manner upon another person, who, like nv
fellow-lodger, seemed belligerently inclined. At
length their rage was cooled and was enabled to as
certain the cause of the quarrel When the Arkansas
gentleman had first descended and persuaded the bar
keeper to concoct the jueps the other gentleman en-
tered and my friend in the most amiabe manner said
to him, stranger, 'spose you and / take private
drink together before take these uleps to my party
up stairs" The stranger replied, mo thank vou!'
Arkansas, finding his juleps ready about that time,
look them up stairs where welpunished them as be-
fore stated After settling himself in bed it occurred
% him that the stranger below had refused to drink
With him when invited, and he determined, on re.
lection, to go down and ask him what he meant by
aging, No, thank you, Sir" On finding that
gentleman our Arkansas friend soon found that he
vas as full OF fight as himself, and, instead of an
lpology, he presented bowieknife. Both drew
heir weapons, and the bartender and porter had
,een obliged to call in assistance to prevent them
rom cutting each other.
The affair was finally settled with drink all round,
md the Arkansas gent departed next day down the
liver. Boston Herald,