The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-09-18
CITY INTELLIGENCE.
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THE WHISKY PUNCH KNG.-The New York
papers recently recorded the death of an ex ira
ordinary individual without, however, giving
any memoir OF him, though his career, in many
respects, was checkered and remark able. David
Patullo, or Pat YewlOw, as his Irish friends
called him sometimes, when inquirng after his
symposium, varying the designation to Pat
You.know, the celebrated Whisky Punch King,
is the parsonage alluded to, and Tor many years
his establishment has been one of the most
better known than that of the "Wickedest
Man." and though quite as dirty, or 1T possible
more so, was far more respectable: David dealt
respectable, and man of honor in his trans
actions.
David Patullo was born in the county Of Forfar,
in Scotland, about sXty.on years ago. In his
youth, along with another brother, he was
apprenticed to one Hutcheson, an extensive
grocer and liquor dealer in its leading town of
Dundee, where, on termination of their appren-
ticeship, the two commenced business in the
same capacity. They were, however, unsuc
cessful; and being naughty man, David could
not brook the idea of failure. He accordingly
migrated to New York about the year 1880.
Here he entered upon the same business con-
fnlng. bis operations solely to liquors; but,
though they sold only those of the finest quality,
fortune for many years refused to smile upon
their efforts. He confined himself chiefly to
wholesale or family business, and as he never
solicit patronage, small success attended his
efforts. The younger brother, man of much
less decided character, took this SO seriously to
heart that. in an hour of dependency, he COM
mttPd suicide by cutting his throat, and the
other seemed upon the point of following his
example, when some kindly neighbors came in
to coDdole with him. 1t was o cold winter
day, and the poor afflicted man offered them
| glass of whisky. They suggested the addition
| of a little hot water, and David thereupon ma lie
class of such whisky punch as they had never,
| in yh n hGI fpc tnH no
| 1t was the genuine Usquebaugh Glenlivat, or
Farintosh, wholly unaduterated, and they not
OILY snacked their lips after drinking it but
requested another glass; David made 1t, but
refused to accept any pay. Next day they re-
| turned and requested repetition of the dose.
David again complied, and again was for taking
| no money. But they insisted on paying, though
he would accept no more than the cost of the
| ingredients. Day after day, however, they re-
| turned, and bl ought others with them Patullo,
at at their heir suggestion, made slight addition to
| neration; and this was the source of the tounda-
tion of the celebrated "Cobweb Hail." as his
establishment was called in consequence of its
filth, and the fortune of fully i've hundred thou.
| sand dollars which its recent proprietor has
| lately lett
Patullo soon added to his whisky store liquors
OF every description, and there the public was
sure of obtaining the commodity unadulterated.
| With strange perverslty, however, he now
gave up the family trade and dealt solely in the
retail business. Every species of alcoholic pro.
duction was TO be had on his premises and all
| OF the purest description. But he was not a
good judge of any liquor except whisky and ale.
Hence his wines and brandies were of an in
| ierior order, and the former indeed were rarely
called for by the rough customers who fire.
quented his bar. Whisky and ale were what
they called for, and at half-price thsy obtained
| both, IN style superior to that presented at
any other establishment in the city. Neither
the Astor House, the Eff Avenue Hotel, nor
| the st. Nicholas could produce such glass of
whisky punch as David did, aud hence aristo
| aap doIlu do M
taste his beverage-an honor which he received
with grim satisfaction, as he insisted on their
taking their places along with the other Gus.
TONERS, dirty enough at his bar.
A lew years ago his original den was burned
down, in consequence OF fire in the neighbor-
hooo, and David removed to larger premises,
but still kept them dirty as ever. He was per-
suaded. however, no ~ to add a few chairs to
the pace-fOr his customers hitherto, If desrous
OF sitting down, Tor the purpose OF more satisfac
Tiyi t4iiy implong tne steaming beverage, were
parrele and he also added, for his own benefit,
his countryman Benuetts newspaper. Latterly
the Word was superadded for his own exclusive
delight, Tor David was an intense Democrat-so
intense, IN TACT, that he threatened to leave the
country In disgust If President Lincoln were re-
elected. But reading was what he did not en-,
sale OF liquors.
In this manner the fame and the trade of
| his establishment daily increased, and David
bau at last force OF half-a-dozen men who did
notnlng out draw ale and brew whisky punches
as fast as If their arms were going by m machinery.
He scorned ever to participate in the action
hlmseif but stood grimly looking on at one end
0l oil the counter as II he were wholly unconcerned.
There the figure OF a tine. looklnx man might have
| been observed, with features far more elegantly
chiselled than the yaunted ones of Hoffman, the
mayor OF New York, clad in fashionable pants
aod vest, with an elegant white chapeau, b1t a
most Vilanous ragged coats for David was thus
ready to start IN his barouche and pair at
O'Clock, after previously drawing up at the st.
| Nicholas other the fAah Ia hot
where he invariably dwelt. to take his drive in
the Central Park, or to eject any OF his
| unruly customers, as the case might be, aud
| the urgency OF the matter require. He was a
quiet man, however, and avoided all display
| holding the fashionable world equally in COZ
tempt on the one hand, and never interfering
WIN bis customers, unless they were unusually
lneoriat,d, ON the other, THe only show he
] made was that of q mannihoent gold snuff nov