The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1866-11-15
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Does, Lager Beer IntOXicate?
-[From the Cincinnati Times.

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| "Does lager beer intoxicate? That
IS the. question With has. agitated this
country for years, courts and commd-
mites being divided upon it. AS a
scientific experiment, and for the ,pur-
pose Of satisfying myrown mind upon
the subject, I went among the beer
gardens and beer saloons yesterday,
keeping ajournal of my pro ogress which
I herewith append; . {ar
I GA. M.-Took' a glass of lager at a
Third street saloon. Exceedingly
Fcooling. to the. system. It difuses a
gentle and agreeable exhileration
Ethrotghout the brain. LII ..,,, : - ..-. 'I
/ 8 :04 "A. M.-Tooka another glass,
with. brown bread, and cardamou seeds
Thoughts run in agreeable channels.
Disposed to look. leniently upon the
frailties ofhumanity. Wouldn' refuse
to receiveecash from a debtor, OF force
money upon a man owed. Pat the
head Of "a Dutch baby that toddles by
me. " >al' Q To- =
ea Am carried back. in, imagination to
the days of my youth, (which the
nights of maturer years had put out of
my head somewhat; I remember my
early love, and muse in a kindly vein
Gall in vainA upon the morning of my
existence. Had had some annoyances
in the morning, which vanished with
the froth Of the beer, and some life
long troubles with them, for time,
at least. -~n5,E. s
9:1O A. M.-Took, another glass,
Joined by friend. kindly feeling
toward the friend I allow him to pay
for the beer, however, retaining my
presence Of mind. We indulge in
cheerful conversation. / become elo=.
'quent on German literature. Quote
from Goethe and Schiller, and glow at
the mention of Rembrandt. '.'' II =. :.
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i- Other friends enter / allow them
to pay for beer also. Il z.''f''
Exor8 AsgM.-IccaH fer, more beer, and
tell the bar keeper he is elm Ask a
stranger to 'join in Another mem
ber OF, the party calls vociferously for.
t:shard, boiled eggs u. .checkshim, ,,and.
,.s.
fee feels 5ls Sympathy for n man who shows.
his beer. -, = r s;,..,..- -
! 10 80 A. M We have indulged in
moreebeer., Disposition on the part.
of some to tell old anecdotes, at which
the party laughed inordinately.. The.
bar Keeper t'smiles'' at our expense.-.
Some one proposes that.we GO up Vine
street. After another glass of beerwe.
90. ,Era "saisayeH IL h..s4 os5
II A. M.-Shook hands, with every
acquaintance we met on the street com
ingihere2 ARe Remeinber spatting roae or
two very particular friends on the back,
urging them to 'ssgo long Gave a
newsboy twenty FIVE cents fora morn
paper that / had read, and declined to
takenany change back Had glass
Of beer.
p A. M.-The party gets larger and
fuller. All talk together as a general
thing, Through some perfectly inexpli-
cable process, beer mugs that were
empty at one moment, stare me IN the
face at another moment, full. Some
one calls for cigars. One man in the
party looks pale, becomes silent and
meditatiye, and then makes his feeble
way toward the back yard, from which
aoretched sounds proceed.
/ p. M.-We are ''over the Rhine"
though I have little recollection about
coming here think we stopped twice