The weekly Arizonian., 1859-05-26
1T Never saw a Bar Shot Up."

O6V6TAl years dSO hdppChON CO uiti'O Ah Ot' Louis when the hotels were uncomforta.ly full The only bed attainable was in room where six other wayfarers were lodged at the Planters Hotel and 1 turned in at a late hour,with some trepidation, not having been accustomed to the society of strangers in such circumstances The disagreeable novelty of my situation prevented sound sleeping and while tossing uneasily upon the matrass heard a tall and rather rough looking gentleman from Arkansas, who had re- tired at about the same hour with myself, mutt tering some incoherent expressions, about two O clock Tn the morning.
 Cant stand this, he exclaimed, at length, and soon after he was pulling the bell-rope en- ergetically mt m 9Hil5
 The porter appeared in due time his connte, nance expressive of great reluctance What's wantedT' asked the servant -iI
 "Iwant mintjulep--stop, let me see. Cook ing at the sleepers, and counting them off with his fore 6nger.) l want one, two, three four, five, six, seven juleps about as quick at you kin hurry 'em up.
 Cant get 'eIn. sir. The bar is shut up, sir.''' So saying the porter departed without saying anything more. -.tt -r.i i..-,
 The Arkansas gent seemed nonplused He set up in bed and soliloquised Bar shot up Bar shot upl never saw bar shot up yet'' In about two minutes he was dressing himself with his clothes, and addressing himself with the same remark, "I never seen bar shot up .efore."
 Having completed his toilet he disappeared, and lay broad awake in a musing mood The Arkansian after half hours absence reap peared He bore in his hands a saver, on which were placed seven jueps made in the most ap- proved style. raised my head on his entering, and he exclaimed, "Hello, stranger take a | :ol, f-;anJo fr HN tba aIb
 Iexplained to him that had no friends in that part of the United States. He proceeded to arouse the sleepers, and, if my memory is not at fault, not one refused the cooling bev- craze. .
 Thought the bar was shut up,' I remarked.
 "Wall, stranger, it war shot up-the first bar have ever seen shot up. But here's the tool that picked the lock" and he drew from the in side of his coat collar huge bowie knife.
 After draining his julep to the last dregs, the strange gent retired, and just as was compos- ing myself to sleep, again heard him solilo. quising | .'. l
 No, I thank you, sir No, I thank you, sir GA pause) What in h-dd he mean by that? Cant stand that-mnst go down and see about it. '.|-. ."t' '.-
 Again the Arkansas gentleman arose and went down stairs, and lay wondering what he was about. Soon,I heard a noise as of seri- ous TOW in the bar-room below, and, hurrying on my garments l descended. Several persons were holding my Arkansas friend, and others were using restraining force in a similar man. ner upon another person, who, like my fellow loiser, seemed bellgerently 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 juleps, another gentleman entered, and my friend, in the most amiable manner, said to him, "Stran- ger spose you and take a private drink to- gether before take these juleps to my party up stairs" .g2'yt :. The stranger replied, 'No thank you, sirl'' Arkansas, finding his juleps ready about that time, took them up stairs, where we punished