The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1870-06-01

( Death IN THE BEER-P R-PoT.-A fortnight
ago. Dr. Firmond;S of Stagg street, near
Leonard, and Mr.. Frederick Fries, q
wealthy brewer on Bushwick avenue.
Williamsburgh, laid wager concerning
the number OF glasses Of lager beer that
each could drink. It was stipulated that
the man who drank the least should paw
the score. They adjourned to the near
est lager beer saloon and began the con-
test. Each glass was sandwiched, it is
said, with q draught of Kirschwasser,
with view probably of nullifying the
Intoxicating effects of the beer. Glass
after glass disappeared. When the Doc
tor vanquished his fiftieth glass, friend,
it is said, called-or rather carried-him
out to visit patient. The brewer, hav-
ing completed his fifty-fifth potation, re-
luotantly rolled himself homeward, to
renew the campaign another day. The
nelghbors soy that DR.. Firmon never left
the house from that day until he was
borne to his grave. Whether the brewer
died OF spontaneous combustion or Of
Joy at the victory he had achieved, is not
known; but certain it is that the funeral
Of Frederick Fries, the wealthy brewer
Of Williamsburgh, took place on Sunday
afternoon, from his late residence on
Bushwick avenue.
1t is rumored in the neighborhood
that much indignation is expressed by
the families at the conduct of the saloon
keeper, in presenting bill for 1O5
glasses of lager beer, and nm equal num-
Der of Kirschwasser. He is beginning
to fear, however, that der moniSh isl GER
loren, and threatens to sue the estate of
Fries for the amount claimed. The exc.
cutor, however, contends that Fries did
not lose the wager, and the family of
Firmond say that he would havo returned
and ultimately proved the victor, had lie
not been taken i'll, and thus incapaci-
tated from renewing the contest. And
SO the case stands. Williamsburgh is
minus two estimable citizens, and the
landlord his little bill.-Nc,c York SIN.
Seldom do we meet with n truth moro
beautifully expressed than this from the
New York Nation: "Refined homes are
the world-the railroading, navigating,
digging, delving, manufacturing, invent
ing, teaching, writing, fighting, are
done, first of all, to secure each family
in the quiet possession of its own hearth; !;
and, secondly, to surround as many
hearths as possible with grace and cul-
ture and beauty. The work of NIL races
for 5000 years is represented in the diff
terence between wigwam and n lady's
parlor It has no better result to show"
Pittsburg has real nice, pious old
lady under arrest for stealing q large
illustrated Bible. She said hers was too
fine print, and she couldn't get any con-
ISOLATION out of it. She wanted to find if
there was anything in it about gin and
milk, as it was printed later than hers,
with oil the late Improvements.
Those in want of Canary Birds and
Cages, should go to Pollock's.
A TRUTH FROM FonNEy. In the course
OF his card, in reference to the Judiciary
Committees exposure of tho bribery
transaction between himself and Bullock,
Forney says, speaking of the report
"Republicaus acW read ii acM shame,
Democrats aoitA pity" He might have
added that decent meu Of all parties will
read his reply with disgust.
Billiard Players, go to Pollock's.
At q wedding. recently, in New York,
the bride waited with her father ut the
church-door, until the bridesmaids and
groomsmen and groom had reached the
altar, and then she walked slowly up the
aisle. What this was done for, is too
obvious to be commented upon.
Everybody, GO to Pollock's
It is considered deadly insult in Ca
lifornia, to offer rice to white man, it
being equivalent to remark That you
are Chinaman. They begin to pull re-
volvers out of boots, and Bowie knives
ont of belts as soon as rice is passed, and
the landlord has to "git"
Drinkists, go to Pollock's.
A Baltimore youth reared n ladder to
the window Of his Dulcinea, the other
night, and ascended it on serenading
mission. Her fathers big dog rushed at
the ladder and overthrow it, landing the
youth in the paternal bedroom below,
from which he emerged shortly just in
advance of q boot-jack.